The following individuals have been appointed Members of Glas Cymru Cyfyngedig. In addition the nine directors of the Company are also Members of Glas Cymru Cyfyngedig.
Clive Barnby(Pontypridd)
Current chief officer of Pontypridd Rhondda CHC, Mr Barnby holds an MSc in Management and has 26 years experience in the health sector. He holds a number of voluntary/community positions
Nigel Beidas (Tregarth)
Current chief officer of Pontypridd Rhondda CHC, Mr Barnby holds an MSc in Management and has 26 years experience in the health sector. He holds a number of voluntary/community positions
Nicholas Bennett (Cardiff)
Chief Executive of Community Housing Cymru, Mr Bennett is also a member of the Welsh Language Board and of the telecommunications regulator’s (Ofcom) Advisory Panel for Wales. He was previously a regional policy advisor at the Wales European Centre in Brussels and was a special advisor to the Welsh Assembly Government.
Philip Bishop (Cardiff)
Recently retired as Head of the Water and Environment Branch of the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), Mr Bishop is a senior civil servant with many years experience in the fields of environment, transport and economic development, including in the Department of Trade and Industry, the Welsh Office and WAG.
Martin Blake(Llandeilo)
A registered safety/risk management practitioner, Mr Blake is Head of CSR for The Royal Mail. He also holds a doctoral degree in business administration with a focus on corporate governance.
Peter Boak(Port Talbot)
A Business Analyst with energy utility Scottish & Southern Energy, Mr Boak has held a range of service delivery and customer service positions within an energy utility business.
Brian Buckley (Swansea)
A freelance consultant in Water Science, Risk Management and Emergency Planning, Mr Buckley is a Chartered Chemist and Chairman of the Water Supply and Quality Panel of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. Prior to being appointed Chief Scientist for South West Water in 1989, he was previously employed by Welsh Water for 22 years.
Byron Butler(Bridgend)
A retired wholesale butcher, Mr Butler has been a JP since 1978, is clerk to Brackla Community Council and has been a member of the BSi Consumer Policy Committee since 1992. He was High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan in 1995/96.
Brian Charles (Penally)
Mr Charles retired as Managing Director of Welsh Water in 1996 having previously held a range of senior management positions in the company and in the water industry.
David Clarke(Penarth)
A retired Administration Director for a private company in Cardiff, Mr Clarke is Chairman of Linc-Cymru Housing Association Limited. He also holds a number of voluntary and community positions.
Jennifer Cole (Barry)
A retired National Officer for the Banking, Insurance and Finance Union in Wales, Ms Cole has lived in Wales for over 20 years.
Helena Crennell(Holywell)
A retired civil servant and former Senior Agricultural Advisory Officer to MAFF/ADAS, Mrs Crennell is an "independent person" for Clwyd CC in the investigation of complaints against social services. She is also an active member of RNLI and Flintshire Citizens Advice Panel.
Roger Dale(Anglesey)
An environmental consultant and non-executive director of a landfill business in North West Wales, Mr Dale was an employee of Welsh Water until 2000 where he held various operational and asset planning posts in both the water and sewerage business.
David Davies(Whitland)
Current president of the National Farmers Union Cymru, an organisation which represents 15,000 farmers in Wales, Mr Davies is a dairy farmer and a magistrate.
Digby Davies(Llansantffraid)
Mr Davies (BA, MSc) is water sector consultant who was previously on the staff of the World Bank and Thames Water, and has lectured at the Universities of Warwick, Manchester and Trinity College, Dublin, on the subject of improving the efficiency of public utilities.
Elsa Davies (St Clears)
Formerly Chief Executive of the National Playing Field Association, Mrs Davies’ professional background is in education. She is currently a member of the governing Councils of the University of Wales and Swansea University and a member of their audit committees. As well as being active on a number of local voluntary organisations, she reports for the community pages of the Carmarthen Journal. Mrs Davies is a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order and Deputy Mayoress of St Clears.
