Meet the people
behind Cymru Global

Hayley Morgan

Chief Executive

Before joining Cymru Global, Hayley worked in the private and public sectors in Wales & across Europe and with Médecins Sans Frontières in Central Africa & Europe.

At Cymru Global, Hayley focuses on connecting Wales with the world and strengthening understanding. After a number of years of working in areas of conflict, Hayley understands the importance of active peace work, holding difficult conversations and fostering dialogue through education, volunteering, connection and awareness of each other.

Hayley Richards

Head of Programme Development & Policy

Hayley has been an activist for environmental and social justice since her school days. She is an experienced project manager, was Deputy CEO at the Wales Community Recycling Network, worked with the Sustainable Development Commission and  spent a decade as Research and Policy Officer with Oxfam Cymru. She remains passionate about taking local action on global issues and is a big fan of doughnut economics!

Shaela Ismail

Head of Finance

Shaela joined Cymru Global  in 2015 and helped to establish a fully functioning finance department. A qualified AAT Accountant with experience of private sector and charity finance, she oversees all aspects of the finance department and prepare the management reports, payroll, annual report, banking and investments, contracts and related HR aspects. She also works closely with project leads to manage the financial administration of externally funded grants and projects, and with the venue team to manage venue finances.

Born and raised in Cardiff, a mum of two, of Bangladeshi descent, she is an advocate for cultural integration, a desire to raise awareness and encourage discussion of global and political issues within ethnic and disadvantaged communities in Wales. She loves to travel and explore different cultures, religions and cuisines!

Amber Demetrius

Head of Global Learning

Amber is responsible for the design, delivery and management of our Global Learning programmes for youth and schools across Cymru Global. Her role includes delivery, management and project development but she also has a strategic role in evaluating what learning is most sought after in Global Citizenship and in developing learning partnerships across Wales.

Watch the video on ‘Getting to know: Amber’ here 

Amber has a background in Education and previously taught across the Primary sector for fifteen years. She has also worked with Theatre in Education and Global Learning Groups to provide innovative approaches for students in primary and secondary settings, helping individuals who are disengaged with learning to rebuild their confidence within it. Amber is a zealous reader and a lover of crime dramas and cats.

“What I’ve learned from working with young people is that so much comes down to your attitude. If you believe you can make a change happen then you always really can. A lot of our work is about people not being afraid to stand and fight for the things that matter most to them. You can do it through simple acts of kindness but also by writing to politicians and influencing decision makers in your community. The world needs more people who are willing to fight for the right things and I think if more people did, we’d have a much better world to live in.”

Sam Ward

Head of Climate Cymru 

Sam’s early career was orientated around the outdoors, nature and people. During this time, Sam set up and managed companies that specialised in coaching, getting people out into nature and onto many of the World’s most beautiful rivers. Sam ended up coaching the British national team to over 30 medals at international competitions and competing himself at the international level for a number of years in his chosen discipline of whitewater kayaking.

Alongside these companies and his own training, Sam has always been involved in a series of social enterprises, environmental initiatives, charities, community events and environmental advocacy campaigns and has used his award-winning companies as a force for good in the communities in which they operate. As climate and nature emergency became more central in Sam’s work, he worked as a sustainability consultant, and program manager for environmental and conservation projects, and cofounded Biodiversity Alliance, a charity in Uganda working on community led solutions to the biodiversity crisis. Now based back home in Wales, Sam has sold his companies, and he now spends all his working hours running Climate Cymru!

“The Climate Cymru campaign is centred around meaningful and fair action to address the climate emergency and will gather voices from all areas and demographics of Welsh society. As partners or people sign up, they tell Climate Cymru what is important to them and the responses received will shape the campaign’s communication and advocacy at COP26 and to county councils, Welsh and UK governments. Ultimately, the people of Wales own the message.”

Anita Henman Cartwright

Senior Fundraising Manager 

Anita is a seasoned social entrepreneur and strategist passionate about a just transition to a wellbeing economy in Wales. With a background in management consulting, she has applied her skills to developing foundational economy and community projects, successfully leading bids from grass-roots initiatives to regional £multimillion programmes. Her diverse experience includes mentoring for Social Business Wales, serving as a Powys County Councillor, and designing an innovative digital platform for community-led skills sharing. In addition to her work, Anita is pursuing an ALM (Masters) in Sustainability from Harvard and holds a PGCert in Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystems.  In her spare time, she can be found regenerating her own small corner of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park with her young family and an ever-growing menagerie of animals.

