Local Authorities

  • Sioned Williams Read more
    Sioned Williams Head of Economy and Community, Cyngor Gwynedd
  • Andrew Farrow Read more
    Andrew Farrow Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy), Flintshire County Council
  • Tony Ward Read more
    Tony Ward Head of Highways and Environment, Denbighshire County Council
  • Christian Branch Read more
    Christian Branch Head of Regulation and Economic Development, Isle of Anglesey County Council
  • David Fitzsimon Read more
    David Fitzsimon Chief Officer - Economy and Housing, Wrexham County Borough Council
  • Sarah Ecob Read more
    Sarah Ecob Head of Economy and Culture at Conwy County Borough Council
Sioned Williams
Sioned Williams Head of Economy and Community, Cyngor Gwynedd

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Senior Responsible Owner for the Agri-food and Tourism Programme
  • Head of Economy and Community at Cyngor Gwynedd

Andrew Farrow
Andrew Farrow Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy), Flintshire County Council

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Senior Responsible Owner for the Land and Property Programme
  • Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy) at Flintshire County Council

Tony Ward
Tony Ward Head of Highways and Environment, Denbighshire County Council

Christian Branch
Christian Branch Head of Regulation and Economic Development, Isle of Anglesey County Council

David Fitzsimon
David Fitzsimon Chief Officer - Economy and Housing, Wrexham County Borough Council

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Senior Responsible Owner for the Digital Connectivity Programme 
  • Chief Officer - Economy and Housing, Wrexham County Borough Council

Sarah Ecob
Sarah Ecob Head of Economy and Culture at Conwy County Borough Council

Higher and Further Education

  • Steve Jackson Read more
    Steve Jackson Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Chief Executive, Coleg Cambria
  • Dr. Aulay Mackenzie Read more
    Dr. Aulay Mackenzie Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships), Wrexham University
  • Professor Paul Spencer Read more
    Professor Paul Spencer Dean of College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Bangor University
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Chief Executive, Coleg Cambria

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Senior Responsible Owner for the Llysfasi Net Zero Farm project
  • Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Chief Executive at Coleg Cambria

Dr. Aulay Mackenzie
Dr. Aulay Mackenzie Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships), Wrexham University

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Senior Responsible Owner for the Enterprise Engineering and Optics Centre project
  • Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Partnerships) at Wrexham University

Professor Paul Spencer
Professor Paul Spencer Dean of College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Bangor University

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Dean of College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at Bangor University

Host Authority

  • Iwan G. D. Evans Read more
    Iwan G. D. Evans Head of Legal Services, Cyngor Gwynedd
  • Dewi A. Morgan Read more
    Dewi A. Morgan Head of Finance, Cyngor Gwynedd
Iwan G. D. Evans
Iwan G. D. Evans Head of Legal Services, Cyngor Gwynedd

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Host Authority Monitoring Officer
  • Head of Legal Services at Cyngor Gwynedd 

Dewi A. Morgan
Dewi A. Morgan Head of Finance, Cyngor Gwynedd

  • Executive Member on the Executive Group and Portfolio Board
  • Host Authority Section 151 Officer
  • Head of Finance for Cyngor Gwynedd

Portfolio Management Office and Regional Teams

  • Alwen Williams Read more
    Alwen Williams Portfolio Director
  • Hedd Vaughan-Evans Read more
    Hedd Vaughan-Evans Head of Operations
  • Nia Medi Williams Read more
    Nia Medi Williams Operations Manager
  • Sian Lloyd Roberts Read more
    Sian Lloyd Roberts Regional Skills Manager
Alwen Williams
Alwen Williams Portfolio Director

My Role:

  • An ambassador for North Wales: passionate about exploring new opportunities with local, national and global stakeholders
  • Working with partners across sectors and investors to design, develop and build a vibrant, sustainable, resilient and thriving North Wales economy
  • Oversee delivery of the exciting £1 billion North Wales Growth Deal and lead the Regional Portfolio Management Office team driving it forward

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Hedd Vaughan-Evans
Hedd Vaughan-Evans Head of Operations

My role:

  • Manage the business and finance operations of the Economic Ambition Board
  • Responsible for the governance and assurance arrangements of the Growth Deal
  • To oversee performance and risk management for all programmes, project and other activities of the Economic Ambition Board
  • Senior Responsible Officer for the Parc Bryn Cegin project

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Nia Medi Williams
Nia Medi Williams Operations Manager

My Role:

  • Manage the agenda and forward work programme of the Economic Ambition Board, the Portfolio Board, the Executive Group and the Business Delivery Board 
  • Oversee the communications and public relations function of the Portfolio Management Office 
  • Act as Deputy to the Head of Operations  

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Sian Lloyd Roberts
Sian Lloyd Roberts Regional Skills Manager

My Role:

  • Lead and manage the Regional Skills Partnership and Welsh Government contract, working with industry and education providers
  • Lead on the development and delivery of the North Wales Skills & Employment Strategy and related Regional Skills Partnership Action Plan
  • To lead on the preparation of the employability and skills programme in co-ordination with key stakeholders and funding bodies to ensure that the skills pipeline is aligned to capital investments in the region

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