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	Alun Cairns MP was elected to Parliament in May 2010 to represent the Vale of Glamorgan. He was a member of the National Assembly between 1999 and 2011. His interests include culture and economic development. Alun is also passionate about the rights of children with Special Educational Needs and has led many local and national debates to improve the provision available to pupils who need extra help as a result of a disability. Outside politics, Alun enjoys cycling, running and skiing, often for various charities. Before entering politics he had a career in banking.
	Denis Campbell is Editor of UK Progressive. He is a political and business contributor to both BBC television and radio, The Huffington Post and International Radio China’s Today on Beyond Beijing. He has contributed to newspapers and magazines around the globe. In his “spare” time, he is the managing director of Target Point Ltd a consultancy focused on digital media integration, corporate change and building world class selling organisations. Denis recently became a UK citizen and has lived in Wales since 2003.
	Lauren Campbell is an American intern for David Melding, AM at the National Assembly for Wales. She is currently a university student at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA studying government and music. She is particularly interested in the judiciary and political behaviour and plans on studying law. Originally from New York, Lauren enjoys singing, playing water polo, and cooking.
	Gwenllian Carr is Head of Communications at the National Eisteddfod. Originally from Bangor, she was the head of Digital UK in Wales. She has also worked in communications for the National Museum and Bwrdd yr Iaith/The Welsh Language Board; and as a policy officer for the Commission for Racial Equality. Between 1994 and 1995 she was President of NUS Wales.
	Joseph Carter is a keen observer of Welsh politics working as Policy, Press and Campaigns Manager for MS Society Cymru. From 2004 to 2008 he worked for the Welsh Liberal Democrats.
	Jez Caudle lives in London and runs his own web development company. He joined the SDP in 1984, and at the 1987 election was responsible for about a quarter of the Durham North constituency: all the hard work made absolutely no difference to the result. As a student at the Polytechnic of Wales in Trefforest he got involved in the pointless demonstrations and sit ins. After flirting with various political groups and ideas he came to the conclusion that the biggest act of equality is not based on skin colour, gender or sexual orientation but on economics. He intends to enter politics in London as an Independent in the next few years but really doesn’t expect to achieve much. At the moment he is co-writing a play for children that explains the Cannes Brûlée riots in Trinidad. He enjoys baking, hill walking and the sound of his own voice.
	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.
	Damien Chick is 28 years of age. He has been involved with the Liberal Democrats since 2009 but he has always had an active interest in politics and human rights related issues. He was educated at Ysgol Erw’r Delyn in Penarth, which is a special needs school. Then he undertook further study at Bridgend college and Coleg Glan Hafren. He then went on to University of Wales Institute Cardiff, where he studied Health and Social Care under the umbrella of community studies.
	Nick Clegg MP is the Deputy Prime Minister, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam and, since December 2007, leader of the Liberal Democrats. A former Lib Dem MEP, he was appointed to the Privy Council in 2008.
	Dr Carl Clowes began his career in general practice on the Llyn peninsula before becoming a consultant in public health medicine and a medical director in the NHS. He led the establishment in 1974 of Antur Aelhaearn, the first community cooperative in the UK and the revolutionary twinning of Wales with Lesotho in 1985. He is now the Honorary Consul for Lesotho in Wales and was recently awarded the highest civilian honour by that country for his work. He founded the Nant Gwrtheyrn Trust in 1978 – a Trust which converted a formerly deserted quarrying village on the coast of Gwynedd into the thriving National Centre for language and heritage. In 1994, he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Faculty of Public Health for his contribution to medicine and has also been honoured at the highest level by the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Dr Clowes was a member of the Board of the Wales Centre for Health from its inception to October 2009 and was recently appointed as an independent member of the Board of Public Health Wales.
	Mark Cole is a 20 something Welsh Lib Dem activist and Cardigan Town and County Councillor with a passion for Aston Villa, music, comedy, sport, his friends and family.
