Dr Chris Martin OBE MStJ DL FRPharmS DLitt

Chris is Chairman of Life Sciences Hub Wales and brings extensive experience delivering transformational change and supporting innovation through his senior leadership roles across private, public, charitable and voluntary sectors.

As a qualified Pharmacist, Chris's journey started with an honours degree in Pharmacy from Cardiff University. He then went on to establish two independent community pharmacies in the West Country and with his wife in Pembrokeshire (St Davids, Milford Haven and Neyland). 

He has a deep understanding of healthcare in Wales, having chaired four separate health organisations over two decades. These included Hywel Dda University Health Board alongside the Welsh NHS Confederation and coordinating Chair of all health organisations in Wales.

Chris currently advises Alliance Healthcare Distribution UK Ltd and is a corresponding Bevan Commissioner. His passion for his profession and research has led him to be Chair of Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales Delivery Group and a member of the Health and Care Research Wales Advisory Board. He is also Chair of the Haverfordwest Swimming Pool Trustee Board and serves as Chairman/Vice President on the Dyfed St John Council.

Recognitions include a fellowship from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and an Honorary Doctorate from Swansea University for his vital contributions to community pharmacy and public life in Wales. Recently, he became Deputy Lieutenant of Dyfed and joined the King’s Award for Enterprise (Sustainability Development) Judging Panel. In the King’s New Year’s Honours list 2025 he was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for distinguished service to the Maritime and Port sector having been the Chair of the Port of Milford Haven for 12 years. He was also admitted as a member of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, priory for Wales in February 2025.