Dr Elen Jones is the Pharmacy Dean at Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), where she leads workforce education, training, and strategic development for the pharmacy profession across Wales. Prior to joining HEIW, she served as the Director for Wales (and later Director for Pharmacy across Great Britain) at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), where she spent years championing professional policy, proactive patient care, and sector-wide innovation—including digital prescribing and sustainability initiatives. Known for her strong advocacy in education and clinical leadership, she has extensive experience collaborating with government bodies, royal colleges, and universities to shape the future of pharmacy practice.

Andi is a senior health leader with decades of experience advancing health outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, spanning clinical practice, public health, policy, regulation, strategy and governance with her most recent roles being Clinical Chief Advisor (Pharmacy) at New Zealand’s Ministry of Health, Clinical Chief Advisor to the Director (Immunisation) at Health New Zealand and a Fulbright Scholar. She is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, an Honorary Associate Professor and Distinguished Alumna at the University of Otago, a Trustee of the Commonwealth Pharmacists’ Association, and a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.