Angharad (known to everyone as Harrie) grew up in Caerphilly and was educated at The Cathedral School Llandaff.
Whos Who

As head of the Wales Audit Office, he oversees the annual audit of some £20 billion of taxpayers’ money and is appointed on an eight-year term.
Executive Leadership Team
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Ann-Marie HarkinExecutive Leadership Team
Ann-Marie Harkin was born in Weston Super Mare; and was educated at La-Retraite High School for girls in Bristol before attending Cardiff Universit
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Clare JamesExecutive Leadership Team
Clare is one of the four employee members on our Executive Leadership Team.
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Emma WoodcockExecutive Leadership TeamEmma Woodcock was born in Mid Wales and educated in John Beddoes School in Powys.
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Matthew EdwardsExecutive Leadership Team
Matt is a fluent Welsh speaker from North Wales and was educated at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd in Wrexham.
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Steve O’DonoghueExecutive Leadership TeamSteve O’Donoghue is our Director of Finance and Human Resources (HR), lead Director for our Good Practice Exchange and a member of ou
Directors
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Ann-Marie HarkinExecutive Leadership Team
Ann-Marie Harkin was born in Weston Super Mare; and was educated at La-Retraite High School for girls in Bristol before attending Cardiff Universit
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Dave ThomasDirectors
Dave Thomas was born in Swansea and educated at Olchfa Comprehensive School.
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Derwyn OwenDirectorsDerwyn has worked for the Wales Audit Office and its predecessor bodies, the Audit Commission in Wales and District Audit since 1997.
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Huw ReesDirectorsHuw is a Performance Audit Director with responsibility for Local Government Performance Audit, and is the Engagement Director for 8 Unitary Auth
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Matthew MortlockDirectors
Matthew has worked for the Wales Audit Office (WAO) and one of its predecessor bodies, the National Audit Office (Wales), since 2002.
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Richard HarriesDirectorsRichard was born in Cwmgwrach, a small village in the Neath Valley.
Board Members
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Adrian CromptonBoard MembersAdrian Crompton was born in 1965 and educated at the Royal Forest of Dean Grammar School in Gloucestershire, before embarking on a degree in Econ
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Alison GerrardBoard MembersAlison is a CIPFA Accountant with a further qualification in Corporate Governance.
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Amanda HughesBoard Members
Amanda is a Chartered Accountant and is currently an Audit Manager based predominantly in our Ewloe office in North Wales.
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Anne BeeganBoard MembersAnne was born in Birkenhead, on the Wirral and was educated at Prenton High School for Girls.Anne has worked for the Wales Audit Off
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David FrancisBoard MembersDavid has a career spanning more than 20 years spent working for a number of large UK corporates in a variety of global finance roles.
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Dr Ian J ReesBoard Members
A native of Swansea, Dr Ian Rees has spent his career in education and training in Wales and has developed considerable experience working on
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Elinor GwynnBoard Members
With a background in environmental science and law, Elinor Gwynn is an experienced practitioner in the fields of landscape, heritage and environmen
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Lindsay FoysterBoard Members
Lindsay has been a Nonexecutive member of the Wales Audit Office Board since 2015.