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	Damian Radcliffe is the Nations and Communities Manager at Ofcom. He is writing in a personal capacity.
	Nick Ramsay AM is the Conservative Assembly Member for Monmouth and Shadow Business Minister. First elected to the Assembly in 2007, his is the safest Conservative seat in the Assembly. Nick was Shadow Minister for Local Government and Public Services until October 2008 when he was appointed Shadow Minister for Finance. Nick currently sits on the Business Committee and the Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Cross Party Group on Waterways and the Cross Party Group on Beer and the Pub.
	Jenny Randerson AM is the Welsh Liberal Democrat AM for Cardiff Central. From 2000 until 2003 she was the Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language and is now her party’s spokesperson for Economic Development, Education and Transport.
	Gary Raymond is a novelist, playwright, essayist and editor. In 2009 he co-founded (and continues to co-edit) the literary journal The Raconteur, an unashamedly intellectual forum for writers and lovers of literature. His debut novel, The Obituary, is currently working its way through the labyrinth toward print. In the meantime he is working on the follow-up. In 2010 his play The Requiem Average was produced at Newport’s Riverfront Theatre to excellent reviews. He has a degree in History and a Masters in Creative Writing from the prestigious programme at Bath Spa University. In 2011 he begins reading for his PhD in Modern American Literature at Cardiff University. Gary Raymond is also a published poet and songwriter.
	Llywelyn Rhys is Head of RenewableUK Cymru, the leading wind wave and tidal renewable energy industry body which aims to ensure that Wales successfully meets current and future renewable energy targets. Llywelyn previous employment includes being a Principal Officer for Environment Agency Wales; Welsh Policy Developer for the Federation of Small Businesses, and two stints as a Political Officer and Policy Researcher at the National Assembly for Wales.
	Hayley Richards is Research & Policy Officer for Oxfam Cymru’s UK Poverty Programme. Prior to this she was Deputy CEO at Cylch – the Wales Community Recycling Network. She has a PhD in insect biology and has previously worked as a Project Manager for a Cardiff University spin out company and as a Scientist on a Raleigh International expedition to Chile.
	Jonathan Richards represents Ceredigion People First on the National Council for All Wales People First. He recently moved from Aberystwyth to Carmarthen. Jonathan has been a trustee of a number of national and local groups and has previously worked for All Wales People First working to get more learning disabled people involved in policy and participation. Jonathan served on the Learning Disability Advisory Group advising the Welsh Assembly minister on the development of new policies for people with learning disabilities in Wales.
	Rhuanedd Richards was born in Cardiff in 1974 but moved with her family to the Cynon Valley two years later. After winning a scholarship to study in Aberystwyth and gaining her degree, Rhuanedd was elected President of the Aberystwyth Guild of Students in 1995. After completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff University, she joined the newsroom in BBC Wales. Between 1999 and 2007, Rhuanedd presented a number of programmes including “Good Morning Wales”, “Good Evening Wales” and “Sunday Edition” on Radio Wales as well as “Maniffesto” and “Dau o’r Bae” in the Welsh language. When the One Wales Coalition government was created between Plaid Cymru and Labour, Rhuanedd was appointed to the post of special adviser to the Plaid Ministers where she provided policy and communications advice between 2007-2011. Rhuanedd became Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru on the 1st September 2011. Rhuanedd now lives in Pontypridd and is married with two young children.
	Aled Roberts is the lead Liberal Democrat candidate in North Wales and the leader of Wrexham County Borough Council since 2005. Brought up in the village he represents on the Council, he attended Ysgol y Ponciau, Ysgol y Grango and Ysgol Rhiwabon before going on to study law at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. After obtaining his solicitors’ professional qualification he practised at the Wrexham firm of Geoffrey Morris and Ashton where he became a partner. Aled also serves as a member of Rhos Community Council and is Secretary of Ebeneser Chapel, Rhos where he has been an organist since the age of 11. He was instrumental in the campaign to serve the Rhos Miners’ Institute (known locally as the Stiwt) and has been its secretary since 1987. He is also Chair of Governors at Ysgol Gymraeg I D Hooson and a Governor at Ysgol Maes y Mynydd, Rhos.
	Nicola Roberts is an account director at Warwick Emanuel PR & Film in Cardiff. She has considerable experience of working and advising clients within the social housing and regeneration sectors in Wales and other parts of the UK. A marketing graduate, Nicola has worked on and directed various regeneration campaigns and works for one of the UK’s largest housing maintenance and estate management specialists. Nicola was voted ‘Young Communicator of the Year 2005-6’ by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Cymru Wales. Before joining Warwick Emanuel, Nicola worked in the UK headquarters of Compaq Computer Ltd and in a consultancy serving consumer brands.
	Simon Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Chester. He was a practicing journalist for 10 years, editing several London-based business publications and working for regional newspapers. He holds a BA from the University of Manchester and an MA from the University of Liverpool. His research is currently focused on the links between media, political devolution, civic engagement and cultural identity in small nations across the EU.
	Sara Robinson, 30, is a multiple-award winning PR and social media consultant, and set up communications consultancy Cake Communications in July 2011. She juggles running a new start-up with raising a 4 year old son. She lives in Cardiff.
	Julian Rosser was born in Bridgend and studied Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. He worked as Local Groups Development Officer and Director of Friends of the Earth Cymru from 1997 before joining Oxfam Cymru as Campaigns Co-ordinator in 2007. He has led Oxfam Cymru’s work on climate change and has been the Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Cymru since early 2009.
	Chris Ryde is Equity’s National Organiser for Wales. In that role he represents the day to day interests of performers and other creative personnel in Wales. He is also Chair of the Wales Association for the Performing Arts, which is the main campaigning and lobbying group for the professional performing arts in Wales. Additionally he is Vice Chair of the National Theatre for Wales and Theatr Ffynnon and a Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.