Our Story

Huw Jones is Chairman of S4C. During his varied career, he has been a pop singer and TV presenter and producer. He co-founded Sain Record Company, Barcud, the TV facilities company, and Teledu’r Tir Glas before becoming Chief Executive of S4C between 1994 and 2005. He has been a Board member of organisations including the Welsh Language Board, the Wales Employment and Skills Board, the RSPB and Cyfle and is at present Chair of Portmeirion Ltd. He lives in Llandwrog, Gwynedd. Huw has been a member of the Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn board of directors since July 2007 and was appointed Chairman in July 2018.

Originally from Alltyblaca, Ceredigion Menna has settled in Llanwnda, Caernarfon for the last 22 years with her family Idris, Mabon and Caradog. She worked for a short period for Dr Carl Clowes, at the Gwynedd Health Authority and then worked for Dafydd Wigley MP at the Plaid Cymru Office, Caernarfon and Cymdeithas Tai Eryri as a project development officer – before starting as Chief Executive at Antur Waunfawr over twenty years ago. She is a Board member of Menter a Busnes, Galeri Ltd., Arloesi Gwynedd and The Gwynedd Social Enterprise Forum. She is convinced that the social enterprise model is key in providing creative and innovative solutions to satisfy services and developing local businesses. Menna has been a member of the Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn board of directors since October 2017 and was appointed vice-chair in July 2018.

Phyllis Ellis is a retired School Headmistress and has also worked as a Research Officer for Dafydd Wigley M.P. She is the Chairperson of the Cefn organization, the Chairperson of Llanddeiniolen Community Council, she’s a member of the governors of Penisarwaun school and the Chairperson of Management Committee of Penisarwaun Hall. As well as being a member of the National Eisteddfod Council, she was the Vice Chairperson of the Learners Committee of the National Eisteddfod in 2005 and was the Chairperson of the Penisarwaun Appeal Committee towards the Urdd Eisteddfod of 2011. Phyllis has been a member of the Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn board of directors since 1990.

Clive Wolfendale joined the Board of Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn in July 2003, having attended the Centre in the course of his Welsh language studies. He was appointed Chief Executive of CAIS, the Wales Substance Misuse charity, in September 2009 following his retirement as Acting Chief Constable of North Wales Police. He is a Board member of the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Chair of the North Wales Alcohol Harm Reduction Forum and a Director and Company Secretary of Drug & Alcohol Charities Wales. He is a keen amateur musician and Musical Director of Llandudno Town Band.

Jeff Williams – Jones is a consultant and trainer in managerial skills. He established his consultancy company in 2003 and has 20 years of experience in the business of importing and distributing. He was Chairman of Nant Gwrtheyrn from 2007 until July 2018. He lives in Paradwys on the Isle of Anglesey with his partner Nona. Jeff has been a member of the Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn board of directors since February 2000.

Gwenda is one of the leading independent television producers in Wales. She founded her company Fflic in 1982 at the start of S4C. Over thirty years Fflic has produced excellent and memorable programmes for children, Welsh learners and lifestyle programmes of the highest quality for the general audience and won many industry awards. She contributed to two books that were published to accompany her series on Welsh Architecture. In 2002 she received the prestigious award for Welsh Woman of the Year in Media and is also a Trustee of the Welsh Broadcasting Trust. Gwenda and Fflic continue to produce regular content for S4C and the company is now one of the Boom Cymru companies. Gwenda was raised in Corwen, went to Bala Girls’ Grammar School and graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She has two children – Dylan and Beca. Gwenda has been a member of the Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn board of directors since November 2014.

Ifor Gruffydd joined the Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn Board in 2017. He is Director of the North West Wales Teaching Consortium since 2016 and before that he was Director of the North Wales Welsh Language Learning Center for ten years. He began his career in language policy and worked in that field for 15 years in local government and higher education sectors before moving into the Welsh for Adults field. He lives in Llanfairpwll, Anglesey.

A native of Llanrwst, raised in a Welsh bookshop and followed in the footsteps of the family by setting up Gwasg Carreg Gwalch in the town in 1980. He won the National Eisteddfod Chair twice and was the first Bardd Plant Cymru in 2000-01. He lives with his family at Llwyndyrys, has established the Tonnau gallery with his wife Llio in 2006 and he is one of twelve directors of local craft brewery, Cwrw Llŷn in Nefyn. He is also a director of Tafarn y Fic, Llithfaen and has held poetry evenings for learners at the Nant. Myrddin has been a member of the Ymddiriedolaeth Nant Gwrtheyrn board of directors since October 2017.