Alison Thorne Chair Alison Thorne is a Chair, Non-Executive Director, and Committee member with a corporate global career in retail, having held executive board roles at Mothercare, George at Asda and Otto UK and executive leadership roles at Kingfisher and Storehouse specialising in Operations, Buying, Merchandising and Sourcing. She started her retail career in David Morgans Cardiff.
Cathryn Allen Cath is Director of Creating Answers, specialising in helping individuals, teams and organisations achieve clarity, confidence and creativity in striving to be the best leaders they can be. She is a trained EMCC coaching practitioner and designs and delivers workshops in leadership, teamwork and communication. Cath is based in Harlech and Cardiff, and works across the UK in both English and Welsh.
Giovanni Basileti Giovanni is a Solicitor specialising in construction and engineering law. He is experienced in dealing with contentious and non-contentious construction matters across all sectors and has a keen interest in energy infrastructure projects. Originally from Gibraltar, he is a native Spanish speaker.
Joanna Davies Joanna is an Executive Coach specialising in pushing boundaries in women's leadership, and a specialist in personal brand development. Prior to this, Jo worked for 25 in audience and brand development in the cultural industries, working with arts and heritage organisations across Wales, including with one of her favourite clients, National Dance Company Wales! Jo is based near Tintern and works across the UK and internationally.
Krystal S. Lowe Krystal S. Lowe is a Bermuda-born, Wales-based dancer, choreographer, writer, and director creating dance theatre works for stage, public space, and film that explore themes of intersectional identity, mental health and wellbeing, and empowerment to challenge herself and audiences toward introspection and social change.
Stacey Rainbow Oliver Stacey is a PR and marketing expert turned Sustainability Director who puts people, passion, and purpose first at Wales’ number one creative agency. She is also a non-professional dancer.
Tupac Martir Tupac is the Artist and Founder of Satore Studio. The V&A called him "The Multidisciplinary Renaissance Man" due to his work as a multimedia artist whose work spans the fields of technology, lighting, projection and video, sound design, music, and composition, as well as choreography and costumes. Vogue has described him as ‘the visual designer and creative director behind some of the most important events in the world’.
William James William was Producer at Theatr Clwyd leading the Producing and Programming team until 2021. At Clwyd, he programmed NDCWales for many years - he's a big fan. Before this, and among other places, he has worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the West Yorkshire Playhouse and at Intelfax, subtitling Channel 4 programmes for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences. He was educated at the University of Wales, Cardiff.