HEFCW Council member biography
Roger Thomas - Chair
Appointed: 5 May 2008 to 4 May 2011; 5 May 2011 to 4 May 2014
Roger Thomas OBE, CCMI, FRSA, OStJ was Chair of Governors and Pro-Chancellor of University of Glamorgan, and Chairman of Chairs of Higher Education Wales. In the latter capacity he was a member of the Chairs' Group of Committee of University Chairmen (CUC) and also a Member of the Board of Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA); and the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff.
Outside higher education, Roger is Director of Business in Focus Ltd (enterprise agency), a member of the CBI Wales Council, the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan 2011-12 and a judge of the Provincial Court of Church in Wales. He was formerly a senior partner at Eversheds solicitors, Cardiff, Vice President of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, a director of the Welsh National Opera, a member of Techniquest Council, Business Partnership Adviser to the National Assembly for Wales and a member of Council at Cardiff University.
| Declarations of interest - Personal |
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| Former Chair of Governors, University of Glamorgan |
| Former member of Council, Cardiff University |
| Honorary Doctor, University of Glamorgan |
| Member, Ministerial Advisory Group, DCELLS |
| Director, Business in Focus Ltd. |
| Director, Cardiff and Vale Enterprise International Ltd. |
| Member, Welsh Council of CBI |
| Judge of the Provincial Court, Church in Wales and member of Rules Committee of the Church in Wales |
| Chairman, Audit and Risk Committee of the Priory for Wales of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (St Johns Wales) |
| High Sheriff of South Glamorgan 2011-12 |
