Daran Hill

Daran Hill is a political commentator and also manages Wales' fastest growing public affairs firm, Positif Politics, which he founded in 2006. After twelve years in the profession, he is one of the most authoritative public affairs consultants in Wales, and is well-connected across the political spectrum. In 2011 Daran was the Campaign Director of Yes for Wales, the cross party and non party campaign which united Wales in securing primary legislative powers for the Assembly. In 1997 he was National Organiser of the similar campaign which won the referendum that led to the establishment of the National Assembly. He is also a past Chair of Public Affairs Cymru, the umbrella body for public affairs professionals in Wales, and is respected and well known throughout Welsh civic life. He is a Trustee of the Bevan Foundation, a Fellow of the Institute of Welsh Affairs and a member of the Consultative Committee of the Welsh Political Archive at the National Library of Wales.