Sue Tranka

Chief Nursing Officer and Nurse Director, NHS Wales

Sue Tranka is the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales as of 2021. She was formerly the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for Patient Safety and Innovation at NHS England and Improvement.

Sue has 33 years of varied experience in nursing and has spent the last 26 years working in the National Health Service. Sue trained as a midwife, registered general nurse, mental health nurse and community nurse. Sue has a strong interest in quality improvement, human factors and safety systems.

As of April 2022, Sue holds the title of Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University.

In October 2020 and again in 2024, Sue was listed among the Health Service Journal’s 50 most influential people in health from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background. Sue is a fellow of the Queen’s Nursing Institute, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), at the Faculty Nursing & Midwifery since December 2024.