Editorial team
Editors
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Duncan Higgitt is a former editor and journalist with, among others, the Western Mail. After serving with the British army, he worked his way up through local free sheets and weeklies before joining the Western Mail in 1997 as a district reporter covering Mid Wales. He went on to work as news editor and features editor for the paper. He is press and political officer for Bethan Jenkins AM.
Duncan is responsible for the Exchange and Society columns. |
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Daran Hill is a political commentator and also manages Wales’ fastest growing public affairs firm, Positif Politics, which he founded in 2006. After ten years in the profession, he is one of the most authoritative public affairs consultants in Wales, is well-connected across the political spectrum, and is a current Executive Member and former Chair of Public Affairs Cymru, a Trustee of the Bevan Foundation and a Fellow of Institute of Welsh Affairs. His experience and communications ability has been recognised in numerous media performances. In 1997 he was National Organiser of the successful “Yes for Wales” devolution campaign, which won the referendum that led to the establishment of the National Assembly.
Daran is responsible for the Politics and Public columns. |
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Adam Higgitt is the former Head of Policy for the Welsh Labour Party and author of the party’s 2003 manifesto. As a Special Adviser in the Northern Ireland Office, he was involved in negotiations to restore devolution and accelerate paramilitary decommissioning. He now works for Ofcom, and writes for WalesHome.org in a personal capacity. Adam is responsible for the Home Truths and Review columns. |
Associate editors
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David Melding AM is the Conservative AM for South Wales Central, the Shadow Minister for Economic Development and the Welsh Conservatives’ Director of Policy. He has previously chaired the Assembly’s Health and Social Services, and Standards of Conduct Committees and before the 2007 elections was spokesman on Local Government and Public services. Born in Neath in 1962, David is the former manager of the Carers National Association in Wales and a former Deputy Director of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs. He is the author of a number of publications, most recently Will Britain Survive Beyond 2020? |
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Katie Chappelle is the digital media manager at Warwick Emanuel PR & Film in Cardiff. She is a former broadcast journalist and worked for various radio stations in Wales and London before moving into PR. Katie heads up Warwick Emanuel’s Digital Media department, which produces films and podcasts for clients. She regularly uses social networking and blogs for PR opportunities and tries not to spend too much time Tweeting. She regularly contributes to her firm’s blog at www.wepr.co.uk/blog. |
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David Jones lives in Cardiff and attended Cardiff University. He is a non-executive director for both Young Enterprise Wales and Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, chairing the trusts People, Places and Performance committee. For 10 years, David was Managing Director of Travelink Systems Limited, a Cardiff-based software company. Currently, David is involved in investment, executive and non-executive management in software businesses. |
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