Siwan Davies (Brecon)
Head of Legislation and Chamber Services at the National Assembly for Wales, Ms Davies returned to Wales in 2008 after 3 years in Australia, where she was Deputy Clerk of the Parliament of Queensland. Ms Davies is an experienced public administrator who has previously held various positions in the National Assembly for Wales and Welsh Office.
Geoffrey Daw (Llandudno)
A civil engineer, Mr Daw is a member of the executive committee of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association of Wales, and has worked for a contract partner of Welsh Water for the last 15 years.
James Driscoll (Cardiff)
Currently a self-employed management consultant, Dr Driscoll was formerly the senior UK partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers with responsibility for regional economic development and inward investment. He is a member of the Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board, which advises the National Assembly for Wales on matters of financial assistance to industry, and the Institute of Welsh Affairs. He also advises and sits on the Boards of a number of Welsh based commercial enterprises.
Anthony Ducroq (Newport)
Currently a Business Advisor for the Local Enterprise Agency, Newport and Gwent Enterprise, Mr Ducroq is a former Welsh Water employee with over 30-years water sector experience having held roles involving administration, press/media relations and customer service. He also has his own antiques business with his wife.
John Egan(Aberystwyth)
A self employed heating engineer, Mr Egan is also an NVQ lecturer in plumbing for Ceredigion County Council.
Angela Elniff-Larsen(Merthyr Tydfil)
Angela is currently director of Angles Consulting, an organisation specialising in providing advice and support to Niche Enterprise and economic and social development. She was previously an Associate Director with Ecotec Research and Consulting and Chief Executive of Community Enterprise Wales and has over twenty years experience of working in business, social and economic regeneration.
Elizabeth Esau(Cardiff)
A senior schoolteacher, Mrs Esau is a Welsh speaker and en education consultant for a waste awareness campaign in Cardiff. She has previously worked on secondment as an education coordinator for Welsh Water, assisting in the establishment of the Environmental Education Centre at Cog Moors WwTW and in promoting links with business.
Arwyn Evans(Cardiff)
A Chartered Civil Engineer, Mr Evans is Director and General Manager of the George Wimpey branded housebuilding business in South Wales, which is part of Taylor Wimpey Plc., the UK's largest housebuilder. Mr Evans holds a MBA from the Rotterdam Business School, and prior to his current role worked for Taylor Woodrow in an engineering, project management, and production director capacity on numerous civil engineering and building projects in the UK and overseas, including a significant period in Africa.
Huw Evans(Goodwick)
A retired Head of Public Health & Environment with Pembrokeshire. CC, Mr Evans has over 30 years experience in environmental health matters. He is a Qualified Assessor for BSi ISO9000 and was chairman of the Milford Haven Environmental Steering Group (1995-1999).
John Evans(Abergavenny)
A retired solicitor, Mr Evans has a strong interest in the environment - he is chairman of The Elan Valley Trust, and a member of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, the Gwent Wildlife Trust and The Wye Forum.
Ogwyn Evans(Carmarthen)
A farmer, Mr Evans is County Chairman of Farmers Unions of Wales. He also represents over 200 dairy farmers on the Board of First Milk, and has been awarded an Associateship of the Royal Agricultural Society of Great Britain in recognition of services to agriculture.
Philip Evans(Llandudno)
A local councillor and magistrate, Mr Evans is a former employee of Welsh Water who retired in 2005 after 30 years of having held various roles in planning and sewerage administration in North Wales. He has also represented rail passengers in North Wales for over ten years, and is currently a member of the Passenger Panel for Arriva Trains Wales.
Roger Evans(Carmarthen)
A farmer and businessman, Mr Evans (OBE, BSc, FRAgS) is currently chairman of Community Foods Group Limited and of the Welsh Assembly Government Independent Appeals Panel for Farmers in Wales. He is also a non-executive director of various UK businesses and organisations for over 20 years and has wide experience of governance, business, land use and environmental issues.
