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 (dormant co) | 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 (including Wild Ground & Refurbs Flintshire) | Registered charity | CEO | Yes |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | September 2019 - present | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Public body | Independent member of JNCC People and Audit Committees | Yes |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | Feb 2023 � July 2025 | Betsi Cadwalader University Health Board (BCUHB) | NHS | Independent Member | Yes |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | September 2022 - present | The Federation of Groundwork Trusts | Charity | Trustee | No |
| Karen Balmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | April 2025 - present | Groundwork Northern Ireland | Charity | Company Secretary | No |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | June 2023 to present | Sustineri Properties Limited | Commercial property organisation | Director | No |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2022 to present | DeMontfort University | University | Lecturer | Yes |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2021 to present | Industry Wales / Sector Development Partnership | Welsh Government Sponsored organisation/Forums for Industry | Non-Executive Director | Yes |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2020 to present | Sustineri Limited | Sustainability Consultancy/Social Enterprise | Founder and Director | Yes |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | March 2020 to present | Centre for Sustainability | Foundation and Think-Tank | Founder and Director | Yes |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2015 to present | Crystal Law Limited | Solicitors Practice | Strategy and Commercial Director | Yes |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2015 to present | Welsh Government | Adviser | Adhoc - Occasionally advise on various sustainability related matters | No |
| Dr Hushneara Begum | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2020 to present | Transport for Wales (TfW) | Sustainable Development Advisory Panel Representative | Hush sits on the panel and advises where necessary on sustainability related matters. | No |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2023- present | Ynys Resources | Environmental and Sustainability Consultancy | Director | Yes |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | November 2024-present | Co-production Labs Wales | Not-for-profit social enterprise | Lottery funded Dewi project �co-production specialist working across North Wales PSBs | Yes |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | April 2013-present | European Commission � Horizon Europe | Government | Reviewer and Evaluator of projects and grants | Yes |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2014 -present | Menter Mon | Not-for-profit social enterprise | Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board | No |
| Rebecca Colley-Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | April 2014- present | Innovate UK | UK Government | Evaluator of grants | Yes |
| Professor Calvin Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 1998 - 30th March 2025 | Cardiff Business School � | Education | Professor | Yes |
| Professor Calvin Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2023 - 30th March 2025 | Welsh Government | Government | Seconded Employee | Yes |
| Professor Calvin Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | April 2024 - 20th March 2025 | Cardiff Business School � | Cardiff Business School hired by Welsh Government to look at financing models for potential tidal lagoons in Wales | Professr, Cardiff University | Yes - as part of Cardiff University role |
| Professor Calvin Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2025 - present | Welsh Government | Biodiversity Targets Task Force | Member | No |
| 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 |
| Lesley Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | August 2023 - present | Welsh Salmon and Trout Angling Association | Governing Body for Game Angling in Wales | Husband is Secretary | 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) |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 30th June 2023 - present | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Government Advisory Committee | NRW Representative | No |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1 January 2024 - present | Rural Wales Local Policy Innovation Partnerships | Research centre looking at policy innovation in rural Wales which has support from NRW | Member of the research centre | No |
| Professor Rhys Jones | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 1st February 2024 - present | British Academy/Coventry University | Part of a research project examining understandings of land use in the Cambrian Mountains | Member of research team led by Donna Udall of Coventry University. | No |
| 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 |
| Mark McKenna | Non-Executive Director | September 2023 - present | Skyline Partnership with Down to Earth | Community Partnership funded through the National Lottery Climate Action Fund (grant funding commences September 2023 for 24 months) | CEO of Down to Earth | Mark is remunerated in his role as CEO.� His role is not directly remunerated through this project. However, the organisation he is CEO of is the grant recipient of this partnership. |
| 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 | 2015 - present | Cardiff Water Research Institute | Research/Education | 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 | 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 |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2023 - present | Environment Agency | Regulatory Body | Expert witness on pollution | Yes |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 2024 - present | Environmental Markets Board | Governance Framework for Environmental Markets | Chair, Science Advisory Group and Board Member | No |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | November 2024 - present | Welsh Government | Biodiversity Targets Task Force | Spouse is Member | No |
| Professor Steve Ormerod | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | February 2025 - present | Sir Jon Cunliffe �Independent commission on the water sector regulatory system� | UK and Welsh Government Advisory Commission | Spouse is Member | No |
| Kathleen Palmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | Dec 2022 to present | Crisis | Homelessness charity | Board Member | No |
| Kathleen Palmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 13th November 2023 to present | Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board | Health Board | Vice Chair | Yes |
| Kathleen Palmer | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | 8th July 2024 to present | Pathway UK | Homeless and Inclusion Health Charity | Board Member (as Trustee for Crisis) | 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 | Yes |
| 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 |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | November 2024 - present | National Botanic Garden of Wales | Conservation and engagement charity | Trustee | No |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | January 2023 - present | Osprey Leadership Foundation | Youth development charity | Mentor | No |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | March 2021 - present | Gwent Wildlife Trust | Nature conservation charity | Wife�s employer | Yes |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | June 2024 - present | Ad Infinitum Consulting | Management Consultancy | Owner | Yes |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | December 2024 - present | Severn Area Rescue Association | Search and rescue charity | Volunteer - Land Search Team Member and Fundraiser | No |
| Adam Taylor | NRW Board Member/Non-Executive Director | October 2025 - present | Usk Catchment Partnership (hosted by Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority) | River catchment partnership | 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 |
| Sir David Henshaw | Chair of NRW's Board | November 2024 - present | Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust | Healthcare | Chair | Yes |
| Sir David Henshaw | Chair of NRW's Board | March 2018 - present | Wirral University Hospitals Foundation Trust | Healthcare | Chair | Yes |
| Ceri Davies | Acting Chief Executive | August 2023 - present | Keep Wales Tidy | Keep Wales Tidy (KWT) is a charity committed to working with local communities across Wales to protect the environment. | Trustee and Board Member | No |
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