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I would like to inform members of appointments I have made to the Board of Sport Wales, following an open recruitment process which attracted over 80 candidates.


I have appointed Pippa Britton as Vice Chair of Sport Wales. Pippa Britton is the current Chair of Disability Sport Wales and a former international athlete.


I have made 4 further appointments to the board, as several members have come to the end of their terms. I am grateful to those out\-going members for their service. The new members are Ashok Ahir, Ian Bancroft, Christian Malcolm and Alison Thorne. In addition, I have reappointed Richard Parks and Samar Wafa to serve a further term as board members. Together, they bring a wealth of experience of working with under\-engaged communities to inspire and increase participation levels, as well as an understanding of the needs of elite athletes.


I am grateful to the new members for accepting the invitation to serve on the board. The new members will commence their term of office on 1 October for a 3 year period.


I am confident that the board has the expertise and experience required to support me and the staff of Sport Wales in taking forward our ambitions for a more active and successful nation. I look forward to working with them.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.


Mrs Britton is also a member of the Sports Honours Committee; UK Anti\-Doping Board; British Paralympic Classification Advisory Committee and the Archery GB Board. She is also an alumnus of the UK Sport International Leadership Programme and a member of the Sport Wales Elite Sport Sub Group and the World Archery Para\-Archery Committee.


Mr Ahir has a communications and media background. He is the co\-owner of a bilingual communications agency working across the private, public and third sector. He is also the Chair of the organising committee for the National Eisteddfod 2018 and a member of their management board. He has previously been involved in a Welsh for Adults Review Group and was Executive Editor, Politics at BBC Cymru Wales for many years.


Mr Bancroft is the Chief Officer for Organisational Change at Flintshire County Council and is responsible for all leisure and cultural services in Flintshire as well as leading work to build community resilience. He has previously been a Director of Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust and Business and Strategy Manager for Nottingham City Council’s Leisure Services. He has a background in sports performance and coaching having completed a sports science degree at Loughborough University and working as a Coach Tutor.


Mr Malcolm is the Technical Lead Coach to Team GB Men and Women’s 4 x 100 relay team and sprint coach to GB Paralympic and Welsh athletes. He is also a Welsh Athletics Board Member and director of his own community sports academy. He is best known for his achievements as a former elite athlete, and is a European, Commonwealth and World Championship medalist and 4 time Olympian.


Ms Thorne has held executive board and commercial leadership positions within retail blue chip companies and non exec roles in consultancy and a startup fashion brand. With a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, she has helped develop new talent at the London College of Fashion. Alison spent 2 years as a partner in an executive search firm before founding atconnect, a business and people development company. She is currently a trustee with Chwarae Teg \- Wales lead for Women on Boards and is a mentor with Business Wales.


Mr Richard Parks is a former Wales international rugby player turned extreme environment athlete and explorer. He has completed many extreme challenges, works with schools and colleges across the UK and is an honorary lecturer at the University of South Wales. Richard served as Team Attaché to Team Wales at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and is about to start is second term as Board Member to Sport Wales.


Ms Samar Wafa has worked extensively at grassroots and community level, and through her work with minority charities and numerous Welsh and English\-medium schools. Samar has worked with the London 2012 Olympics and the Rugby World Cup, as well as, UEFA, Sport Cardiff and the Cardiff Half Marathon. Samar is about to start her second term as Board Member to Sport Wales.







Translation:


 
Hoffwn roi gwybod i Aelodau am y rheini yr wyf wedi'u penodi i Fwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru, yn dilyn proses recriwtio agored a ddenodd dros 80 o ymgeiswyr.


 


Rwyf wedi penodi Pippa Britton yn Is\-gadeirydd Chwaraeon Cymru. Pippa Britton yw Cadeirydd Chwaraeon Anabledd Cymru ar hyn o bryd ac mae'n gyn\-athletwr rhyngwladol.


Rwyf wedi penodi pedwar person arall i'r Bwrdd, gan fod cyfnod sawl aelod yn dod i ben. Rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r aelodau hynny sy'n gadael am eu gwasanaeth. Yr aelodau newydd yw Ashok Ahir, Ian Bancroft, Christian Malcolm ac Alison Thorne. Ar ben hynny, rwyf wedi ailbenodi Richard Parks a Samar Wafa i wasanaethu am dymor arall fel Aelodau'r Bwrdd. Gyda'i gilydd, mae ganddynt brofiad helaeth o ysbrydoli cymunedau llai egnïol i gymryd mwy o ran mewn chwaraeon, yn ogystal â dealltwriaeth o anghenion athletwyr elît.


Rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r aelodau newydd am dderbyn y gwahoddiad i wasanaethu ar y Bwrdd. Bydd yr aelodau newydd yn dechrau eu swydd, a fydd yn para tair blynedd, ar 1 Hydref.


