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Catherine Smith, a board member of HCC since 2017, will take over from incumbent Chair Kevin Roberts on April 1, 2021\.


Catherine is a food business consultant with more than 20 years’ experience in the red meat sector in procurement, processing and manufacturing. She is also a farmer’s daughter and wife, who lives with her husband and three children on a mixed farm in Monmouthshire.


She will be the first woman to take on the role since the formation of HCC in 2003\.


The appointment was announced today by Lesley Griffiths, the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.


The Minister said:



> I would like to congratulate Catherine Smith for her upcoming appointment to the role of Chair at Hybu Cig Cymru – and would also like to thank outgoing Chair Kevin Roberts for all his work in the role.
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> Catherine brings a wealth of experience to the role, having worked within the red meat supply chain for two decades and served as a board member since 2017\.
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> I am very pleased to be able to announce Catherine as the incoming Chair, particularly given she will be the first woman to come into the role – and I hope her appointment reflects wider trends in business across Wales, especially within the agricultural sector.
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> She comes into the role at an especially difficult time, with the red meat sector responding both to the challenges posed by the Covid\-19 pandemic, and the complexity brought about as a result of the recent end of the EU transition period.


Catherine graduated in 2000 with a first\-class honours degree in Food and Consumer Management from Birmingham University.


Through her business consultancy she provides strategic leadership, staff development, project management, technical and operational guidance for manufacturers and processors.


Her current role on the Board of HCC include chairing of the HCC Flock and Herd Health and Welfare Working Group and serving on the Audit and Communications committees.


Catherine said:



> Having grown up in a farming family, and worked in the food sector for twenty years, I’m very proud to be appointed as Chair of Hybu Cig Cymru.
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> My priority will be to deliver for our levy\-payers; farmers and processors. This will mean building our red meat brands using inventive and effective marketing, helping our industry to be as profitable as possible, and aiming to lead the world in terms of quality and sustainability.
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> HCC has responded to the challenges of EU transition and the Covid\-19 pandemic with flexibility, determination and innovation. Building on these strengths the organisation will continue to deliver on the priorities set out in Vision 2025 and support the industry to build its profitability and resilience whilst working closely with Welsh Government and all stakeholders within the supply chain.


Kevin Roberts, outgoing Chair of HCC, said:



> The past few years have certainly had their challenges from issues outside our control.
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> I'm proud of the way HCC has responded, growing exports of Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef significantly despite the uncertainty of Brexit, and playing its part in driving a major growth in domestic retail sales to help both farmers and consumers during the COVID pandemic. This has come about with the help of a lot of hard work from Gwyn Howells and his team of staff.
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> I wish Catherine well in taking over as Chair during the next exciting period for our sector. Some uncertainties remain, but as we look to the future our brands are very strong; we're offering what consumers want \- high\-quality food, traceable right back to the farm, and world\-leading credentials in terms of environmental and welfare standards.







Translation:


 
Bydd Catherine Smith, sydd wedi bod yn aelod o Fwrdd HCC ers 2017, yn cymryd yr awenau oddi wrth Kevin Roberts, y Cadeirydd presennol, ar 1 Ebrill 2021\.


Mae Catherine yn ymgynghorydd busnes bwyd a chanddi fwy nag 20 mlynedd o brofiad yn y sector cig coch ym maes caffael, prosesu a gweithgynhyrchu. Mae hi hefyd yn ferch a gwraig ffermwr, ac mae hi’n byw gyda'i gŵr a’u tri o blant ar fferm gymysg yn Sir Fynwy.


Hi fydd y fenyw gyntaf i ymgymryd â'r rôl ers sefydlu HCC yn 2003\.  

