Meng Khaw

Dr Fu-Meng Khaw is National Director of Health Protection and Screening Services, and Executive Medical Director for Public Health Wales. He trained as an orthopaedic surgeon before embarking on a career in public health. After a brief period as Consultant in Health Protection with the Health Protection Agency, he was appointed Director of Public Health in North Tyneside in 2009, and later in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2011, before taking up the role of Centre Director for Public Health England East Midlands in 2013. During the pandemic, he was involved in the national response as a National Incident Director, led the Variant and Mutation Taskforce, and was Deputy Chief Medical Adviser for NHS Test and Trace. In June 2021, he took up his present role at Public Health Wales, where he is Executive Lead for the organisation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He oversees the provision of specialist health protection support and advice, and microbiology services, working in collaboration with