	Dave Collins has been a Labour activist for 20 years. He was Agent to Glenda Jackson and other Labour candidates in Hampstead & Kilburn at the 2010 UK general election and spent eight years working in the Welsh Assembly
	Scott Colvin is an associate partner at Finsbury and the former head of group public affairs at BAA. A former staffer at Conservative Central HQ, he is the author of “How To Use Politicians to Get What You Want”
	Heaven Crawley is Professor of International Migration and Director of the Centre for Migration Policy Research at Swansea University. Before taking up her post in April 2006, Heaven was Director of AMRE Consulting Ltd, an independent UK-based company specialising in asylum, migration, race and equalities research and policy analysis to inform evidence-based policy making. She has undertaken research on asylum policy and practice in the UK and Europe since 1994, initially as part of a PhD at the University of Oxford and subsequently as head of asylum and immigration research at the UK Home Office and Associate Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr).
	Barry Curtis holds a Masters degree in Philosophy from the University of Sussex where he also ran the Free Speech Society. He has worked as a political analyst as well as a Senior Vegetable Manager at a supermarket. Living in Essex, Barry Curtis is now a freelance journalist who blogs on a wide range of political topics for Independent Minds.
	Jeff Cuthbert AM was elected to the Assembly in 2003. Jeff’s particular interests include the promotion of vocational education and skills training. Since becoming an Assembly Member, Jeff has served as the Chair of the All Wales Programme Monitoring Committee for the Structural Funds. He founded and chairs the Cross-Party Built Environment Group and the Cross-Party Healthy Living Group. He co-founded and co-chairs the Cross-Party Beer and Pub Group. Jeff is the Chair of the Committee on Standards of Conduct and also sits on the European and External Affairs Committee, the Enterprise and Learning Committee and Legislation Committee No. 2. He is also a member of the Wales Branch Executive of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
	Chris David is the founder of Mae Awdurdod Datblygu Cymru Ltd. Chris also runs a marketing company based in Cardiff. He served nine years with WG (WAG) in Finance Wales, the WDA and IBW. Formerly he owned a vehicle rental and leasing company and has a background in asset finance with wide experience in business over 30 years. He divides his time between France and Wales engaging in business and private several projects.
	Wayne David MP was elected for the Caerphilly constituency in June 2001. In October 2008 he was appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Wales Office. Between June 2007 and his appointment he was a Government Whip for the Department for Work and Pensions and the Wales Office. Before being elected to Westminster, Wayne worked for the Youth Service in Caerphilly and had special responsibility for supporting voluntary youth organisations like the YMCA. For 10 years he was a Member of the European Parliament for South Wales and was Leader of the Labour Group. He also played a key role in securing Objective 1 funding for West Wales and the Valleys.
	Alan Davies is a London-born fluent Welsh-speaking Welshman who moved to Cardiff in 1992 at the end of an Army career of 18 years. Passionate about Wales, he has had an active career as an impact player in start-up businesses and major change programmes. He now runs a niche Public Affairs consultancy and a number of online ventures. He describes himself as Welsh (a fact) Wise (count the grey hairs) and Wonderful (his Mum said so!) and uses his blog to comment on rugby, military matters and moaning about the state of the nation.
	Alun Davies AM was elected to the Assembly in May 2007, firstly for Mid and West Wales and since May 2011 he has represented Blaenau Gwent. He is currently the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and European Programmes. Alun has also enjoyed a successful career in public and corporate affairs. He is a former Chair of the Rural Development sub Committee and the Broadcasting Committee. He has gained a reputation for public speaking and campaigning on local and national issues, from the availability of broadband and access to public transport, to poverty, deprivation and the improvement of public services.
	Andrew Davies was a member of the National Assembly between 1999 and 2011. His political interests include devolution, economic development, contemporary arts and Wales’s place in the world. He was a prominent member of the “Yes for Wales” Campaign and co-ordinator of Labour’s Assembly referendum campaign in 1997. Andrew served as a member of the Cabinet for ten years from the Assembly’s inception in May 1999, as Assembly Business Manager (Trefynydd) from 1999-2002; Minister for Economic Development from 2002-2007, with Transport added from 2003; and as Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery between July 2007 and December 2009.
