Having worked in the retail, hospitality and banking sectors for over 20 years, Rama has run his own project management consultancy supporting schools and FE colleges since 2005, including the set-up of academies and free schools. He currently supports various multi academy trusts in their growth strategies, but also offers his time in governance roles across the mainstream, special and independent school sectors, i.e. as a Chair of Trustees of a special and mainstream primary school trust of 13 schools; a Trustee and former Chair of a primary school trust of 20 primary schools; a Trustee on the family board of a special school trust of 14 schools and 9 college centres; a Member of a secondary school trust of 6 schools; a Chair of Trustees of a secondary single academy trust; and a Chair of Governors of an independent special school. Rama also sits on the DfE’s London Region Advisory Board and the Confederation of School Trusts’ Policy Advisory Group. Rama was awarded an MBE for services to education in the 2023 New Years Honours list.