Amber Demetrius

Head of Global Learning

Amber is responsible for the design, delivery and management of our Global Learning programmes for youth and schools across Cymru Global. Her role includes delivery, management and project development but she also has a strategic role in evaluating what learning is most sought after in Global Citizenship and in developing learning partnerships across Wales.

Watch the video on ‘Getting to know: Amber’ here 

Amber has a background in Education and previously taught across the Primary sector for fifteen years. She has also worked with Theatre in Education and Global Learning Groups to provide innovative approaches for students in primary and secondary settings, helping individuals who are disengaged with learning to rebuild their confidence within it. Amber is a zealous reader and a lover of crime dramas and cats.

“What I’ve learned from working with young people is that so much comes down to your attitude. If you believe you can make a change happen then you always really can. A lot of our work is about people not being afraid to stand and fight for the things that matter most to them. You can do it through simple acts of kindness but also by writing to politicians and influencing decision makers in your community. The world needs more people who are willing to fight for the right things and I think if more people did, we’d have a much better world to live in.”

Sioned Cox

Global Learning Project Officer

Sioned joined WCIA in 2023, and supports Amber and Jane with delivery of a wide range of learning projects and events, alongside support work with Academi Heddwch.

Craig Owen

Heritage Advisor

A leading figure in Welsh internationalism over the last 15 years, Craig joined WCIA to manage the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Wales for Peace’ programme from 2015 to 2020. He stayed on (part-time) from this to consolidate the legacy of that work, and to support volunteers and researchers interested in exploring Wales’ Peace Heritage further.

Alongside his Heritage Advisor role, Craig undertook an MPhil on the ‘History of Welsh Internationalism‘ with Aberystwyth University’s Dept of International Politics. Having been in ongoing treatment and chemotherapy for Bone Cancer since 2016, Craig is an ambassador with cancer charities such as Maggie’s Centres and Myeloma UK.

Prior to joining WCIA, Craig was International Programme Manager with Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) over 2007-14, where he developed the Wales Africa Community Links programme. Before that he was very much in the ‘aid sector’ as Wales Campaigns Coordinator with Oxfam Cymru, leading work on ‘Make Poverty History’, ‘Control Arms’ (securing an International Arms Trade Treaty) and Fair Trade. In 2006 was seconded to Oxfam International’s Tsunami Relief Programme in Indonesia, peace building in the disaster and conflict-stricken province of Aceh, during which he wrote a ‘Blog from Banda’ which gained considerable profile. He has also worked in Wales education / youth sector with NUS Wales and Aberystwyth University Guild of Students.

Ffion Fielding

Women’s Peace Petition Project Manager

Ffion Fielding has worked in the museums and heritage sector in Wales for over 20 years, starting her career as a learning officer in St Fagans National Museum of History. She has a PGCE qualification in post-compulsory education, and her work there focused on adult and community learning, working in partnership with a wide range of organisations. In 2014 she moved to a role as coordinator for ‘Wales Remembers 1914-18’ projects across Amgueddfa Cymru and in national partnerships, and in 2015 joined WCIA for three years as community and exhibitions coordinator with the ‘Wales for Peace’ project. There she worked with museums, libraries, and archives across Wales to co-produce exhibitions and collect Wales’s rich peace heritage with volunteers. It is also where she first became interested in the story of the Peace Petition.

Ffion joined Academi Heddwch from her most recent role as exhibitions project manager with Amgueddfa Cymru, managing both large- and small-scale exhibitions and displays, including national touring exhibitions and the strategy for national events, working with partners across Wales. Recently she was seconded for a period to provide consultation and advisory support to senior management on the new 10 year strategy for Amgueddfa Cymru – consulting with staff, communities and other stakeholders. She is the members representative for members of the Museums Association in Wales, the UK wide advisory organisation for museums.

Anita Henman Cartwright

Head of Funding Innovation

Anita is a seasoned social entrepreneur and strategist, passionate about a just transition to a wellbeing economy in Wales. With a background in management consulting, she has developed foundational economy and community projects, successfully leading bids from grass-roots initiatives to regional £multimillion programmes.