	Andrew RT Davies AM joined the Welsh Conservative Party in 1997 and stood as a Parliamentary candidate in Cardiff West in 2001 and in Brecon & Radnorshire in 2005. In the 2007 Assembly elections he was listed second on the Conservative regional list for South Wales Central and was elected. In February 2009, Andrew was appointed Shadow Minister for Health. Andrew has previously served as Shadow Minister for Education and held the Transport brief. Andrew’s political interests include education, health and rural affairs.
	Byron Davies AM is a Conservative Assembly Member for South Wales West. His professional life was spent in London’s Metropolitan Police where he reached senior rank as a detective. After serving a number of years at the National Crime Squad, Byron was seconded to the European Union as an advisor combating organised crime and based in Eastern Europe. Born in Morriston, he was educated at Gowerton Boys Grammar School. He has an honours degree in law and is a keen aviator having held a pilots license for the last 25 years. Rugby and cycling are his main sporting passions and he is currently rebuilding a classic car.
	Dafydd Trystan Davies has a life long interest in Welsh Electoral statistics. He is Vice Chair and Treasurer of Plaid Cymru (having served as the Party’s Chief Executive 2002-2007). He is Chair of the award winning social enterprise Cycle Training Wales, a director of TooGoodToWaste, a board member of Sustrans in Wales and a keen runner. Having previously lectured in Welsh politics and economics, he now works at the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol as Development Manager, and writes for WalesHome in a personal capacity.
	John Davies is a television and radio broadcaster.Born in the Rhondda and a graduate of Cardiff and Cambridge universities, he taught Welsh history at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. His work, Hanes Cymru – later revised and translated into English and published as A History of Wales, is the definative account of the country’s past. In 2005 Davies received the Glynd?r Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales during the Machynlleth Festival. Married with four children, he is retired and lives in Cardiff.
	Iestyn T Davies is currently researching political communications and devolution in the JOMEC Department of Cardiff University. He is a graduate in Welsh and Philosophy and studied under both Hywel Teifi Edwards and Dewi Z Phillips at Swansea University. He is currently a freelance political and communications consultant and has worked for some of Wales’ leading organisations since the arrival of devolution and also in Westminster, Brussels and the UN. He recently cycled from London to Copenhagen in time for the COP15 climate change summit.
	Kate Davies is Senior Political Researcher with YouGov and originates from Cardiff. In the past she has worked at the Commission for Racial Equality and for an NGO in the Palestinian West Bank. Since joining YouGov, Kate regularly implements high-profile research projects for print and broadcast media clients, including the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Channel 4 News. She has also been responsible for large-scale social studies for think tanks, public sector clients and academic institutions. Most recently, her research has formed the basis of a Channel 4 Dispatches series. Kate read politics at the University of London where she focussed predominantly on comparative social policy as well as the social and political histories of the Middle East and South Asia.
	Mandy Davies was born in Cardiff and has a background in hotel management and event organisation. She returned to South Wales in 1999 with her husband and two sons to run a guest house and self-catering business on the outskirts of Cowbridge. Mandy founded the Vale Marketing Group in 2003. As chair, she has been responsible for the growth and implementation of VMG as a non-profit tourism initiative aimed at increasing awareness of the Vale of Glamorgan as a tourist and visitor destination and liaising with other tourism bodies and associations to enable the group to continue to grow and flourish.
	Mat Davies is a Welsh ex-pat. Tredegar-born, Blackwood-bred, Mat has enjoyed life in Swansea and Cardiff but now lives and works in London as a senior HR manager. He twitters regularly and has an occasional, rambling blog called The Elephant in the Room. Mat is interested in politics, current affairs and sport and has a (probably unhealthy) detailed knowledge of heavy metal bands.
	Philippa Davies is a work psychologist whose clients include NBC Universal, johnlewis.com, BBC and British Airways. She has coached Prime Ministers and Cabinet ministers from both Labour and Conservative parties, and occasionally lectures at universities. She blogs at mrsmotivator.com, and people are always asking her: “What on earth does a work psychologist do?”
