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Owen Evans | |
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| Chief Executive of S4C | |
| Assumed office October 2017 | |
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| Alma mater | Swansea University |
Owen Evans is a Welsh civil servant.
Owen Evans was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymunedol Penweddig in Aberystwyth, Wales. [1] Evans completed his A-level in Economics in one year, [2] and after leaving school, went on to study the subject at Swansea University, graduating in 1991. [3]
Evans sat as a member of the Welsh Language Board from 2005 to 2010. [4]
Evans was appointed chief executive of the Welsh-language public broadcaster S4C in October 2017. [1]
In July 2021, it was announced that Evans would succeed Meilyr Rowlands as the head of the Welsh education inspectorate Estyn in January 2022. [5]
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