Ar hyn o bryd Mr Elias yw Is-gadeirydd Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan ac mae ganddo brofiad sylweddol o arwain o fewn y GIG.  Ar ôl cael ei hyfforddi’n Nyrs Iechyd Meddwl, bu’n gwneud nifer o uwch-swyddi clinigol a rheoli ar lefel weithredol, lefel strategol a lefel Bwrdd hyd at ei ymddeoliad yn 2016, pan oedd yn Gyfarwyddwr Uned Gyflawni GIG Cymru.
MrElias is currently the Vice-Chair of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and has considerable experience in leadership within the NHS.  After training as a Mental Health Nurse he has held several senior clinical and managerial roles at an operational, strategic and Board level up until his retirement in 2016 when he was the Director of the NHS Wales Delivery Unit.