CJIW Board
As at 1st March 2010
Chairman: Dr Dewi Wyn Roberts MBE, MA (Cantab), MB, B. Chir, MRCS, LRCP, LP, DL
Dewi Roberts was educated at Beaumaris Grammar School, and Downing College, Cambridge. He qualified as a doctor in 1964, and spent his professional career in general practise.He is a former Welsh international athlete and Cambridge Blue.He now devotes his time to sport and youth issues. He is a former High Sheriff of Gwynedd,and currently Deputy Lieutenant.He is a member of the council of Bangor University. He has been the Chairman of CJIW from it’s foundation.
Mr Jeremy Corbett CBE,MA
Mr Corbett’s career was spent in the Probation Service, finishing as the Head of Interventions with the Dyfed Powys Probation Trust. He has extensive experience of the voluntary sector, having served on a range of Boards at local and national level, and was Chair of Victim Support’s National Council from 1999-2002 and Vice Chair of their Board of Trustees from 2005-2008. He currently represents Victim Support on the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee. In 2007 he was awarded a CBE for services to the Criminal Justice System.
Mrs Stephanie Price
Mrs Price has been Director of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Wales since August 2005. Her role includes the strategic management and quality assurance of the Award in Wales and she is a key member of the UK Award Executive.
Mr William Thom LL.B.
Mr Thom is a former Detective Officer and having studied law as a mature student at Glasgow University, now practices as a criminal defence advocate in the courts of Scotland.
Mr James Turner MA (Cantab); FCIM; MIIM
Mr Turner’s career has been in international business and over thirty years he has held Executive Director roles in leading global corporations. Returning to Wales, he became International Managing Director at the former Welsh Development Agency before going on to establish his own management consultancy. For the past fifteen years he has also undertaken a series of Non-Executive Director roles in both private business and public organisations. Currently in the public sector this includes: Welsh Assembly Government Management Board; Royal Navy Command Board; Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt NHS Trust. Amongst his voluntary work he serves on the Representative Body of the Church in Wales as Deputy Chairman
Colonel Philip Hubbard (Retd) OBE, DL, CMgr, FCMI, MIHM MSc
Colonel Hubbard’s career was spent in the Military (Royal Army Medical Corps), finishing as the Commanding Officer of the Welsh Field Hospital. His area of expertise is that of training and development – assisting and directing others, particularly the young, to achieve their aspirations. Currently he is the Head of Communications for the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Wales which has as one of its outputs the Cadet Force Movement in Wales. He was awarded the OBE in 2009 for services to Military Health. Colonel Hubbard is currently a Deputy Lord Lieutenant in Mid Glamorgan.
Special advisor to the Board:
Professor Howard Williamson CBE
Dr Howard Williamson is Professor of European Youth Policy in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Glamorgan. He previously worked at the Universities of Oxford, Cardiff and Copenhagen, as well as being a practising youth worker for over 20 years. He has contributed to youth policy development in Wales, the UK and across the countries of the European Union and the Council of Europe. Professor Williamson is currently a member of the Youth Justice Board and a Trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. He has published extensively on a range of youth questions, especially concerning social exclusion, including The Milltown Boys Revisited (Berg 2004), a follow-up study of a group of men he first met 25 years earlier when they were young offenders in the mid-1970s. He was appointed CBE in the New Year’s Honours 2002 for services to young people.
Honary Legal Advisor to the Board:
Mr Gwion Lewis BA, BCL, LLM
Gwion Lewis is a barrister at Landmark Chambers, London, specialising in public law, environmental and planning law and human rights. He is a graduate of Jesus College, Oxford (BA, BCL) and has an LLM in international human rights law from New York University. He is a former US-UK Fulbright Scholar (2003-04) and the author of several articles and books about environmental law and language rights, including Hawl i’r Gymraeg (Y Lolfa, 2008).
