Nadira has a successful track record of strategic leadership, transformational change and people management within higher education and the voluntary sector. She has significant experience of working at Board level nationally and internationally and in the NHS, where she has been Deputy Chair, Maternity Safety Champion and Senior Independent Director in NHS Non-Executive Director (NED) roles in the Bradford District and Craven Place system.
Nadira is also Professor of Lifelong Learning and Social Mobility at Leeds Trinity University, and she works with Born in Bradford. She was previously the Dean of Lifelong Education and Development at the University of Bradford and most recently was Deputy Chair for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.