Board Members

Hywel Davies

Reverend Hywel Davies is the Director for Tearfund Wales and the Minister of Capel Cildwrn in Lalngefni, Anglesey. For the last six years he has been Vice Chair of the Anglesey Local Health Board, and the Board's Corporate Health Champion. He has served as Chair of Menter Mon and on the North Wales Court Board, WCVA Council, and Energywatch Wales.

Presently Hywel is also an Independent Member of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Consumer Voice Wales, and Vice Chair of the Local Government Boundary Commission as well as the Home Office Member of the Appointment Panel for the North Wales Police Authority.

Richard Palmer - CBE

Richard is from Llangwm, Pembrokeshire and is Executive Vice President of the British Olympic Association and a Director of the British Olympic Foundation. He is also a board director of Sports Coach UK and has attended 8 Olympic or Commonwealth Games as a Chef de Mission.

He was also the Technical Director of the London 2012 Olympic bid and an advisor to the Commonwealth Games Federation for the games of Kuala Lumpur, Manchester and Melbourne.

Adele Baumgardt

Adele is an independent consultant specialising in all apects of compliance with equality legislation working extensively with employers in Wales and across the UK.

Adele has worked specifically on issues surrounding increasing participation in sport and physical activity for under-represented groups, in particular women and girls and in 2008 was appointed as Commissioner on the Womens National Commission.

Robert Harris

Cllr Robert Harris lives and works in Lampeter and is a qualified social worker who has represented Lampeter on Dyfed and later Ceredigion County Council since 1981 and is a member of Lampeter Town Council.

As well as strong local government experience he was also previously Welsh National Orienteering Coach and Senior Champion and a Football referee with 15 years experience including the Football League of Wales.

David Lloyd Roberts

David is a partner in Huw James law firm in Cardiff.

Born in Bangor, he was educated in Wrexham and at Cambridge University.

Welsh sprint champion on nine occasions, David represented Britain at the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metre relay between 1974 and 1978 at the European Championships as well as also representing Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

Martin Warren

Martin represented Wales at school cricket, going on to play for Cardiff Cricket club for 12 years.

A Chartered Accountant, Martin became a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1989 and is currently Director of Finance at UWIC. For 5 years, Martin was Chairman of UWIC Inter Cardiff, engineering the merger of the two clubs into the League of Wales.

Professor John Baylis

John Baylis represented the Welsh Universities at soccer and athletics. He also played in the North and West Wales cricket leagues.

Until he retired he was Professor of Politics and International Relations and Pro-Vice Chancellor, responsible for Sport, External Relations and Human Resources, at Swansea University.

Previously he had been a Professor and Dean of Social Sciences at Aberystwyth University.

He also spent five years as a member of the Governing Board at the Wales National Swimming Pool.

Richard Cuthbertson

Richard Andrew Cuthbertson is Chairman of DMM Group which makes and sells sports and safety equipment.

He is also Chairman of Damos Construction.  He is Chairman of Wild Country Group, a manufacturer of rock climbing equipment, was Chairman of the National Trust Wales (1997-2008) and a Council Member of Princes Trust Cymru (2002-2008).  He is Treasurer of Black Environment Network and Non Executive Director of Cofnod and Agored Cymru.

Andrew Morgan

Andrew Bennett Morgan is a former Director of Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Limited and Director of the Golf Union of Wales.

He is also Chairman of Golf Development Wales and a former member of Ryder Cup Wales Audit Committee.

He is a member of the Fundraising and Marketing Committee of Tenovus, the Welsh based Cancer Charity.

He is a Dental Surgeon in Cardiff.

Simon Pirotte

Simon Pirotte is Principal and Chief Executive of Coleg Powys.

He has previously held the positions of Deputy Principal at Bridgend College and also Director of Sport, Lifestyle and Business at Swansea College.  He has been a Lecturer at UWIC and Gorseinon College and Head of Drama  at Los Angeles School District Westchester High School.

He is the Artistic Director for Welsh Glamorgan Youth Theatre and Steel Wasp Theatre Company.

Paul Thorburn

Paul Thorburn is Managing Director of Paul Thorburn Limited, a Business Development Consultancy.  From 2006-2010 he was Strategic Development Manager for Ospreys Rugby Limited.  From 2007-2010 he was a Committee Member for European Rugby Limited.  He has been a Special Projects Manager for the Welsh Rugby Union and was Tournament Director for the  1999 Rugby World Cup.

He is a former Neath RFC and international Wales Rugby Union player who played at full back. He also captained Wales. He retired from playing in 1991.

Alan Watkin

Alan Watkin was until recently the Chief Libraries, Leisure and Culture Officer in Wrexham County Borough Council.

He was Cultural Advisor to the Wales Local Government Association, a Member of the Legacy Trust Advisory Board for the Cultural Olympiad in Wales and a Member of the Welsh books Council.  He was also a Member of the Wales Arts Review panel.

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