TY'R MORWYDD (Mulberry House) - The Wales Experience

Dr Olinga Ta'eed - Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Olinga Ta’eed divides his time between private, public and voluntary sector responsibilities. Within the telecommunications sector he is CEO of Pedagog (www.pedagog.com), Chairman of Talecom (www.talecom.net). He is also Chairman of LMl, an international trading company focussing on difficult markets in the Middle East, Chairman of SO Consultancy Ltd (www.soconsultancy.com), Chairman of Wychwood Pictures, founder and director of the not for profit Knowledge Economy Foundation and social enterprise MentorMe Ltd. He has recently taken up his position on the UK Board of CEMVO (www.cemvo.org.uk) as Chairman Elect - the leading BME community charity, replacing Lord Bhatia on his retirement. Olinga has travelled extensively to nearly 60 countries but currently has homes in London, Abergavenny, Turin and hopefully soon in Sicily!

Simon Charles

Simon Charles is a senior partner in specialist corporate/media London solicitors' practice Marriott Harrison and became a trustee of Ty'r Morwydd in 2009. He specialises in corporate finance law with a particular emphasis on and recognised expertise in the AIM market, and advises a number of public and private companies operating across a number of industry sectors, stockbrokers and nominated advisers. Originally from Cardiff, he takes a keen and active interest in charitable, political, social and Welsh affairs and in animal welfare.'

Terry Dodson

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Dave Evans

Dave Evans joined Ty’r Morwydd as a Trustee in February 2006 having developed a strong interest in environmental education since deciding to move away from a career in a Lloyds of London Underwriting Agency to take a MSocSc in Heritage Management in 1993.

For the past 13 years Dave has worked in the charity and local government sector in a variety of roles including:

Director of the Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean: Dave was responsible for running a museum and tourist attraction with 40,000 visitors a year.

Director of the Great Western Community Forest, Swindon: part of a national environmental regeneration initiative in England, Dave was responsible for delivering a 30 Year Forest Plan over an area of 168 square miles.

Team Leader – Pontypool Regeneration: Dave is currently responsible for developing a long term regeneration strategy for Pontypool whilst promoting and improving the town centre in the short term.

5th December 2009

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