Owen Evans is a Welsh civil servant.

Early life and education

Owen Evans was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymunedol Penweddig in

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

, Wales. Evans completed his

A-level The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

in one year, and after leaving school, went on to study the subject at Swansea University, graduating in 1991.

Career

Evans sat as a member of the

Welsh Language Board The Welsh Language Board ( cy, Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) was a statutory body set up by Her Majesty's Government under the Welsh Language Act 1993. It was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body. It began its life under John Walter Jones, and its last ...

from 2005 to 2010. Evans was appointed chief executive of the Welsh-language public broadcaster

S4C S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking ...

in October 2017. In July 2021, it was announced that Evans would succeed Meilyr Rowlands as the head of the Welsh education inspectorate

Estyn Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales. Its name comes from the Welsh language verb ''estyn'' meaning "to reach (out), stretch or extend". Its function is to provide an independent inspection and advice service on quality ...

in January 2022.

References

Living people People from Aberystwyth S4C Welsh civil servants Alumni of Swansea University Year of birth missing (living people) {{wales-bio-stub