Who's who in Menter Aberystwyth?

The Board of Directors is made up of the following individuals, some representing our core partners and others who bring specific expertise and experience:

Cllr Ray Quant Chairman: Ray served in the Royal Air Force in the field of communications from 1954 to 1994. On leaving the Service he returned to his home in Borth and became actively involved with local community organisations. Ray was the driving force behind building a new community hall and multi user games area for Borth. He served as Clerk to the Borth Community Council 1995 to 2002 and was elected as the Local Member for the Borth Ward in 2001. He has served on the Council Cabinet since 2002 and currently holds the portfolio for Highways, Property and Works. He is also Deputy Leader of the Council. Ray is currently Chairman of Ceredigion County Sports Council and represents Ceredigion on the Wales Association of Local Sports Council, where he holds the post of Treasurer.
rayquant@btinternet.com
Louise Amery Vice Chair & Aberystwyth Arts Centre Representative: After graduating from the University of Wales, Bangor, Louise has spent nearly 20 years working for arts organisations, specifically in the field of arts marketing. For the last 14 years she has worked at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the largest and most active arts venue in Wales, in the last four years as its Deputy Director. Louise has strong links to the arts community across Wales and has served as chair of the Mid Wales Circuit Marketing Group and Festivals of Wales, and sat on advisory panels for the Arts Council of Wales.
lla@aber.ac.uk

Huw Bates Company Secretary and Morris & Bates Solicitors: Huw is a law graduate of the University of Wales Swansea, where he also gained an MA in Criminology. Having spent 2 years working and travelling abroad he is now a Partner at Morris & Bates solicitors, Aberystwyth. A former Head Boy of Penglais Comprehensive School, Huw is the Vice-President of the West Wales Young Solicitors Group, Secretary of Ceredigion Junior Football Development, and first team manager of local football team, Bow Street FC.
huw@morrisbates.co.uk
Gareth Rowlands Business Club Representative: Gareth is an organic farmer having farmed in Ceredigion for forty years, co-founder of Rachel's Dairy a very successful employer in the area, past Chairman of the Organic Strategy Group for Wales and on the Advisory Food Partnership. Board Member of Antur Teifi, member of Ceredigion CCET, a member and past Chairman of Aberystwyth Business Club, a fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society and a fellow of Aberystwyth University. President of Aberystwyth Male Voice Choir and a welsh speaker.
gareth@brynllys.co.uk

Jim Wallace Aberystwyth University Representative: Jim is a graduate of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and has an MBA from the Open University. He is Director of Residential and Hospitality Services at Aberystwyth University. Jim has experience of representing both Aberystwyth University and the Higher Education sector on various tourism and economic development projects, including the Aberystwyth Tourism Integrated Development Project 1996-2001, Mid Wales Partnership Tourism Working Group, and Ceredigion Tourism Working Group.
jsw@aber.ac.uk
Ann Ffrancon The National Library of Wales Representative: Ann Ffrancon lives in Blaenplwyf and holds the post of Head of Access and Marketing at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, since January 2002. She entered further education at Aberystwyth in 1968 and her career spans librarianship, cultural eventing, researching, marketing and publishing. She has an MScEcon in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Ann is a former member of the Board of Governors of Ysgol Penweddig and Council of Aberystwyth University, and is currently on the Board of Directors of Theatr Arad Goch and is Chair of Grwp Cymunedol Blaenplwyf Community Group established in 2001.
aff@llgc.org.uk

Dylan Raw Rees Community Council's Representative: Has been working in the agricultural sector for over 25 years when his healthy continuous search for knowledge took him back to University in 2001 to pursue a masters degree in business. This has taught him the importance of being flexible to change, with the need to always evaluate rationalize and implement best practice ideas. As education is an on going process in an ever-changing work environment he believes the board of directors of Menter Aberystwyth have the qualities to be a forward thinking learning group of individuals, capable of embracing and developing the strategy of this business plan. His other interests have; President and Past Chairman and of Aberystwyth Round Table, Past Chairman and now serving member of Genau’r Glyn Community Council. Past Student President Welsh Agricultural College.
dylanrr@hotmail.com
Cyril Baker Aberystwyth Chamber of Trade Representative: cyril-baker@talk21.com

Lis Owen-Jones Business Sector Representative: lis@cambrian-news.co.uk