County Councillor for one of the wards in the Milford Haven area since 2004, and also a member of Milford Haven Town Council since 1999, Rhys has a wide range of experience in community and third sector work with his involvement in a range of local organisations.

Rhys is a trustee of Pembrokeshire Care Society and Vice Chair of Milford Haven School Governing Body. He works as a Principal Public Health Specialist for Public Health Wales, responsible for a wide range of programme management and delivery in areas such as mental wellbeing, substance misuse and older adult issues across the counties of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.

Rhys is the immediate past Chair of the Torch Theatre Board.