Rebecca Cook

Chief Data Officer, Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), NHS Wales

Rebecca Cook is Chief Data Officer at Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), the national NHS Wales organisation responsible for transforming digital health and care services across Wales. A leading expert in healthcare data management, data standards and interoperability, she holds an MSc in Leading Digital Transformation from the University of South Wales and a Doctor of Business Administration from Swansea University. She was appointed NDR Programme Director at DHCW in June 2021, leading the National Data Resource programme for three years before her promotion to Chief Data Officer in May 2024. In this role, she oversees Wales's national health data infrastructure, including the National Data Resource (NDR) — a flagship programme enabling trusted secondary use of health data across NHS Wales. Her work sits at the intersection of data governance, interoperability and health system transformation, with a particular focus on building the data foundations that underpin safe and responsible use of health data at scale.