The IWA are delighted to start the new year with the appointment of three new Trustees to the IWA Board of Directors.
After a competitive recruitment round, Shayoni Lynn, Lauren McEvatt and Gwendolyn Sterk will be joining the IWA Board at an exciting time for the organisation having just launched a new 4-year strategy. Together with the rest of the Trustees and the staff team, Shayoni, Lauren and Gwendolyn will play a crucial role in setting the strategic direction of the IWA as the organisation looks ahead to new opportunities in 2025 and beyond.
Shayoni Lynn
Shayoni is CEO and Founder of multi-award-winning behavioural science communications consultancy, Lynn Group. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), and is Chair of PRCA Cymru. Amongst many other appointments, Shayoni is co-founder and Chair of the Board of the Asian Communications Network.
Lauren McEvatt
Lauren is a former Conservative UK Government Special Adviser to the Wales Office, where she worked under David Jones MP, the then Secretary of State for Wales. She is a government affairs and communications specialist who has worked across Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, and was previously a Commissioner for the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales. She is currently a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Wales Committee.
Gwendolyn Sterk
Gwendolyn is CEO of the Co-production Network for Wales. Within her background in the violence against women sector, she worked to ensure women’s lived experience was central in driving change in national legislation and improving service provision, including the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 and its subsequent national strategies.
The IWA Board of Trustees and team would like to congratulate the three new appointments, and look forward to working together in the years to come as we strive to inspire Wales’ ambition.