Register of interests - Other Employment

Name Position in NRW  Effective date Organisation Nature of business Nature of post Remunerated
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  February 2015 - present Cycling 4 All Charity Trustee/Member No
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  May 2015 - present Skill Hive CIC Community interest company Director/Member No
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  July 2005 - present IK Tech Ltd Technology company Company Secretary. Spouse is Director IK Tech Ltd Yes
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  February 2011 - present Groundwork North Wales Registered charity  Group CEO Yes
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  January 2016 - present  Refurbs Flintshire Charity Group CEO No
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  September 2019 - present Joint Nature Conservation Committee Public body Independent member of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Yes
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  November 2016 - present Wild Ground Charity Group CEO No
Karen Balmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  June 2020 - present Nant Mill Community Trust Company in process of being registered as a charity Director/Member No
Julia Cherrett NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director October 2020-present Thames Water Pension Scheme Utilities Company Workplace Pension  Trustee Director Yes
Julia Cherrett NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  September 2016 - present Canal and Rivers Trust  Charity Partner is a Trustee No
Julia Cherrett NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director September 2017 - present Pobl Group - Homes and Communities  Not for profit  Non-Executive Director/Vice Chair  Yes
Julia Cherrett NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director June 2019 - present Christ College, Brecon Independent day and boarding school (primary to sixth form). School Governor No
Geraint Davies  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2009 - present Partneriaeth Penllyn Town and community council partnership Director No
Geraint Davies  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  December 2019 - present Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) Cymru Charity Director No
Geraint Davies  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  December 2022 - present  RSPB Nature Reserve and Estate / Tourism Member of Advisory Group Yes
Geraint Davies  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  July 2023 - present Farming Connect European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development programme (Welsh Government and EU funded) Mentor No
Geraint Davies  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  July 2023 - present Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre Aberystwyth University Research Centre Associate No
Zoë Henderson NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2009 - present  Zoe Henderson Curtains and Interiors Interior design small business Proprietor  Yes
Zoë Henderson NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2009 - present Business consultancy  Business consultancy Business Consultant Yes
Zoë Henderson NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2012 - present Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Rural land association North Wales Committee Member  No
Zoë Henderson NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2018 - December 2022 Country Land and Business Association (CLA) National Environment committee  Wales Committee Member No
Professor Calvin Jones NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  January 2022 - present  The Skyline Project Community Partnership Member of Management Board and Technical Adviser No
Professor Calvin Jones NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  October 1998 - present Cardiff Business School   Education  Professor Yes
Professor Calvin Jones NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  January 2023 - present Welsh Government Government Seconded Employee Yes
Lesley Jones NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2016-present Foundation for Environmental Education Education for Sustainable Development Chair of Trustee Board of Directors No
Professor Rhys Jones NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  1995 - present Aberystwyth University Higher Education Lecturer Yes
Professor Rhys Jones NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  December 2021 - present Iaith Cyf Consulting on Projects Associate Consultant (ad hoc) Yes (but only if required for specific projects)
Mark McKenna Non-Executive Director 26 January 2005 - present Down to Earth Project Social Enterprise - education & wellbeing Founder Director Yes
Mark McKenna Non-Executive Director 25 September 2014 - present Down to Earth Construction Social Enterprise - sustainable construction Founder Director Yes
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  21 February 2022 - present British Ecological Society  Ecology focussed Charity  Panel member: priority research areas in Ecology No
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  1984 - present  Cardiff University  Education    Professor Yes
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2015 - present  Cardiff Water Research Institute  Research/Education Co-Director Yes - as part of Cardiff University role 
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2017 - present GW4 Group of Universities (Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff) Collaborative research Board Member No
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2015 - present  Water Security Alliance UK water research consortium Spouse is Director  Yes - Spouse's principle occupation
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  1981 - present  Llyn Brianne Stream Observatory  Research Collaboration with NRW on the provision of monitoring data No
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2018 - present  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Wildlife charity Vice President  No
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2018 - present  Science Advisory Group of the Environment Agency Research Member of Advisory Group No
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2018 - present  Joint Nature Conservation Committee Government Advisory Committee NRW Representative No
Professor Steve Ormerod  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  2022 - present Welsh Government Biodiversity Deep Dive Government Advisory Committee Expert Panel Member No
Kathleen Palmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director Sept 2019 - present Welsh Government Decarbonisation of Housing Group Government Advisory Committee Committee member No
Kathleen Palmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director Sept 2022 to present Cynon Taf Community Housing Group - Subsidiaries are Care and Repair and Down to Zero Housing association Interim CEO Yes
Kathleen Palmer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director Dec 2022 to present Crisis Homelessness charity Board Member No
Helen Pittaway NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director 30/09/2019

7/03/23-30/09/23
Cartrefi Conwy Cyfyngedig Limited Independent not-for-profit Registered Social Landlord Non Executive Director
Chair Designate
Yes
Helen Pittaway NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director 20/08/2021 - 30/09/23 Cartrefi Developments Limited House builder holding company Non Executive Director
Chair 
No
Helen Pittaway NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director 03/03/2018 - present Old Penrhosian Provident Fund Charity Trustee
Treasurer
No
Helen Pittaway NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director 31/01/2020 – present  Merseyside Special Investment Fund Limited (MSIF Limited) Impact Fund Investor Non- Executive Director  Yes
Helen Pittaway NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director 11/08/2020 - present River Capital
(Formerly known as AFM Merseyside Mezzanine Limited)
Fund Manager Subsidiary of MSIF Limited Non- Executive Director Yes
Dr Rosie Plummer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  1 February 2018 - 31 January 2026 Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority National Park Welsh Government Appointed Board Member Yes
Dr Rosie Plummer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  30 June 2017 - 28 June 2024 Plantlife International Plant conservation Trustee/Non-Executive Director No
Dr Rosie Plummer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  June 2020 - June 2024 Ysgol Gynradd Llandeilo Education Governor No
Dr Rosie Plummer NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  March 2021 - present Welsh Government Independent Panel Senior Independent Panel Member Yes
Professor Peter Rigby  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  1 January 2014 - present Babraham Institute  Scientific Research  Chair of the Board of Trustee Directors No
Professor Peter Rigby  NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director  01 July 2016 - present  Company of Biologists  Scientific Publishing  Member of the Board  No
Sir David Henshaw Chair of NRW's Board March 2018 - present Wirral University Hospitals Foundation Trust  Healthcare Chair Yes
Sir David Henshaw Chair of NRW's Board February 2017 - present National Museums Liverpool Galleries and museums foundation Trustee No
Sir David Henshaw Chair of NRW's Board April 2022 - present NML Foundation Charity Trustee No
Clare Pillman Chief Executive and Board Member Present  Welsh National Opera Performing arts Board member No
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