Former Chief Special Adviser in the Welsh Government, now running a communications consultancy specialising in speechwriting, presentation skills and influencing. Clients have included the United Nations, TEDx speakers, UK, Scottish, and Welsh Governments and the Civil Service College.

After 14 years in design, delivery and leadership roles for a leading L&D provider, Dawn now works independently and have done since 2015. She works with organisations large and small, local and global. Not everything in her career has gone to plan, with a very shaky start to her leadership career, redundancy, and the perils of self-employment. Dawn’s resilience continues to go from strength to strength, but in hindsight, building her resilience as a daily practice might have been easier that the steep learning curve she followed at times!

Dawn has a number of voluntary roles including School Governor, Community Centre volunteer and pro bono mentoring for people who face barriers re-entering the world of work. She also loves to sing her heart out as part of Rock Choir.

Andy is passionate about leadership, personal and organisational development. He has led teams in varied and often life-changing environments.  He coaches at Board level and brings a rich operational background whilst maintaining strategic focus. As a former police Chief Superintendent with a successful career in law enforcement, he has demonstrated how the skills he has acquired can be transferred into the wider public sector, but as importantly, into the commercial and private sector.  He has led on change, turnaround and supported senior leaders through significant transformation and cultural change.

He led on a series of managing transformation/change leadership modules for the NHS in south-east Wales and continues to coach at Board level for NHS England and Wales. 

He was awarded the MBE for services to law enforcement and public protection in 2013 and in 2019, he was recognised as a Companion of the Institute of Leadership. He has been appointed to the Welsh Government, Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) Advisory Panel (2020).

David is a Director of HTFT Partnership, an innovative, technology driven online training company. He has more than 30 years of experience in preparing students to pass accountancy exams. He has taught in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, London and his beloved Wales! David has also worked extensively for accountancy examination bodies; writing, presenting, marking and examining.

In his spare time David enjoys spending time with his family, walking, reading and playing and watching sport.

Steve is a performance auditor and a manager in Audit Wales’s Data Analytics team and National Studies team.

He formerly worked as a journalist on a daily newspaper. Outside work, Steve enjoys sports including cycling, running, triathlon and cricket.

Cadi is a Programme Managers for Digital Communities Wales: Digital Confidence, Health and Well-being – the Welsh Government’s procured national digital inclusion programme.

Previously she working in housing and homelessness, as well as overseas in empowering good governance. Cadi spends all her free time outdoors, either up mountains or in cold water.

Nicola started working in the NHS in 1991 as a finance management trainee.  Since qualifying in 1995 as a Chartered Accountant with CIPFA she has held a number of senior finance roles across South Wales, including 16 years working for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

After joining Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in 2014, initially as an Assistant Finance Director, Nicola quickly progressed to be appointed to the role of Executive Director of Planning, Digital and IT in 2015 and more recently she took on the role of Deputy Chief Executive.

Nicola led the Clinical Futures Programme across the Health Board area and the opening of The Grange University Hospital in 2020. She is passionate about the continuous improvement of services and ensuring patients and the public are at the heart of our planning. Nicola is also a strong advocate of personal development and training to ensure staff are well equipped and motivated to deliver the challenges of working for the NHS.

Nicola was appointed as Chief Executive of the Health Board in September 2022.

Proud to work and live in Wales, Nicola enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

Amanda began her nursing career in the NHS in 1992. She worked for many years on the front line both as a critical care nurse in England and Wales & also within primary care as a Health Visitor supporting families in areas of high deprivation.  

Population Health and preventative health care is something she cares passionately about, and she subsequently moved to Public Health Wales where she became the engagement lead & worked as part of a multi award winning team, gaining international recognition for their innovative approach to the reuse of office furniture.  

In 2019, Amanda moved to Swansea Bay UHB. During her time there she set up the Community Supported Agricultural (CSA) Farm at Morriston Hospital & also the Bed Poverty initiative.  

This year, Amanda was named by outgoing WFG Commissioner Sophie Howe as one of Wales’s 100 Future Generation Change Makers.  

In April ‘23 Amanda took a 2-year secondment with Welsh Government as Head of Foundational Economy for Health & Social Care. Her role is to work with Health Boards and Social Care providers across Wales and support how in their role they can positively influence the social, economic and environmental conditions to support healthy, prosperous people and communities.  

