About

Alex Wood is a Senior Public Health Practitioner at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, with 19 years of experience, currently leading whole system approaches to physical activity and health equity. Her work spans planning, transport, early years, and workplace wellbeing, and she is the founder of Active Soles—a movement to normalise comfortable footwear and embed movement in daily working life. Alex is known for her collaborative approach, evidence-based decision-making, and commitment to equity in physical activity.  Alex brings a systems leadership from real world perspective to the Expert Working Group, shaped by her experience in behaviour change, implementation, and creating the conditions for collaboration.