James Foreman-Peck(Vale of Glamorgan)
Director of the Welsh Institute for Research in Economics and Development, at Cardiff University Business School, Professor Foreman-Peck is a former Economic Advisor at HM Treasury and Fellow of St Antony's College, University of Oxford.
Robert Gilchrist(Cardiff)
Currently working as a consultant in wastewater, Mr Gilchrist is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and Institution of Water and Environmental Management. He has over 30 years water sector experience, including 16 years consultancy work resident in the Middle East. As a past Director of Keep Wales Tidy, he played an active role in launching the Green Seas initiative and other major campaigns benefiting the coastal and river environment of Wales.
Keith Gillard(Rhondda)
A former teacher and chief examiner in geography, Mr Gillard is now Chief Executive - Mid Glamorgan Education Business Partnership. He is a member of the steering group for Welsh Water's award winning Cilfynydd Education Centre.
Leonard Hancock(Bridgend)
Mr Hancock is Director of Training with Arena Network, a centre that advises businesses in Wales on environmental matters. A chemist by qualification, he was formerly Operations Director for the environmental and analytical testing business of Acer Consultants.
Andrew Herbert(Cardiff)
An employee of Kelda Water Services, Mr Herbert is an electrical engineer and holds an MBA in Business Administration.
Richard Hibbs(Llandudno)
A consultant with a strong academic record, Mr Hibbs works for Integral Business Support Ltd providing advice and business support in the areas of operational research and procurement. He is a past chairman of the Snowdonia National Park Authority Standards Committee.
Gerald Holtham(Nantymoel)
An economist with 15 years experience in the City of London, Mr Holtham is currently Chief Investment Officer with Morley Fund Management, which manages investments valued at over £110bn. He is also a Director of the Welsh Whisky Company.
Maurice Hughes(Haverfordwest)
A mechanical engineer and former managing director in the motor industry, Mr Hughes was Leader of Pembrokeshire County Council between 1999 and 2004. He is currently a member of the training organisation ELWA, a Board member of the Welsh Centre for Health, and he acts on behalf of a variety of charity organisations in Pembrokeshire.
Ian Hunter(Fishguard)
Now a management development consultant working mainly with small businesses and charities, Mr Hunter is also a psychotherapist and executive coach. He previously practised as an optometrist and was until 2005 Chief Executive of the UK Association of Optometrists. A member of the Court of Cardiff University, he was made an OBE in 1998.
Iwan Huws(Y Felinheli)
Currently the Director Wales for The National Trust, Mr Huws, who is a zoologist and an ecologist by qualification, is chairman of the ITV Wales Advisory Council. He was previously chief executive of Snowdonia National Park Authority and is a former member of the BBC Broadcasting Council for Wales.
Julie James(Llandeilo)
A former Director of Personnel, Mrs James holds a number of public appointments including: as a Non-Executive Director of Estyn – HM Inspector of Schools; as a member of the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, and of the Dyfed Powys Police Misconduct Panel. She is also a Health Assessor for the Corporate Health at Work Standard, and serves with other organisations in the arena of higher and further education, and the environment, including as a Trustee of Keep Wales Tidy.
Sarah Jenkins(Carmarthen)
Ms Jenkins is a Chartered Accountant who has recently sold her Practice after working for a number of years as a sole practitioner and business advisor for new businesses and projects. She is currently working on projects within the Oil industry. A Welsh speaker, she is a Board Member of Dyfed Powys Probation Trust and has formerly represented the voluntary sector on the Carmarthenshire Objective 1 Partnership Board. Ms Jenkins is also a Trustee of a local Community youth project and previously was its Chair of Trustees.
Bryn Parry Jones(Caernarfon)
An Office Manager with the University of Wales Bangor, Mr Parry Jones is a former employee who retired after 30 years of providing financial and operational management services to Welsh Water.
Tegryn Jones(Cardiff)
Chief Executive of the environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy, Mr Jones is also a member of the Wales Environmental Protection Advisory Committee.
