The Bwrdd (Board)
Ten members were nominated to the Board in 2020-2021. The nominating process happens every July – August.
The Council has opened nominations for Board members for the year 2021-2022.
The Board has 12 members and the closing date for nominations will be Saturday 31 July at 5pm.
Nominations can be submitted by emailing gwybodaeth@cyfathrebu.cymru with the nominee’s name and telephone number.
Members of the Board 2020-2021
Angharad Mair
Angharad Mair is a television presenter, columnist, former athlete and director of Tinopolis.
Originally from Carmarthen, she started her career with the BBC. In 1990 she started working for the television company Agenda, presenting the television program Heno on S4C.
Angharad runs marathons. She competed in the World Athletics Championship in Athens in 1997.
Barrie Jones
Barrie Jones is a former Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief of NWN Media, with responsibility for their daily, weekly newspapers and websites across north and mid Wales.
He currently works as Senior Consultant Editor of ‘Y Cymro’ and contributes occasionally to Radio Cymru.
He has over four decades experience in journalism and was the editor of the daily newspaper ‘The Leader‘ in the north east and Cheshire for a long time.
He set up a journalism course at Glyndwr University in Wrexham and was elected to the management board of the British Association of Editors.
Beti George
Beti George is a cardi from the village of Coedybryn near Llandysul.
She started her career as a BBC correspondent in Swansea. She presented Heddiw and Newyddion for years as well as music and documentary programs.
She is a stage presenter of the World Singer Competition and a presenter of Radio Cymru’s program – Beti a’i Phobol – which began in 1985.
She made radio and television programs on Dementia for S4C and for the BBC.
One of those – David and Beti: Lost for Words won a gold medal at the New York Film Festival.
She is a Fellow of Bangor University, Trinity Saint David, and the University of South Wales.
Bethan Jones Parry
‘That girl from Eifionydd’ according to John Roberts Williams.
Participating In journalism, broadcasting, writing, presentation, leadership, chairing and teaching since the last century.
Betsan Powys
Betsan Powys joined BBC Wales as a trained journalist in 1989, before joining the Cardiff newsroom as a bilingual multimedia reporter. She moved to present current affairs in 1994.
Betsan Powys began presenting on S4C’s Newyddion program, as Europe’s top current affairs correspondent in the Ewropa series, and joined Huw Edwards to present the special election programs in the United Kingdom. She returned from London to Cardiff to work for BBC Wales before being appointed BBC Wales’ Political Editor.
Betsan was appointed Editor of BBC Radio Cymru where she remained for five years until 2018.
She is now the presenter of Pawb a’i Farn.
Euros Lewis
Euros Lewis is the founder of Wes Glei production company. He is a director,
producer and script writer.
He’s a talented musician.
Marc Webber
Marc has nearly 30 years media experience. Originally from Bridgend, he began his career as a sports commentator on Red Dragon Radio in Cardiff. He has been Head of Content at ITV.com, editor of PA’s multiplatform video and has also worked on FT, LBC, The Sun and France 24.
He has also been a digital consultant with UTV, part of S4C’s digital committee and judge of the Celtic Media Festival. He currently works as a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Northampton and as a football correspondent for BBC television and radio.
Nia Ceidiog
Nia Ceidiog is the founder of production company Ceidiog. She is a presenter, producer, senior producer and television director.
She is a weightlifter.
Owain Gwilym
Composer, researcher and music label manager specializing in digital content.
Owain is from the west of Wales.
Rishiart Arwel
Former producer and senior producer of HTV Wales’ entertainment division.