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Owen Evans | |
|---|---|
| HM Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales | |
| Assumed office January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Meilyr Rowlands |
| Chief Executive of S4C | |
| In office October 2017 –January 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| 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 leave S4C to succeed Meilyr Rowlands as the head of the Welsh education inspectorate Estyn in January 2022. [5] [6]