The Team

The Transport for Wales team

The main purpose of our Board is to ensure Transport for Wales meets the requirements of its remit as set by the Welsh Government, and to ensure the delivery of our strategy.

The TfW Board is made up of the Chair, Chief Executive, four independent non-executives and two executive members. Its role is to:

provide effective leadership for TfW; defining and developing strategic direction, and setting objectives;
provide effective leadership for the operation of the organisation; holding the Chief Executive to account for ensuring that TfW’s activities are conducted efficiently and effectively;
monitor performance to ensure that TfW fully meets its aims, objectives and performance targets; and
promote high standards of public finance; upholding the principles of regularity, propriety and value for money.

The Board meets eleven times a year, and has additional Board Development Days as required. We publish minutes of our Board meetings; they are available here

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Board of Directors

Non-Executive Directors

Scott Waddington (Chair)

Scott is chair of the board of Transport for Wales.

Alun Bowen (Non-Executive Director)

Audit and Risk Committee Chair

Sarah Howells (Non-Executive Director)

Customer and Communication Committee Chair

Nicola Kemmery (Non-Executive Director)

Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee Chair

Alison Noon-Jones (Non-Executive Director)

People Committee Chair

Vernon Everitt

Executive Directors

James Price (Chief Executive)

Heather Clash (Finance Director)

Senior Leadership Team

The Board delegates to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Chair, the discharge of all functions other than the following:

any matter reserved to the Board;
any matter delegated to a committee or sub-committee of the Board.

To support the Chief Executive in delivering these functions, our management structure consists of a number of groups that oversee the organisation's strategic and operational activities.

The Senior Leadership Team works in partnership with the Board when developing TfW’s strategy. The Senior Leadership Team is accountable for the day-to-day activities of the organisation and provides corporate leadership.

The Executive consists of the Chief Executive and the seven Executive Directors and two Directors.

As TfW’s Accounting Officer, the Chief Executive (James Price) is personally responsible for:

the proper stewardship of the public funds;
day to-day operations and management of Transport for Wales; and
ensuring compliance with the requirements of ‘Managing Welsh Public Money’.

James Price (Chief Executive)

James leads the organisation in delivering a transport network of which people can be proud.

Heather Clash (Finance Director)

Finance function and activities
Financial strategy and planning
Analysing performance and risk
Audit and internal financials controls

Lewis Brencher (Communications Director)

Development of the TfW brand
Engagement with stakeholders, communities and elected representatives
Media and colleague engagement

Alexia Course (Transport Operations Director)

Multi-modal transport operations for TfW and authority management of Transport for Wales Rail Limited
Delivery of our new rolling stock and station investment programmes
Sponsorship of transport enhancement schemes and rail project delivery
Delivery of value-add services including train cleaning and catering services
Ownership and asset management of the Core Valley Lines

Karl Gilmore (Rail Programme Director)

Delivery of the Core Valley Lines Transformation programme and wider infrastructure projects.
Responsible for the Project Management Office (PMO) supporting pan-TfW requirements

Gareth Morgan (Safety and Sustainability Director)