Elizabeth Haywood, Lady Hain (CCMI, FRSA, MCIPR) was the director of CBI Wales (Confederation of British Industry, Wales) from 1994 to 2000.

Education

Haywood is a graduate of Swansea and Cardiff Universities. She was the inaugural winner of '

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' in 1994 and has a career in public service in Wales. She began her career in the Welsh Development Agency and has subsequently held roles in Government, Third Sector and Private Sector Companies.

Career

Haywood's career includes a spell in the secretariat of the

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in the early 1980s, Director of CBI Wales (

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, Wales) from 1994 to 2000, a role as Communications Director (2000-2001) of the

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(ATOC) and as Director of the South East Wales Economic Forum (2010–13). In 2008 she established an LLP - Haywood Hain - with her husband the British politician, Peter Hain. Dr Haywood has held Director and Executive Director Roles in various organisations and institutions. These include roles at

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(Trustee and Board Member), The Hendre Group (Vice Chair) and Leonard Cheshire Disability (Trustee and Board Member). More recently, Dr Haywood has been involved in developing the 'City Deal' proposals for Cardiff and Swansea. She was appointed by the Welsh Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science to lead a panel. She is a member of The

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, an organisation campaigning for diversity on company boards. Other jobs are in the arena of sustainability and natural resources. Dr Haywood is non-executive Director of Natural Resources Wales and of SP Energy Networks, part of the

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Group.

References

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