Rams joined the AECI Board in 2010. He chairs the Risk Committee and is a member of the Social and Ethics Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Rams is Chairman of Rand Refinery where he chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He is also a Board member at the Mineworkers Investment Company where he serves on the Remuneration Committee. Rams is a practicing advocate of the High Court and a member of the Pretoria Society of Advocates. Past responsibilities include, among others, Non-executive Chairman: BP Southern Africa and Executive Chairman: BP Africa.