Cyhoeddwyd y penodiad heddiw gan Lesley Griffiths, Gweinidog yr Amgylchedd, Ynni a Materion Gwledig.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog:



> Hoffwn i longyfarch Catherine Smith am ei phenodiad i rôl Cadeirydd Hybu Cig Cymru – a hoffwn i ddiolch hefyd i Kevin Roberts, y Cadeirydd sy'n ymadael, am ei holl waith yn y rôl.
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> Mae Catherine yn dod â thoreth o brofiad i'r rôl, ar ôl gweithio o fewn cadwyn gyflenwi cig coch am ddau ddegawd a gwasanaethu fel aelod o'r bwrdd ers 2017\.
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> Rwy'n falch iawn o gael cyhoeddi Catherine fel y Cadeirydd newydd, yn enwedig o ystyried mai hi fydd y fenyw gyntaf i ymgymryd â’r rôl – ac rwy'n gobeithio bod ei phenodiad yn adlewyrchu tueddiadau ehangach mewn busnes ledled Cymru, yn enwedig o fewn y sector amaethyddol.
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> Mae hi'n ymgymryd â’r rôl ar adeg enwedig o anodd, gyda'r sector cig coch yn gorfod ymateb i'r heriau sy'n gysylltiedig â phandemig COVID\-19, a'r cymhlethdod a achoswyd o ganlyniad i ddiwedd cyfnod pontio'r UE yn ddiweddar.


Graddiodd Catherine yn 2000 gyda gradd anrhydedd dosbarth cyntaf mewn Rheoli Bwyd a Defnyddwyr o Brifysgol Birmingham. Drwy ei gwasanaeth ymgynghori busnes mae hi’n darparu arweinyddiaeth strategol, datblygu staff, rheoli prosiectau a darparu canllawiau technegol a gweithredol ar gyfer gweithgynhyrchwyr a phroseswyr.


Mae ei rôl bresennol ar Fwrdd HCC yn cynnwys cadeirio Gweithgor Iechyd a Lles Praidd a Buches HCC a gwasanaethu ar y pwyllgorau Archwilio a Chyfathrebu.


Dywedodd Catherine:



> Ar ôl cael fy magu mewn teulu ffermio, a gweithio yn y sector bwyd am ugain mlynedd, rwy'n falch iawn o gael fy mhenodi'n Gadeirydd Hybu Cig Cymru.
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> Fy mlaenoriaeth fydd cyflawni ar gyfer ein talwyr lefi; ffermwyr a phroseswyr. Bydd hyn yn golygu adeiladu ein brandiau cig coch gan ddefnyddio marchnata dyfeisgar ac effeithiol, helpu ein diwydiant i fod mor broffidiol â phosibl, ac anelu at arwain y byd o ran ansawdd a chynaliadwyedd.
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> Mae HCC wedi ymateb i heriau pontio'r UE a phandemig COVID\-19 mewn modd hyblyg, penderfynol ac arloesol. Gan adeiladu ar y cryfderau hyn bydd y sefydliad yn parhau i gyflawni'r blaenoriaethau a amlinellir yng Ngweledigaeth 2025 ac yn cefnogi'r diwydiant i gynyddu ei broffidioldeb a'i gadernid, gan weithio'n agos gyda Llywodraeth Cymru a'r holl randdeiliaid yn y gadwyn gyflenwi.


Dywedodd Kevin Roberts, Cadeirydd presennol HCC:



> Yn sicr rydyn ni wedi profi heriau yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf, o ganlyniad i faterion y tu hwnt i'n rheolaeth.  
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> Rwy'n falch o'r ffordd mae HCC wedi ymateb, gan gynyddu allforion Cig Oen Cymru a Chig Eidion Cymru yn sylweddol er gwaethaf yr ansicrwydd ynghylch Brexit, ac wedi chwarae ei ran wrth sbarduno twf mawr mewn gwerthiannau manwerthu domestig i helpu ffermwyr a defnyddwyr yn ystod pandemig COVID. Mae hyn wedi cael ei gyflawni diolch i’r llawer o waith caled a wnaed gan Gwyn Howells a’i dîm o staff.
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> Hoffwn i ddymuno'n dda i Catherine wrth iddi ymgymryd â rôl y Cadeirydd yn ystod y cyfnod cyffrous nesaf ar gyfer ein sector. Mae rhywfaint o ansicrwydd o hyd, ond wrth inni edrych i'r dyfodol mae ein brandiau'n gryf iawn; rydym yn cynnig yr hyn sydd ei eisiau ar ein defnyddwyr – bwyd o ansawdd uchel, y gellir ei olrhain yn ôl i'r fferm, ac enw da byd\-eang o ran safonau amgylcheddol a lles.