Huw Jones(Port Talbot)
A chartered civil engineer, Mr Jones is Group Leader in the Technical services Department (Drainage and Coastal Management) of the City and County of Swansea. He has extensive knowledge of drainage and coastal management issues.
Michael Jordan(Montgomery)
A former Commander in the Royal Navy, Mr Jordan brings a different perspective of governance as the recently retired Secretary and Chief Executive for the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth.
Liza Kellett(Cardiff)
Chief Executive of the charity Community Foundation in Wales, Ms Kellett has previously worked with social enterprise organisations in Yorkshire helping homeless and other less advantaged members of society.
Joan Kostenko(Cardiff)
Mrs Kostenko is a former hotel/restaurant proprietor and retired welfare rights and advice consultant. She is currently a Lay Inspector with Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and holds a number of voluntary and charitable positions.
Paul Loveluck(Cardiff)
Mr Loveluck is President of The National Museums and Galleries of Wales and Chair of the Wales New Deal Task Force. He is a former Chief Executive of the Wales Tourist Board (1984-1996) and of the Countryside Council for Wales (1996 - 2002).
Colm McCabe(Wrexham)
A Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Environmentalist, after more than 12 years involvement in the delivery of Welsh Water’s Environmental Programmes, Mr McCabe is now Director of UK Operations for Mack Trading – Amenity Management. This company specialises in operating municipal golf facilities in Ireland and the UK, with a focus on bringing the values and life-skills associated with the game of golf to a wide young audience.
Cedric Milner(Anglesey)
Now a consultant, Professor Milner is an ecologist and retired professor of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Bangor. He is Chairman of the Snowdonia Society, a member of the Council for National Parks, and a former Home Office Scientific Advisor.
Margaret Minhinnick(Porthcawl)
A former teacher and one of the founder members of and former chief spokesperson for Friends of the Earth Cymru, Mrs Minhinnick is currently a Director of Sustainable Wales. She has regularly appeared on TV and spoken in public on environmental matters.
Brian Morgan(Penarth)
Director of the Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre at the Cardiff Business School, Professor Morgan is also chairman of the companies Welsh Whisky and Brecon Carreg. He is a former chief economist at the Welsh Development Agency and senior policy advisor to government (including DTI and Welsh Affairs Select Committee).
Jeffrey Morgan(Treharris)
Now an environmental consultant, Mr Morgan recently retired after over 40 years working in the water industry in Wales, where he was latterly Environment and Education Manager.
Patrick Moriarty(London)
Now an investigator working for the Local Government Ombudsman, Mr Moriarty was a Non-Executive Director of Welsh Water between 1996 and 2001, prior to which he was a Member of the Customer Services Committee for Wales. He was also previously Vice Chairman of Gwent Health Authority and owned his own house-building company in Monmouthshire.
Derek Osborn(Vale of Glamorgan)
A former senior civil servant, Mr Osborn is a UK appointed member of the EC Economic and Social Committee and chairs the European Sustainable Development Observatory. He was previously a founding member of the UK Sustainable Development Commission and is a former non-executive director of Severn Trent plc.
David Owen(St Asaph)
A retired Chief Constable of North Wales Police, Mr Owen (CBE, QPM) is a member of Conwy West CHC and served as chairman of the Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Consumers Committee between 1995-2000.
David Lloyd Owen(Llangoedmor)
A former City analyst, Dr Owen is Managing Director of Envisager, a non-executive director of EnviroGene Limited and a member of the Pictet Water Fund and XPV Capital’s Advisory Boards. He has published five books on the business of water management and markets, over 300 articles and presentations papers on the sector and is a columnist for Global Water Intelligence.
John Wyn Owen(Cowbridge)
Chairman University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Mr Owen is former Secretary of the Nuffield Trust (a body which undertakes research and policy studies in health services). Between 1984 and 1994 he was Director NHS Wales, Welsh Office and chairman Welsh Health Common Services Authority.