After joining NHS Wales in 1990 as a national Financial Management and Accountancy Trainee, Rebecca has held a number of positions across South Wales.  These include being the Director of Finance of two Health Boards for a combination of 14 years. 

As Chair of the All NHS Wales Directors of Finance Forum, she actively supported the creation of the NHS Wales Finance Academy, taking personal leadership of the Partnerships Programme. 

Appointed as the Director of the NHS Wales Finance Academy in March 2017, Rebecca has led the award winning Academy to create a number of innovative development programmes with the continuous ambition of being leading edge in the development of NHS Wales finance staff and functions. 

Peter initially worked the financial services industry and qualified as a Chartered Loss Adjuster in 1995 specialising in investigating and auditing commercial pecuniary losses such as fraud, loss of profit and legal liabilities. He was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters in 2001.

Peter joined HM Customs & Excise as a specialist financial investigation officer in 2001 and was seconded to the multi-agency Wales Regional Economic Crime Team in 2004. In 2006 his position transferred into the newly created Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) which later became the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Peter is an accredited by the Proceeds of Crime Centre (NCA) as a Financial Investigator and by the City of London Police as a Specialist Fraud Investigator.

Over his career, Peter has dealt with a wide variety of complex fraud, money laundering and bribery/corruption cases throughout the UK and abroad. He is a member of the national Money Laundering Expert Witness Cadre and has supported many different agencies and appeared in both Magistrates and Crown Courts throughout England & Wales providing expert evidence in relation to economic crime. He has also briefed government officials and other agencies on economic crime threats to the UK.

In 2018, Peter transferred to Gwent Police and is currently a Detective Sergeant supervising the Financial Crime Team.

Alison joined ICAEW in 2020 and is the Director of the Public Sector team, which supports members working in and with the public sector to deliver public priorities and sustainable public finances. ICAEW engages with policy makers, public servants and others to promote the need for effective financial management, audit and assurance, financial reporting and governance and ethics across the public sector to ensure public money is spent wisely.

After completing a law degree and qualifying with a medium-sized accountancy firm, she worked in practice for several years before joining HMRC in 1994. She spent 25 years there where she held the post of Commissioners’ Advisory Accountant.

Alison is also the Director for Tax at ICAEW.

Ann-Marie studied French and German at Cardiff University before joining the National Audit Office, subsequently Audit Wales, where she has enjoyed a varied career as a CIPFA accountant undertaking financial and performance audit work.

In 1999 she became the Private Secretary to the first Auditor General for Wales, establishing his Cardiff office and working on new devolution protocols.

Ann-Marie chairs the Finance Skills Development Group – a pan-Wales collaboration of public bodies which promotes the value and importance of a career in public finance.

In 2016 she won the prestigious Wales Women in Leadership Award.

In March 2021 Ann-Marie was appointed Executive Director Audit Services for Audit Wales, where she is the professional lead for all audit work and for developing strategic and professional relationships with stakeholders and the wider profession.

She is also a Trustee at Citizens Advice, a member of their Audit and Risk Committee and Chair of their Cymru Advisory Committee.

Amy joined Audit Wales in 2015 as a graduate trainee after completing her English Literature degree and Masters degree at Cardiff University. Audit Wales’ functions include auditing accounts and undertaking local performance audit work at a broad range of public bodies, alongside conducting a programme of national value for money examinations and studies to examine public spending.  

Amy qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2018 and is now an Audit Lead in the Audit Development and Guidance team. She has most recently led on the development and implementation of Audit Wales’ revised audit of accounts approach in response to significant changes to International Standards on Auditing.  

Amy is a keen golfer and supporter of Liverpool FC.

Aneesa joined Audit Wales in 2016 as a graduate trainee after completing her Accounting and Finance degree at Swansea University.  Audit Wales’ functions include auditing accounts and undertaking local performance audit work at a broad range of public bodies, alongside conducting a programme of national value for money examinations and studies to explore public spending. 

Aneesa is a member of the Audit Quality Committee and has most recently led on the implementation of newly introduced international quality management standards.

Having started my career as a Business Analyst in the private sector I joined the Civil Service on a graduate trainee programme at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. I completed my professional accountancy examinations and training whilst at DVLA, gaining experience across the Finance function before leaving for the Divisional Director role at ONS. My career ambition is rooted in public service and I strongly believe that Finance’s role within any organisation is three pronged – to protect, enable and advise.