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	Martin Mansfield is the Wales TUC General Secretary. He has worked for over 20 years in the trade union movement and from 2003-2005 he worked on secondment as economic development special advisor to the Welsh Assembly Government First Minister and Cabinet. Martin was born and brought up in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil and now lives in Caerphilly with his wife Paula and their four children
	Gareth Mantle studied economics and politics at Bristol University before completing a Masters at Oxford University, where he wrote his thesis on how the Welsh Assembly has affected policy in Wales. A Labour activist, he has helped out on many campaigns and is currently the constituency-based researcher for Owen Smith, newly-elected MP for Pontypridd.
	Adrian Masters is the Political Editor at ITV Wales. Born in Newport, Adrian trained in London and began his 18-journalistic career at Cardiff’s Red Dragon FM as a reporter and newsreader. Before joining ITV, he worked for BBC Wales where he presented Dragon’s Eye, the Politics Show, ampm and, on radio, Called To Order. Outside politics and broadcasting, Adrian writes about literature for the literary magazine, the Raconteur. He blogs about politics at the ITV Wales blog, books and music at Adrian Masters and is on Twitter as @adrianmasters84.
	Cerith Mathias is a journalist and television producer. She has a long-time interest in American literature.
	Walter May was formerly EMEA MD and Worldwide Head of Sales at GXS (formerly UDEX) having spent more than 20 years working for US Software and Technology companies in a range of Technical, Sales / Sales Management and General Management roles. He ran the UK Business of a former GE owned software company, SDRC, leading the company for 5 years and growing the business from $6 million to $30 million turnover. He also worked in a European Sales leadership role at IBM PLM and was European VP for San Jose based technology company, BackWeb Technologies. Prior to joining GXS, Walter was a founder and VP of Sales at Welsh Electronics Manufacturer, DeepStream Technologies. He has also held Interim Management roles in a number of Welsh based start-ups. Walter founded the LinkedIn Groups “Welsh Entrepreneurs” and “Mentors for Welsh Entrepreneurs”. He is currently working with Cardiff School of Management, researching the support services needs of Welsh high-tech start-ups. Walter holds an M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Cranfield University and an MBA from the Open Business School.
	Laura McAllister is Professor of Governance at the University of Liverpool’s School of Management. A former Wales football international and national team captain with 24 caps, Laura was a Board Member of UK Sport from 2002-5. She has been a member of the Sports Council for Wales since April 2006 and was appointed Sport Wales Chair with effect from 1st February 2010. Laura is also a Board Member of the Welsh Football Trust. She is project sponsor for sport at the University of Liverpool, and chairs the Sport Liverpool Strategy Group. Laura was a member of the Richard Commission on the Powers and Electoral Arrangements for National Assembly for Wales that reported in March 2004. Laura’s principal academic interests centre on public administration and politics, specifically: devolution, the role of commissions in policy-making, Welsh politics and elections, sport and public policy, gender and politics. She has written extensively on these areas. Laura has worked as a political analyst for BBC Wales and is a regular commentator on Welsh and British politics and elections.
	Siobhan McClelland brings together the worlds of politics and health and social care and is an acknowleged expert in Welsh Health Policy. After graduating from Oxford University Siobhan trained as a health services manager in the NHS in Wales before moving to academia and is currently an External Professor at the University of Glamorgan and Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria as well as working providing advice on health policy and management on Welsh and international projects. Siobhan is also regularly to be seen and heard in the media commenting on wider political and social issues and offering expert commentary on health.
	Neil McEvoy is deputy leader on Cardiff Council, leader of the Plaid Cymru group on the local authority, and a councillor for the Fairwater area in the west of the capital city. He has represented the ward since 1995. His interests include economic development and regeneration. He has also stood as a Plaid Cymru candidate for the Cardiff West constituency at Westminster.
	Patrick McGuinness teaches French and Comparative Literature at Oxford University. His next book of poems, Jilted City, appears in March next year, followed by a novel about the last months of the Ceausescu régime in Romania, The Last Hundred Days. He is writing a book about poetry and radical politics of the left and right in late 19th Century France.
	Adrian McMenamin is Director at at Centreground Political Communications where he also blogs on UK and international politics (http://thecentreground.com). A former Wales Office Special Adviser and Head of Campaigns for the CBI Adrian recently completed his MSc in Computer Science at Birkbeck College, University of London
	Alexandra McMillan is the Public Affairs Manager for mental health charity Gofal Cymru. She is the current Chair of Public Affairs Cymru Executive and sits on the BBC Wales’ Audience Council.
	Anne Meikle is Head of WWF Cymru. Born in Scotland, Anne trained as a psychologist. She became a manager at a multi-national paper company and worked for the Brecon Beacons National Park. However, her passionate interest in conservation and wildlife drew her to WWF. As Head of WWF in Wales she leads the team and represents WWF in the media and with our partners in Wales. Backed by the policy and communications resources of the Welsh staff and UK organisations, she seeks to influence decision-makers on issues such as marine legislation, sustainable development and climate change. She is a keen horse rider and has competed for many years.
