A practising solicitor who specialises in corporate law, Chris is the Founding Partner of Schofield Sweeney LLP Solicitors, and a Trustee of the Leeds Hospitals Charity and a number of other local charities.
Chris is the chair of Governors at the One in a Million Free School and is Non-Executive Director of JBA Group and Constant Systems Holdings. Chris has previously served as the Under-Sheriff of West Yorkshire.
Other senior previous roles include Non-Executive Director for the NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group, and current roles within the Trust as Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Research and Innovation Committee, a member of Infrastructure Committee and the named Non-Executive Director for Medical Staff in Difficulty.