Simon Pickering(Chepstow)
Mr Pickering is employed by Passenger Focus, the consumer watchdog for the UK rail industry, as the Passenger Link Manager for Wales. His previous roles include that of a business management consultant with Citizens Advice Cymru working with individual citizens advice bureaux across Wales, with particular responsibility for social inclusion and equality.
Eileen Pohl(Newport)
A retired Customer Care Manager with Lloyds TSB, Mrs Pohl is also a former member of Water Voice Wales.
Hugh Price(Vale of Glamorgan)
A solicitor and partner with Hugh James Solicitors in Cardiff, Mr Price specialises in insurance matters. He is a former Deputy District Judge in the High Court.
Victoria Provis(London)
Currently a partner with Odgers Ray & Berndtson (a leading executive search consultancy) and head of its Cardiff office, Ms Provis is an experienced human resources and corporate marketing professional. She is also a Council Member of the Princes Trust Cymru, and Vice-Chair of Governors and Member of the General Council of the United World College of the Atlantic..
Linda Rees(Port Talbot)
A retired engineering draughtsman, Mrs Rees has been a JP since 1981. In 1997 she was injured in the Southall Train Crash and in 1999 she became a spokesperson for those injured in this incident from South Wales.
Martin Roblin(Swansea)
An environmental scientist by qualification, Mr Roblin recently retired as a Wastewater Operations Manager having worked in the water industry in Wales for over 30 years.
Colin Rosser(Brecon)
Now semi-retired, Mr Rosser is a consultant advising on international trade and business development. Until 1997 he was employed as Managing Director of Welsh Water International Limited, prior to which he held various senior planning and business development roles with the Hyder plc group.
Barbara Spanjers(Hereford)
Now working with a start-up business in Herefordshire, Mrs Spanjers previously held financial trustee roles with private investment companies in Ontario, Canada, where she also owned an orchard farm business.
David Such(Chepstow)
A electrical engineer of 30 years experience in the UK and overseas, Mr Such is a Director of Such Salinger Peters (Consulting Engineers). He is a recreational diver, and frequently dives in Welsh waters.
Denis Taylor(Newport)
Mr Taylor recently retired as Head of Economic Regulation for Welsh Water after 26 years with the company, mainly working in financial and tariff management.
Mary Taylor(Crickhowell)
A former Health Care Professional and ex Powys County Council Councillor, Mrs Taylor is currently a member of Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. She has also previously campaigned on disability rights issues in Wales. Chair of Marie Curie Support Group and Trustee of Volunteer Bureaux Crickhowell. She is very active in promoting and encouraging woman to take a greater part in public life.
Hugh Thomas(Bridgend)
Currently chairman of Swansea NHS Trust, Mr Thomas served as a non-executive Director of Welsh Water between 1996 and 2001. He retired in 1995 after 41 years in local government, latterly as Chief Executive/County Clerk of Mid Glamorgan, and in 1999 he was President of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society.
Raymond Thomas(Merthyr Tydfil)
Currently a Councillor and Leader of Merthyr Tydfil CBC, and Chair of South Wales Police Authority, Mr Thomas is a former Welsh Water employee with 26 years experience with the company, including in areas of customer service.
Anne-Marie Thompset(Pontyclun)
Formerly Head of Carbon Trust in Wales, and a former Commercial Manager promoting green energy generation in Wales, Ms Thompsett now heads up a Business Coaching company. A qualified environmental scientist, trainer and business coach, and winner of the Welsh Women of the Year Management Achievement Award 2003, Ms Thompsett has a strong track record in leadership and management.
Sir Adrian Webb(Cowbridge)
Sir Adrian is currently the Chair of the Wales Employment and Skills Board, a Commissioner with the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, and a Member of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (where he is chair of the Welsh Committee). He is a former chairman of the Pontypridd and Rhondda NHS Trust and a former the vice-chancellor of the University of Glamorgan and has extensive experience of audit, risk management and governance in the public and not for profit sectors for health and education. He is also a non-executive director of the National Assembly for Wales, and a former director of Education Learning Wales (ELWA).
Further information
Report and Accounts 2008
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