Director of Corporate Affairs / Board Secretary

Chris Darling joins the organisation from Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, where he was Assistant Director of Corporate Business and Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive. Key responsibilities in this role include leading on the Health Board’s response to  its escalation status (Special Measures for Maternity Services and Targeted Intervention for Quality and Governance) and developing Cwm Taf Morgannwg’s improvement framework for Quality and Governance. 

Previously Chris spent 10 years at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board where he was involved in strategic planning and management of the Integrating Health and Social Care Programme. 

Chris began his career as an auditor in a Chartered Accountancy firm, undertaking audit and consultancy assignments, mainly involving public sector organisations, joining the NHS in the Southampton area in 2004, before moving to Wales in 2007.