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Rhuanedd Richards

Director, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Wales

Roles and responsibilities

  • As Director of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Wales, Rhuanedd leads the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Wales Executive Teams and has overall responsibility for the content strategy and editorial priorities for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Wales across all media platforms and services – radio, video and online - in both the English and Welsh languages.

Biography

Rhuanedd started her career with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Wales as a journalist before presenting some of its flagship news and political programmes on radio and television. During the formative years of the National Assembly for Wales, she was a familiar face to viewers, reporting on the political developments in Cardiff Bay.

Having left the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ in 2007 she worked as a special adviser to the Welsh Government, chief executive of Plaid Cymru and latterly as a policy adviser to the Presiding Officer of the Welsh Parliament.

In 2018, Rhuanedd returned to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ taking up the role of editor of Radio Cymru and Cymru Fyw before being appointed Director of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Wales in 2021.

Originally from the Cynon Valley, Rhuanedd attended Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen. She then studied at Aberystwyth University and was awarded a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ scholarship to study a post-graduate diploma in Cardiff University’s School of Journalism. Rhuanedd now lives in Pontypridd with her family, and is an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University.

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Declaration of personal interests

Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the General Data Protection Regulation.

This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

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