Notable Positions
Geraint Talfan Davies has been involved with many arts, media and educational organisations, including the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff Bay Arts Trust, the Wales International Film Festival, the Artes Mundi Visual Arts Prize, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, the Wales Millennium Centre and Welsh National Opera.
He chaired Welsh National Opera (WNO) for three years, before his appointment in 2003 to the chair of the Arts Council of Wales (ACW). His tenure at ACW was cut short in 2006 when he was sacked by the new Welsh Assembly culture minister Alan Pugh. He was then re-elected to the chair of WNO . He is also a board member of the Wales Millennium Centre, a trustee of the Media Standards Trust and vice chairman of the UK Committee of the European Cultural Foundation.
In 2000 he was one of a group that formed Glas Cymru Cyf, with the aim of acquiring Welsh Water with a view to turning it into a not-for-profit company. He is now a non-executive director of Welsh Water. He is also a member of the BT Wales Advisory Forum.
He is an Honorary Doctor of the University of Glamorgan, and an Honorary Fellow of UWIC and of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Davies has previously held numerous other positions:
- Chair, Arts Council of Wales, 2003–2006
- Board Member, Wales Millennium Centre (2000–2003)
- Board Member, Artes Mundi International Visual Arts Prize
- Chair, Newydd Housing Association (now known as Cadarn Housing Association) (1975–1978)
- Chair, Cardiff Bay Arts Trust (1997–2003)
- Chair, Wales International Film Festival (1998–2001)
- Chair, Welsh National Opera (2000–2003, 2006–present)
- Governor, Welsh College of Music and Drama (1993–1997)
- Member of Management Committee, Northern Sinfonia (1989–1990)
- Member, Prince of Wales Committee (1993–1995)
- Member, Radio Authority (2001–2004)
- Trustee, Tenovus Cancer Appeal (1984–1987)
- Trustee, British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal (1987–1995)
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