Meet The Trustees
Margaret
Chair
Margaret is now retired. She has had an extensive and interesting career in the arts and administration. Her roles have included actor, teacher (in primary, secondary, further and community education), Drama Examiner for WJEC, and Arts Development Officer.
Her highlights during those years include setting up Clwyd Dance (now Eleni), setting up and continuing involvement with the Clwyd Community Theatre Association, and setting up the Glanrafon Centre in Mold as an Arts Centre.
She has served on many committees, and her long standing affiliation with Eleni has continued throughout her career and beyond.
Karen
Treasurer
Karen held a senior corporate role for a north wales Council where she was the lead for strategic business and performance planning, risk management, policy development and corporate communications. She also co-ordinated the Council’s relationship with key third sector organisations including grant management and funding agreements.
She has been involved in a voluntary capacity with a number of third sector organisations including a Community Council where she led the Events programming and planning and is now also a Trustee with Flintshire Local Voluntary Council and Citizens Advice Flintshire.
She hopes that Eleni will benefit from her extensive governance experience and is delighted to have been asked to be actively involved.
Christine
Trustee
Alan is a Visual Artist and Poet based in Conwy. He has over 15 years experience working as a visual artist, practitioner and for the last 5-years visual Arts officer for Disability Arts Cymru. This role involves supporting artists across Wales and their developments as creatives.
​
Alan's approach to his creativity is strongly influenced by his dyslexia, something he has learnt to become friends with over many years. He is also a critical friend of Addo Creative.
Trustee
Christine has been involved with theatre performance and directing for many years including 15 years as Artistic Director for Theatr yr Ifanc/Rhos 1990 Youth Theatre based at the Stiwt Theatre, Wrexham. She has directed for Tip Top Productions, Chester; Grove Park Little Theatre, Wrexham; 20 Club Players, Llangollen and Suitcase Theatre, Mold.
Her professional role has been within management and fundraising for both the Civil Service, and voluntary organisations, and she is currently Grants and Trust Officer for Nightingale House Hospice. She has been involved with the International Eisteddfod, Llangollen for 60 years and has written the Peace Message for the past four years working with schools in Wrexham and Denbighshire.
Ian
Trustee
“Ian is a Business Entrepreneur who stated his career in advertising and marketing working for companies like Saatchi and Saatchi.
He later went on to create his own advertising agency and many more businesses in diverse sectors including finance, telecoms, technology, energy, commodity trading and television production.
He is also a trustee of several charities including Smile Aid which was awarded the Queens Award for charities in 2019 and holds multiple positions in the Scout Association. He loves dance especially Salsa”.