Mahmud joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2025. He has been Chair of Chesterfield Royal Hospital and Royal Primary Care NHS Foundation Trust since February 2024, and until June 2025 he combined that part-time role with being a senior leader at Lloyds Banking Group.
Mahmud is passionate about tackling health inequalities and ensuring everyone has the right access, experience and outcomes that they deserve, and for twenty years has been an active organ donation campaigner. He is an Organ Donation Ambassador for NHS Blood and Transplant, a member of the Donor Family Network and regular attender at the Westfield Health British Transplant Games.