Dr Chris Martin OBE DL MStJ FRCPharm 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 Pembrokeshire.

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 Cencora-Alliance Healthcare UK and is a corresponding Bevan Commissioner. He is the Interim chair of the Celtic Freeport and a member of the University of Wales Trinity St Davids Council, chairing its Resources and Performance Committee. His passion for his profession and research has led him to be Chair of Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales Delivery Group and until recently a member of the Health and Care Research Wales Advisory Board. He is also Chair of WG Health, Social Care and Prevention group Assurance Board along with being a member of the WG ARAC, OE Group Assurance Board and CGU Group Assurance Board. He is 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 College of Pharmacy and an Honorary Doctorate from Swansea University for his vital contributions to community pharmacy and public life in Wales. He is Deputy Lieutenant of Dyfed and a member of the King’s Award for Enterprise (Sustainability) 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.