Rwy'n hyderus bod gan y bwrdd yr arbenigedd a'r profiad angenrheidiol i'm helpu i a staff Chwaraeon Cymru i gyflawni ein huchelgais i greu cenedl fwy egnïol a llwyddiannus. Edrychaf ymlaen at weithio gyda nhw.


Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Cynulliad yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.


Mae Mrs Britton yn aelod hefyd o'r Pwyllgor Anrhydeddau Chwaraeon; Bwrdd Atal Dopio'r DU; Pwyllgor Cynghori ar Ddosbarthiadau Paralympaidd Prydain a Bwrdd Saethu Prydain Fawr. Bu hefyd yn rhan o Raglen Arwain Ryngwladol Chwaraeon y DU ac mae'n aelod o Is\-grŵp Chwaraeon Elît Chwaraeon Cymru a Phwyllgor Para\-saethu Ffederasiwn Saethu'r Byd.


Mae gan Mr Ahir brofiad o weithio ym myd cyfathrebu a'r cyfryngau.  Ef yw un o cyd\-berchnogion asiantaeth gyfathrebu ddwyieithog sy'n gweithio ar draws y sector preifat, y sector cyhoeddus a'r trydydd sector. Mr Ahir yw Cadeirydd pwyllgor trefnu Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2018 ac mae'n aelod o'r bwrdd rheoli. Mae wedi bod yn rhan o Grŵp Adolygu Cymraeg i Oedolion a bu'n Olygydd Gweithredol yn y maes Gwleidyddiaeth i BBC Cymru Wales am sawl blwyddyn.


Mr Bancroft yw Prif Swyddog Newid Sefydliadol Cyngor Sir y Fflint, ac mae'n gyfrifol am bob gwasanaeth hamdden a diwylliannol yn Sir y Fflint. Mae hefyd wedi arwain ar waith i gryfhau cydnerthedd cymunedau. Arferai fod yn Gyfarwyddwr Ymddiriedolaeth Hamdden a Diwylliant Wigan ac yn Rheolwr Busnes a Strategaeth Gwasanaethau Hamdden Cyngor Dinas Nottingham. Mae wedi gweithio ym maes perfformiad chwaraeon a hyfforddi ar ôl iddo gwblhau cwrs gradd mewn gwyddorau chwaraeon ym Mhrifysgol Loughborough a gweithio fel Tiwtor Hyfforddi.


Mr Malcolm yw Prif Hyfforddwr Technegol tîm cyfnewid 4 x 100 Dynion a Menywod Tîm Prydain Fawr a hyfforddwr sbrintio athletwyr Cymreig a Pharalympaidd Prydain Fawr. Mae hefyd yn Aelod o Fwrdd Athletau Cymru ac yn gyfarwyddwr ei academi chwaraeon cymunedol ei hun. Caiff ei adnabod am ei lwyddiannau fel cyn\-athletwr elît, ac mae wedi ennill medalau ym mhencampwriaethau Ewrop, y Gymanwlad a'r Byd. Mae hefyd wedi ennill pedair medal yn y Gemau Olympaidd.


Mae Ms Thorne wedi gweithio ar fwrdd gweithredol ac wedi arwain ar lefel fasnachol o fewn cwmnïau manwerthu o’r radd flaenaf. Mae hefyd wedi cynnal rolau anweithredol yn y maes ymgynghori ac i frand ffasiwn a oedd yn cychwyn arni. Gyda thystysgrif ôl\-raddedig mewn Dysgu ac Addysgu, mae wedi helpu i ddatblygu talent newydd yng Ngholeg Ffasiwn Llundain. Treuliodd Alison ddwy flynedd fel partner mewn cwmni chwilio gweithredol cyn sefydlu Atconnect sy'n gwmni datblygu busnesau a phobl. Ar hyn o bryd, mae'n un o ymddiriedolwyr Chwarae Teg, yn arweinydd Cymru ar gyfer Women on Boards, ac yn fentor i Fusnes Cymru.


Arferai Richard fod yn chwaraewr rygbi'r undeb rhyngwladol dros Gymru cyn troi'n athletwr ac yn anturiaethwr mewn amgylcheddau eithafol. Mae wedi cyflawni sawl her eithafol ac mae wedi gweithio gydag ysgolion a cholegau ar draws y DU. Mae hefyd yn ddarlithydd er anrhydedd ym Mhrifysgol De Cymru. Gwasanaethodd Richard fel Team Attaché gyda Thîm Cymru yng Ngemau Cymanwlad Glasgow 2014, ac mae ar fin dechrau ei ail gyfnod fel Aelod o Fwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru.


Mae Samar wedi gweithio'n helaeth ar lawr gwlad ac ar lefel gymunedol, gan weithio gydag elusennau lleiafrifol ac ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg a Saesneg niferus. Mae wedi gweithio gyda Gemau Olympaidd Llundain 2012 a Chwpan Rygbi'r Byd yn ogystal ag UEFA, Sport Cardiff a Hanner Marathon Caerdydd. Mae Samar ar fin dechrau ei hail gyfnod fel Aelod o Fwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru.