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Five new ambassadors for the Institute of Directors Wales

The announcement came as Richard Selby prepares to take up his role as the new Chair of IoD Wales

Menai Owen-Jones has been named among five new IoD ambassadors

The Institute of Directors in Wales have named five new ambassadors.

Menai Owen-Jones, Damian Joseph, Kerry Chown, Mair Barron and Andrew Chainey have been appointed by the business advisory group.

The announcement came as Richard Selby, co-founder and director of Pro Steel Engineering, prepares to take up his role as the new Chair of IoD Wales this Friday, November 6.

A Chartered Director, Menai Owen-Jones is CEO of national health charity, The Pituitary Foundation, and a non-executive director of Cardiff Metropolitan University, ACEVO and Race Council Cymru. Ms Owen-Jones was appointed a Fellow of the RSA in 2019 for significant contribution to social change and was awarded the CEO Today º£½ÇÊÓÆµ and Global Awards 2019. With broad experience in the voluntary sector, across a range of organisations, Ms Owen-Jones is passionate about civil society, leadership, equality and also a fluent Welsh speaker.

Damian Joseph runs a coaching company specialising in executive coaching and also runs a company, that helps people with disabilities and their families to hire disability equipment and have it delivered to help ease the difficulty of travelling with large amounts of bulky but essential items.

Kerry Chown set up Cobalt HR in 2016 in a bid to help organisations raise business performance by implementing robust people focused practices. She has more than 25 years in senior HR roles with specific experience of pay and benefits, appraisal schemes, employee engagement and performance management.

Mair Barron is founder and director of Best Practice Coaching and Mentoring set up in 2017 to support SMEs in south Wales. Previously, Ms Barron held various board and leadership positions working for Hays Specialist Recruitment and Odgers Berndtson in the recruitment and executive search markets.

Andrew Chainey has run Tantrwn.com for 20 years. The company is at the forefront of video communications tech, particularly with regards to live streaming, VR, AR, open source RPi, Arduino and Python projects.