Abigail Harris

Abigail joined Swansea Bay UHB as CEO on 28th October 2024, from the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee where she has been the interim Chief Commissioner since April 2024 on secondment from Cardiff and Vale UHB where she was the Executive Director of Strategic Planning for over ten years. Prior to this she was the Welsh Government Director of Strategy, Innovation and Primary Care within the Department of Health and Social Services.

She spent four years in local government as the corporate director with responsibility for social services, leisure, library, arts and adult learning services. Before the venture into local government, Abi spent 17 years in senior positions in the NHS across South Wales, latterly as the Chief Executive of the Local Health Board in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Abigail holds a masters degree in integrated care and is a non-executive director on the Board of Social Care Wales where her second term is due to come to an end shortly.