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Evans named Chair of S4C; new Board members

May 12, 2025

The UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, has confirmed Delyth Evans as the new Chair of S4C. Evans assumed the role on May 1st, taking over from Guto Bebb.

The confirmation comes after Evans appeared before the Welsh Affairs Committee for a pre-appointment hearing on April 23rd.

The UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has also announced the appointment of five new members to the Board of S4C Dr Gwenllian Lansdown Davies, Dyfrig Davies, Wyn Innes, Betsan Powys and Catryn Ramasut.

Geraint Evans, Chief Executive of S4C, said: “We are delighted that Delyth Evans has joined S4C as our new Chair. Delyth brings a wealth of leadership and governance experience as well as a passion for seeing the Welsh language flourish in every corner the country. She also appreciates the importance of the production sector to the channel and to the Welsh economy. I, along with the rest of the S4C team, am eagerly looking forward to working with Delyth as we begin a new chapter in our history.”

“I would also like to welcome the new members of the Board. Their contribution and diverse experiences will certainly be of great value to us as we face the challenges and opportunities of the new broadcasting era. We are also very grateful to Guto Bebb for his extraordinary dedication over the past year as our interim Chairman – he has brought stability and wisdom to the role. While welcoming new members, including a second term for Denise Lewis Poulton, I would also like to thank Chris Jones and Adele Gritten for their contribution to S4C at the end of their term as Board members,” added Evans.

Responding to the confirmation, Llyr Morus, Chair of TAC – the trade body for independent TV production companies in Wales – said: “We welcome the appointment of Delyth Evans as the new Chair of S4C. Delyth’s experience will be a great benefit and we welcome her comments to the Welsh Affairs Committee acknowledging our sector’s important work in providing a wide range of high-quality content for S4C. This has been a time of change for S4C and we recognise the important work of the Interim Chair, Guto Bebb, over the past months and thank him for his liaison with our sector. We are glad a new full-time Chair is now in place as S4C and our sector look to meet media industry challenges and to engage in the debate on the future of the TV Licence Fee, which is of course the source of all of S4C’s public funding.”
“We also welcome the other S4C Board members, including former TAC Chair Dyfrig Davies. We look forward to working with Delyth Evans and the S4C team in the context of our training partnership with S4C, which so far has delivered 134 courses with 1895 registrations,” concluded Morus.

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