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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

Cynghorydd Treftadaeth

Mae Craig wedi bod yn ffigwr blaenllaw ym myd rhyngwladoldeb Cymru dros y 15 mlynedd diwethaf, ac ymunodd â WCIA i reoli’r rhaglen ‘ Cymru dros Heddwch’ a ariannwyd gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri o 2015 i 2020. Arhosodd (rhan-amser) o hynny wedyn i atgyfnerthu gwaddol y gwaith hwnnw, ac i gefnogi gwirfoddolwyr ac ymchwilwyr sydd â diddordeb mewn archwilio Treftadaeth Heddwch Cymru ymhellach.

Ochr yn ochr â’i rôl fel Cynghorydd Treftadaeth, dechreuodd Craig astudio MPhil ar ‘ Hanes Rhyngwladoliaeth Cymru ‘ gydag Adran Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Ar ôl bod mewn triniaeth barhaus a chemotherapi ar gyfer Canser yr Esgyrn ers 2016, mae Craig yn llysgennad gydag elusennau canser fel Canolfannau Maggie’s a Myeloma UK.

Cyn ymuno â WCIA, roedd Craig yn Rheolwr Rhaglen Ryngwladol gyda Chyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru (WCVA) rhwng 2007 a 2014, lle datblygodd raglen Cysylltiadau Cymunedol Cymru Affrica . Cyn hynny, roedd yn gweithio’n helaeth yn y ‘sector cymorth’ fel Cydlynydd Ymgyrchoedd Cymru gydag Oxfam Cymru , gan arwain gwaith ar ‘ Gwneud Tlodi yn Hanes ‘, ‘Rheoli Arfau’ (sicrhau Cytundeb Masnach Arfau Rhyngwladol) a Masnach Deg . Yn 2006, cafodd ei secondio i Raglen Cymorth Tsunami Oxfam Rhyngwladol yn Indonesia, gan adeiladu heddwch yn nhalaith Aceh a oedd wedi’i tharo gan drychineb a gwrthdaro, ac yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw, ysgrifennodd ‘Blog o Banda’ a gafodd broffil sylweddol. Mae hefyd wedi gweithio yn y sector addysg / ieuenctid yng Nghymru gydag NUS Cymru ac Urdd Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Aberystwyth.

Ffion Fielding

Rheolwr Prosiect y Ddeiseb Heddwch i Fenywod

Mae Ffion Fielding wedi gweithio yn y sector amgueddfeydd a threftadaeth yng Nghymru ers dros 20 mlynedd, gan ddechrau ei gyrfa fel swyddog dysgu yn Amgueddfa Hanes Genedlaethol Sain Ffagan. Mae ganddi gymhwyster TAR mewn addysg ôl-orfodol, ac roedd ei gwaith yno yn canolbwyntio ar ddysgu oedolion a chymunedol, gan weithio mewn partneriaeth ag ystod eang o sefydliadau. Yn 2014, symudodd i rweithio mewn ôl fel cydlynydd ar gyfer prosiectau ‘Mae Cymru’n Cofio 1914-18’ ar draws Amgueddfa Cymru ac mewn partneriaethau cenedlaethol, ac yn 2015 ,ymunodd â WCIA am dair blynedd fel cydlynydd cymunedol ac arddangosfeydd gyda’r prosiect ‘Cymru dros Heddwch’. Yno, bu’n gweithio gydag amgueddfeydd, llyfrgelloedd ac archifau ar draws Cymru i gyd-gynhyrchu arddangosfeydd a chasglu treftadaeth heddwch gyfoethog Cymru gyda gwirfoddolwyr. Dyma hefyd lle y daeth â diddordeb cyntaf yn stori’r Ddeiseb Heddwch.

Ymunodd Ffion ag Academi Heddwch o’i rôl ddiweddaraf fel rheolwr prosiect arddangosfeydd gydag Amgueddfa Cymru, gan reoli arddangosfeydd a pherfformiadau mawr a bach, gan gynnwys arddangosfeydd teithiol cenedlaethol a’r strategaeth ar gyfer digwyddiadau cenedlaethol, gan weithio gyda phartneriaid ar draws Cymru. Yn ddiweddar, cafodd ei secondio am gyfnod i ddarparu cefnogaeth ymgynghori a chynghori i uwch reolwyr ar strategaeth 10 mlynedd newydd Amgueddfa Cymru – gan ymgynghori â staff, cymunedau a rhanddeiliaid eraill. Hi yw cynrychiolydd aelodau Cymdeithas Amgueddfeydd Cymru, y sefydliad cynghori ar draws y DU ar gyfer amgueddfeydd.

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.