Shera is a GP in East London and is the chair and co-founder of the multi award-winning Shuri Network. As the former Chief Medical Officer and executive lead for clinical governance at NHS Digital she provided clinical, strategic and digital expertise to national programmes including the Covid vaccination and testing programmes, therapeutics, the NHS App and digital products used by millions of people to access information, health services and live healthier lives.

She started the Shuri Network in 2019 as she is passionate about increasing diversity, innovation and safety and to encourage other women from minority ethnic groups to lead and engage with digital transformation. She was awarded the international Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship by the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin in 2023 to examine the German digital health strategy and help develop new insights that will help health systems deliver more equitable and innovative care.