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Mae Julie James AS, Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd, wedi penodi'r Athro Pete Fox, Kathleen Palmer, Helen Pittaway, a'r Athro Rhys Jones fel Aelodau newydd o Fwrdd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (CNC). Mae'r Gweinidog hefyd wedi ailbenodi'r Athro Calvin Jones a Mark McKenna a fydd yn gwasanaethu Aelodau'r Bwrdd yn eu hail dymor.


Mae gan Fwrdd CNC atebolrwydd dros sicrhau bod CNC yn arfer ei swyddogaethau deddfwriaethol yn briodol ac yn effeithiol. Mae hefyd yn gyfrifol i Weinidogion Cymru am y ffyrdd y mae CNC yn cyflwyno yn erbyn llythyr cylch gwaith y Gweinidogion.


Roedd y penodiadau hyn i chwe swydd ar y Bwrdd. Roeddent yn chwilio am Aelod o'r Bwrdd:


* addas i'w benodi'n Gadeirydd Is\-bwyllgor Cyllid y Bwrdd;
* addas i'w benodi'n Gadeirydd Pwyllgor Rheoli Perygl Llifogydd y Bwrdd;
* addas i'w benodi'n aelod o Fforwm Rheoli Tir Cymru;
* addas i'w benodi'n Gadeirydd Pwyllgor Archwilio a Risg y Bwrdd; gyda phrofiad o ymgysylltu cymdeithasol/cymunedol a'r trydydd sector a/neu fenter gymdeithasol;
* a chyda gwybodaeth am y marchnadoedd pren ac ynni adnewyddadwy.


Mae aelodau Bwrdd CNC yn derbyn tâl o £350 y dydd am uchafswm o 36 diwrnod y flwyddyn. Gall diwrnodau tâl ychwanegol ddod i Aelodau sy'n cadeirio is\-bwyllgorau'r Bwrdd. 


Ceir manylion am delerau'r penodiadau hyn: 


Kathleen Palmer:    1 Ebrill 2023 i 31 Hydref 2026  

Yr Athro Pete Fox:         7 Chwefror 2023 i 31 Hydref 2026  

Helen Pittaway:         7 Chwefror 2023 i 31 Hydref 2026  

Yr Athro Rhys Jones:         9 Mai 2023 i 31 Hydref 2027  

Yr Athro Calvin Jones:    1 Mawrth 2023 i 31 Hydref 2028  

Mark McKenna:    1 Mawrth 2023 i 31 Hydref 2028


Gwnaed y penodiadau hyn yn unol â'r Cod Llywodraethu ar Benodiadau Cyhoeddus.


Cafodd pob apwyntiad ei wneud yn ôl teilyngdod yn dilyn proses agored, gystadleuol. Nid yw gweithgarwch gwleidyddol yn chwarae unrhyw ran yn y broses ddethol. 


Yn ystod y pum mlynedd diwethaf, nid oes yr un o'r rhai a benodwyd wedi cael eu cyflogi gan blaid wleidyddol, wedi dal swydd amlwg mewn plaid, yn sefyll fel ymgeisydd dros blaid mewn etholiad, wedi siarad yn gyhoeddus ar ran plaid wleidyddol, nac wedi gwneud rhoddion neu fenthyciadau sylweddol i blaid.







Translation:


 
The Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS has appointed Professor Pete Fox, Kathleen Palmer, Helen Pittaway, and Professor Rhys Jones as new Members of the Board of Natural Resources Wales (NRW). The Minister has also reappointed Professor Calvin Jones and Mark McKenna who will both serve their second term as Members of the Board.


The Board of NRW has accountability for ensuring NRW exercises its legislative functions appropriately and effectively. It is also responsible to Welsh Ministers for the ways in which NRW delivers against the Ministerial remit letter.


These appointments were to six positions on the Board. A Board Member:


* suitable for appointment as Chair of Board Finance Sub Committee;
* suitable for appointment as Chair of Board Flood Risk Management Committee;
* suitable for appointment as member of the Wales Land Management Forum;
* suitable for appointment as Chair of the Board Audit \& Risk Committee;
* with experience of social/community engagement and the third sector and/or social enterprise;
* and with knowledge of the timber and renewable energy markets, were each sought.


Members of the Board of NRW are remunerated at £350 per day for a maximum of 36 days per year. Additional remunerated days may attach to Members who Chair Board sub\-committees. 


The terms of these appointments are: 


Kathleen Palmer:    1 April 2023 to 31 October 2026  

Professor Pete Fox:    7 February 2023 to 31 October 2026  

Helen Pittaway:    7 February 2023 to 31 October 2026  

Professor Rhys Jones:    9 May 2023 to 31 October 2027  

Professor Calvin Jones:    1 March 2023 to 31 October 2028  

Mark McKenna:    1 March 2023 to 31 October 2028


These appointment were made in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.


All appointments were made on merit following an open, competitive process. Political activity plays no part in the selection process. 


In the last five years, none of the appointees have been employed by a political party, held a significant office in a party, stood as a candidate for a party in an election, publicly spoken on behalf of a political party, nor made significant donations or loans to a party.