	David Melding AM is the Conservative AM for South Wales Central and the deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales. He was previously the Shadow Minister for Economic Development and the Welsh Conservatives’ director of policy and has previously chaired the Assembly’s Health and Social Services, and Standards of Conduct Committees. 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? Will Britain Survive Beyond 2020?
	Anthony Metcalfe is the Manager of Fairbridge De Cymru – an organisation that in 2011 will be celebrating 25 years of supporting young people from across Cardiff and South Wales to develop confidence and motivation that they need to turn their lives around.
	Alastair Milburn is Managing Director of Cardiff-based Effective Communication, one of the fastest growing communications agencies in the country. The company was launched in 2004 after he enjoyed huge success in the media industry, as the award-winning editor of the South Wales Echo, deputy editor of the Western Mail, and as an award-winning young reporter. Effective Communication provides services which include press and media relations, marketing, including print and design, website development, social marketing and training. Alastair specialises in providing media training and crisis management.
	Jeremy Miles was educated at Ystalyfera Bilingual Comprehensive School then New College, Oxford. Jeremy is a trustee of the Bevan Foundation, a charity trustee and a comprehensive school governor. He has worked as a lawyer in the fields of social housing, regeneration and commerce and latterly has worked with businesses in the media and technology sectors. Jeremy was a Labour Parliamentary candidate in 2010. He writes in a personal capacity.
	Josh Miles works as a Political Researcher for Positif Politics. Originally from Pontrhydyfen, he now lives in Cardiff. Josh graduated from Cardiff University in Politics and spent part of his studies at the Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po) Bordeaux, studying European politics and French. While at university he set up the ‘Cardiff University Says Yes’ group to mobilise support for the Yes for Wales campaign. Before working for Positif Politics he worked for Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies. He currently forms part of Positif Politics’ Monitoring Team and focuses on policy relating to business, economic development, skills and consumer welfare.
	Darren Millar AM has been the Conservative Member for Clwyd West since May 2007. He is currently the Shadow Minister for Health, having previously held briefs including Communities and Local Government, Environment and Planning, and Economic Development. He Chairs the Audit Committee of the Assembly and previously chaired the Health and Local Government Committee in the last Assembly. Darren also chairs the Cross Party Group on Faith, and the Cross Party Group on the Armed Forces and Cadets, both of which he is a founder member. Prior to his election to the Assembly, Darren was a manager for an international charity. He has also been an accountant working in the construction, care home and telecommunications industries. Darren is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
	Dylan Moore is an editor, essayist, and critic. Born in Cornwall in 1980, he grew up in Mid Wales before leaving for university in Cardiff. After graduating with a First in English Literature and Cultural Criticism, he has taught English at Caerleon Comprehensive School for ten years. He is founding co-editor of The Raconteur, a quarterly journal of new writing. He has been a New Critic for National Theatre Wales and Wales Arts International.
	Jessica Morden is the Labour MP for Newport East. Brought up in nearby Cwmbran, she was educated at Croesyceilliog School before reading History at Birmingham University. Before becoming a Member of Parliament Jessica was General Secretary of the Welsh Labour Party. Jessica and her partner Sion live in Newport with their two children Mali and Ifan.
	Barry Morgan is the Bishop of Llandaff and Archbishop of Wales. A former Bishop of Bangor, he was born in Neath and read history at London, Theology at Cambridge and trained for the ministry at Wescott House, Cambridge. He serves on the Primates Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion and is the author of a number of articles and books, his latest being a study of the work of the welsh poet R. S. Thomas ‘Strangely Orthodox’. He is also currently Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales, a fellow of Cardiff, UWIC, Bangor, Lampeter and Swansea and President of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs. Since 2004, he has been Chair of Tomorrow’s Wales – Cymry Yfory.
	Brian Morgan joined the Cardiff School of Management in 2007 as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre. Previously, he was Director of the Leadership, Enterprise and Economic Development Unit at Cardiff University. His research focus is on the business development needs of small business and entrepreneurs. Prior to his role, he was Chief Economist at the Welsh Development Agency and Senior Policy Adviser in Whitehall. He worked extensively in Eastern Europe and Southern Africa for the OECD and EU. Professor Morgan is Director of Welsh Whiskey Company Limited and Spadel UK Ltd.
	Gareth Morgan has worked in the world of search engines and online marketing for over six years. He set up Liberty Marketing, an online marketing agency, in 2008 to help small and medium sized business make best use of the internet. Gareth has a love for all things automotive as well as travel, and tries to visit a different country every few months.
	Jonathan Morgan was one of the original 60 AMs elected in 1999. Having been a prominent Shadow Minister for Health, Chair of both the Public Accounts Committee and the Health Committee he left the Assembly in 2011. Jonathan now works in the independent mental health sector, runs *Insight Wales Consulting*.
	Julie Morgan was the Labour Member of Parliament for Cardiff North from 1997 to 2010. Julie is a former member of the Justice and Public Administration Select Committees, of the Welsh Group of Labour MPs and of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s Women’s Group. She was chair of several groups – the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Children in Wales, the APPG for Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform, the APPG for Sex Equality (working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission) and was co-chair of the APPG on Global TB. She is also a member of the union Unite and is a founder member of the Welsh Refugee Council.
	Laura Morgan has been Corporate Affairs Manager at the University of Wales, Newport since June 2007. She provides support, advice and guidance to the Vice-Chancellor in relation to the creation and maintenance of relationships between the university and key stakeholders. Prior to joining the university, she was communications officer at Autism Cymru and also worked for Grayling Public Affairs and Public Relations. A former school governor, her interests include education, travelling and watching her two children play football.
	Michael Moriarty lives in Dublin and works as an accountant with a children’s charity.
	Gwilym Morris has a background in developing intelligent interfaces between people and public services. He has a particular track record of creating processes to involve people from hard to reach groups in the development and delivery of public services and democratic structures. A former member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the International Center for Excellence in e-Democracy, he is a Director of The Pollen Shop and Pollination Campaigns, and a non-Executive Director of The Campaign Company.
	Sarah Morse recently completed a doctorate at CREW (Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales) Swansea University on the significance on place in the work of Rhondda writers.?She is currently working as a?freelance researcher and tutor.
	Tony Mucahy has been the Principal of Scope Craig y Parc School since November 2009. He has experience of headship in the state, charitable and independent sectors and previously managed schools for young people with autism and challenging behaviour. He lives near Abergavenny with his wife Judith, has six children and two grandchildren. Scope Cymru is a charity that supports disabled people and their families. Scope’s vision is a world where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else.
	Paul Murphy has been Labour MP for Torfaen since 1987. He served as the Secretary of State for Wales twice, from 1999 until 2002 and most recently January 2008 until June 2009. Between 2002 and May 2005 he Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. He is also a former Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee and a Minister of State for Northern Ireland before and during the Good Friday Agreement. Paul was born in 1948 and was educated at St Francis Roman Catholic School in Abersychan, West Monmouth School in Pontypool and Oriel College, Oxford.
	Rick Newnham is the secretary of the Welsh Communist Party, a member of the executive committee of the Communist Party of Britain and a UCU activists. Rick works for UWIC and is the Programme Director of the MSc Management in the Community Professions and also teaches on the BA Youth and Community Education programme. Rick was a youth and community worker for twenty years with experience in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. Rick is particularly interested in the history of social change and its relationship to learning and various forms of education.
	Branwen Niclas is the Communications and Media Manager for Christian Aid in Wales. She has travelled and worked in a number of countries in Africa, South America and Asia with Christian Aid. Previously Branwen worked for the World Education Project, Bangor and the University of Wales, Bangor. Former Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Cymraeg, she is a committed campaigner and activist on global justice. Branwen is a frequent commentator on global issues on radio and television.
	Luke Nicholas is a Plaid Cymru researcher originally from Barry and lives in Cardiff. A former Communications Officer for Leanne Wood AM, Luke studied International Relations at Swansea University where his interests focused on Latin American politics and national liberation movements. He has been a Plaid Cymru candidate at various local elections and has also served as a Policy Officer for the party’s youth movement and worked with the Yes for Wales campaign. Luke is a musician, Welsh football fan and trade unionist. He writes in a personal capacity.
	Willy Nilly is a fictional character from the play for voices, Under Milk Wood. As the local postman he shares letters with his wife, Mrs Willy Nilly, to steam open and read aloud by the squint of the Spring sun through the one sealed window running with tears while the drugged, bedraggled hens at the back door whimper and snivel for the licquorish bog-black tea. His profiles on this site attempt to appraise the subject from the point of view of the strengths and qualities that individual brings to public life in Wales. He has occasional connection with the Rev Eli Jenkins.
	Erin Norman is from St. Louis, Missouri in the United States; she immigrated to England in 2001. Erin has been blogging with Independent Minds since May 2009. Since then she has been featured on the Independent Editor’s Choice several times, and also has acquired the arguably dubious distinction of being the only non-staff member on the Independent’s Top 10 Most Read List. She is beginning her career as a freelance features writer.
	Helen Northmore is Head of the Energy Saving Trust in Wales, responsible for running programmes to support reducing carbon emissions amongst the public, local authorities, housing associations and communities. The Energy Saving Trust in Wales provides a freephone helpline, face to face advice and support on its website aimed at encouraging people to take action to reduce emissions and their energy bills in their daily lives. A Climate Change Commissioner, a member of the fuel Poverty Advisory Group, Steering Group of the Low/Zero Carbon Hub, Chair of the Existing Homes Alliance Cymru Wales, and many other bodies, Helen represents and promotes Energy Saving Trust activities, linking and creating partnerships with a wide range of Welsh organisations.
	Dr Peter Noyes is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport. He tweets at @peternoyesvc