Ms Abdin has served as the CEO of Simplyhealth Group for eight years before stepping down in 2021, transforming the business from a sole focus in healthcare funding towards a diversified health and wellbeing business. During her time as CEO, Romana led the restructuring and investment in digital capability to meet the demands of today's customers, employers and healthcare practitioners, developing new propositions, establishing new relationships, developing people capabilities and a leadership team which has shifted the culture from risk averse and analogue to more customer centric, agile and highly engaged. Romana has a industry profile in the UK and has gained commercial, board, governance and regulatory experience in previous roles at Simplyhealth, Lloyds Banking Group and Bradford & Bingley Building Society.