NEWS > Digital Wales advisory board appointed
Published: Tuesday, 02 Nov, 2010
A team of highly experienced individuals with considerable expertise of working across the digital economy in the private and public sector have been appointed to serve on the Digital Wales
Advisory Board, it was announced. The announcement, made in a Monday 01 November 2010 written statement by Lesley Griffiths, Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills, follows the recommendation of Professor Ian Hargreaves
A team of highly experienced individuals with considerable expertise of working across the digital economy in the private and public sector have been appointed to serve on the Digital Wales Advisory Board, it was announced. The announcement, made in a Monday 01 November 2010 written statement by Lesley Griffiths, Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills, follows the recommendation of Professor Ian Hargreaves in his review of the Creative Industries. The Board will advise Ministers on key aspects of the digital agenda - including infrastructure, skills, competitiveness, public service delivery, as well as digital inclusion.
The Welsh Assembly Government’s framework policy document Delivering a Digital Wales, is being prepared for publication later this month to ensure that Wales can capitalise on the opportunities of the digital age. The following eight people have agreed to serve on the Board; Dr Sangeet Bhullar, Simon Gibson, Andrew Green, Professor Gareth Hughes, David Hylands, Huw Jones, Ron Jones and Jean-Francois Schmid. Simon Gibson will be the independent Chair. All appointees have agreed to contribute to the work of the Board on a pro bono basis.
The Deputy Minister said the Board members had both a high degree of subject knowledge and significant direct delivery experience. She added that membership also reflected the Welsh Assembly Government's commitment to inclusive policy making and the need to ensure expert coverage from each of the five main themes being developed in Delivering a Digital Wales.
The Board has been set up for an initial twelve months and will meet on a quarterly basis with the minutes of each meeting published on the Welsh Assembly Government website. Its inaugural meeting will take place on 3rd November 2010.
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