Shamshad Ali
Biography
Shamshad Ali was appointed Chair of the NHS Pay Review Body in September 2026.
A Chartered Accountant, Shamshad is currently a Panel Member of the Competition and Markets Authority; a Board Member of the University of Reading, where he sits on the Audit and Risk Committee; a Board Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), where he sits on the Audit and Risk Committee and the Investment Committee; and a member of the Advisory Board of Kana Earth.
Shamshad was previously a Partner in PwC’s Deals practice, advising institutional investors, their portfolio companies and FTSE 350 companies on financial strategy, growth and transformation. He subsequently served as Chief Transformation and Strategy Officer of Vanquis Banking Group plc, a FTSE-listed financial services business, and was a member of its Group Executive Committee.
NHSPRB Chair
The NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) provides independent recommendations on the remuneration of all staff paid under Agenda for Change (AfC) and employed in the NHS. The NHSPRB’s recommendations apply to all staff in the NHS, with the exception of doctors, dentists and very senior managers. The remit group includes all staff in NHS England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and accounts for just under 1.5 million NHS staff (headcount). NHSPRB’s annual reports are submitted jointly to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Health, and Ministers of the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Executive.