Her diverse experience includes mentoring for Social Business Wales, serving as a Powys County Councillor, and designing an innovative digital platform for community-led skills sharing. Anita is pursuing an ALM (Masters) in Sustainability from Harvard and holds a PGCert in Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystems.

Benjamin Rwizibuk

Imagine Action Coordinator for CCEM Group

Benjamin is originally from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Crop Production. He is currently pursuing a masters’ degree in Agroforestry and Food Security at Bangor University (2025). Benjamin has professional experience with international research institutes and private companies, including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and RISEF SARL, in roles such as capacity building officer, research assistant, and end-line evaluation supervisor. Passionate about sustainable agriculture and food security, he volunteers with Climate Cymru, where he serves on the Advisory Group and leads as the Coordinator for Climate Cymru Ethnic Minorities. Benjamin is dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and driving collective action for environmental sustainability.

Bethan Sayed

Head of Politics & Advocacy

Bethan is part of the politics and advocacy team and has previously worked with Climate Cymru on the Warm This Winter campaign. She is a former Senedd Member for South Wales West, and was the youngest woman elected to the Senedd. She is a proud advocate for women’s rights and community engagement in politics, and campaigns on environmental justice. She chaired Wales against Open casting while in the Senedd, and mobilised communities to fight for restoration. She has carried out freelance political influencing work with organisations such as Oxfam Cymru, and has led workshops across Wales on how the Senedd operates. Bethan is a qualified swimming teacher, and in her spare time, she enjoys the gym, travelling, and spending time with her son at soft plays and farms!

Clare James

Network Coordinator

Clare oversees Climate Cymru’s network, including partners, volunteering and ambassadors, with a focus on diversification of the movement.

Committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the environmental sector, she aims to combat poverty and protect the planet. As an accredited participatory action research practitioner, Clare has led collaborative projects with grassroots organisations, NGOs, corporations, and academic institutions.

She worked for over 15 years in the housing and homelessness sector and later on, at Techniquest.

Paul Graham

Assistant Network Coordinator

Paul began volunteering with Climate Cymru in 2021 and has stayed with us ever since, often leading on internal development and strategy as well as reaching out to new and potential partners. More recently he became a Climate Fresk facilitator and can often be found in the great outdoors leading Deep Time Walks.

Sali Nicols

Volunteer and Schools Coordinator / Assistant and Translator

Sali is a fluent Welsh speaker and passionate linguist, proficient in six languages. Her studies and experiences have taken her across Europe and, most recently, to the Yucatán, Mexico, where she taught English.

With a deep appreciation for the connection between language, culture, and identity, she is committed to amplifying voices across Wales and beyond.

She has done extensive research on the link between climate change and language loss among Indigenous communities, advocating for urgent environmental justice. Combining her multilingual skills with a global perspective, she strives to foster inclusivity and drive meaningful change.

Sam Ward

Head of Climate Cymru 

Sam’s early career was orientated around the outdoors, nature and people, when he managed companies that specialised in coaching and getting people out into nature.

He coached the British national team to over 30 medals at international competitions, competing himself at the international level for a number of years in his chosen discipline of whitewater kayaking.

Sam has always been involved in social enterprises, environmental initiatives, charities, and environmental advocacy campaigns. He worked as a sustainability consultant, and programme manager for environmental and conservation projects, and cofounded Biodiversity Alliance, in Uganda working on community led solutions to the biodiversity crisis. Sam now spends all his working hours running Climate Cymru!

Stanley Townsend

Head of Politics & Advocacy

Stan is a climate policy expert, with experience in advising political leaders in Wales and internationally. He has worked across a number of policy areas for UK Government, such as the circular economy, net zero strategy, green finance, and was also a negotiator to the United Nations climate process where he represented the UK at two COPs. He returned to Wales to take up a role as Secretary for the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group, requested by the Welsh Labour Government and Plaid Cymru to explore ambitious, just pathways for a resilient and prosperous Wales.

Beyond advising political leaders, Stan’s passion is building civic agency within the Welsh public to respond to societal challenges such as climate change, and is highly interested in new forms of democracy. If he’s not working, you will mostly likely find him riding his bike in the South Wales valleys or surfing in the Gower.