Afshan joined the Board of Trustees in 2008. After serving her full term as a Trustee, she remained on the Royal College Governing Board.

Afshan lives locally in Stockport and is a psychiatrist working in Manchester.

Afshan graduated as a Doctor from Leeds University in 1994 and completed house jobs in Yorkshire. Coming home to Manchester, she trained as a Psychiatrist around the Manchester area and then joined Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust as a Consultant in 2004. Afshan provides care to in-patients with severe mental illness and supervises trainee psychiatrists, as well as teaching medical students and other staff.