Seema was appointed as Non-Executive Director at Ofwat in December 2020. She is also Chair of the People Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.
Seema’s background is in corporate law and business. Between 2015 and 2019 Seema was MP for South Ribble. As an MP she was Public Health Minister, Immigration Minister and Co-Chair of the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness.
Seema is currently the CEO of a charity which works to protect against gambling harms and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.