	Peter Davies is commissioner for the Sustainable Development Commission Wales. He began his career in the education sector, initially as a teacher before being appointed Southern Area Director of the CBI Education Foundation. He was subsequently appointed by the DTI to set up the National Teacher Placement Service, receiving an OBE for his work. In 1995 Peter joined Business in the Community UK as a managing director and latterly its Deputy Chief Executive. He returned home to Wales in 2005 to establish the Project Development Partnership, a consultancy providing project consultancy to business, government and the voluntary sector. Peter also coordinates the work of The Prince’s Charities in Wales and is chair of the West Wales branch of The Institute of Welsh Affairs.
	Suzy Davies is a Conservatives AM for South Wales West. After a career in marketing and management, Suzy practised as a high street solicitor and mentor to young offenders and vulnerable families. Suzy has written for various publications and was one of the founding board members of the Welsh International Film Festival. She has campaigned against the closure of community hospitals, schools, post offices and against loss of job opportunities. She set up local Job Clubs to help unemployed people overcome barriers to work and now volunteers in the Bridgend area as a mentor with a charity which helps the over-50s into economic activity. Suzy continues to campaign for a greater role for private, voluntary and community organisations to be involved in the delivery of public services, including health, education and housing, as well as wider regeneration.
	Angharad Devonald graduated from Trinity College Dublin, and works as a writer in both English and Welsh. She has written for television radio and theatre, and has also published three books for teenage readers through Gwasg y Dref Wen. Angharad also teaches Welsh to adults.
	John Dixon is a former National Chair of Plaid Cymru, and a former candidate for the party in Parliamentary, Assembly, and local elections. He spent most of his career in IT, ending up as a senior manager in a multi-national consultancy company. Following redundancy in 2003, he now works mostly as a freelance translator with occasional IT or management consultancy work.
	Dr Alan Dowler is a psychologist working at Stratum Learning and at the Cardiff School of Social Science, University of Wales Cardiff, where he is the Director of the Learning and Development Unit and has experience of leading interventions across a wide range of public and private organisations, including the education sector, the financial sector, production environments and the service sector. His interests include quality assurance, organisational development and personnel development. He is a Lead Assessor for ISO 9000 Quality Systems and a qualified adviser for the Investor in People Award.
	Mark Drakeford is the Labour Assembly Member for Cardiff West. He was professor of social policy and applied social sciences at Cardiff University. For ten years he was the Cabinet’s social policy adviser at the Welsh Assembly Government and, latterly, head of the First Minister’s political office.
	Laura Emily Dunn is a recent graduate of Cardiff University, completing a BA in Journalism, Film and Media and an MA in Political Communications. In 2010, she interned in the US House of Representatives for Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D: RI,) meeting accomplished politicians such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi. As a Politics Writer for Cardiff University’s newspaper, Gair Rhydd, Laura interviewed politicians and activists including Sally Bercow, Sarah Brown and Edwina Hart AM. She runs a political-lifestyle blog, Political Style, with her hobbies including travel, photography, literature and culture. Laura currently works for an Assembly Member. Any views expressed on Wales Home are her own.
	Rhodri ap Dyfrig arrived in Aberystwyth from Dolgellau, via Cardiff and Sydney, and works for the Boomerang+ media group and the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth University, developing the partnership set up between the two organizations in 2008. He is the co-founder of the Welsh language web and technology blog Metastwnsh, along with Pictiwrs, a Wales-wide project aimed at supporting and promoting Welsh short film talent through the web, DVDs and alternative film screenings.
	Tris Dyson is The Executive Director of Spice – a non-profit organisation that develops time credits for public services and was Director of its predecessor the Wales Institute for Community Currencies. Tris is also Chairperson of Timebanking Wales. Both these non-profit organisations develop time credit systems to engage people in communities. After a short stint in Investment Banking, Tris found a new start as a teacher in one of London’s most challenging secondary schools. Following teaching, Tris went on to found the third sector consultancy 3rdMinds. One of Tris’s consultancy appointments was as an interim manager for the £50m national ‘match fund’ for the organization ‘v’, helping to develop this fund to promote youth organisations that demonstrated enterprise and innovation.