Stuart is an Equity Partner and Actuary at Quantum Advisory, who is based in Cardiff. He sits on Quantum’s Executive Committee, and holds responsibility over marketing and new business development.

Stuart holds a Scheme Actuary Certificate and has over 25 years of experience in his field. In recent years, Stuart has worked with charities and not-for-profit organisations (such as housing associations) as either Scheme Actuary or Corporate Actuary.

Stuart works with clients from a wealth of different sectors, and regularly voices his experience in seminars and talks. Furthermore, his work and experience can often be found in the local and national pension press.

Since  2017, Stuart has been a Director and Treasurer of the Cardiff Business Club, which shares inspiration through its members and prominent speakers. This platform facilitates connections with key decision makers across the private, public and charitable sectors.

Helen Poole (BA Hons PGDip) is a hospital-based Smoking Cessation Counsellor working at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, where she advises inpatients on their smoking and supports their care on discharge.

Simon is the WLGA Regulatory & Frontline Services Policy Officer and his policy remit covers Animal Health, Environmental Health, Licensing, Trading Standards, and also Emergency Planning, Registration Services, Coronial services, and Burials and Cemeteries. His role at the WLGA positions him uniquely as the primary public protection interface between local government, Welsh Government and Central Government.

Before joining the WLGA, he was a Trading Standards Officer for over 20 years. Prior to this, Simon was the Secretary and Training Officer to the Wales Heads of Trading Standards, and also an executive board member of the Directors of Public Protection in Wales; Since joining the WLGA he is now also Secretary to the DPPW group.

Graham is a Reader in Social Sciences and Health in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer).  His main research interests are in child and adolescent health inequalities and social intervention. As a major contributor to the inter-generational reproduction of health inequalities, he  also has a strong interest in tobacco use, tobacco policy, and the de-normalisation of smoking.  He has led a number of studies focused on children’s exposure to secondhand smoke in private and public spaces, the association of growing prevalence of e-cigarettes with young people’s perceptions of smoking, as well as ongoing evaluation of EU tobacco regulation.

Jon is currently Head of Business Development for Aspiration Training Ltd. Aspiration Training provide award-winning apprenticeship training in Business Services and to the care sector in Wales.

Previously, he was Director of Training at St John Ambulance Cymru for over a decade, heading up the unified commercial, community and volunteer training function. During this time he headed up a period of strong growth of numbers trained in first aid skills by the charity.

Richard has 25 years’ experience in education and training and has held senior positions within the public, private and third sectors, including Head of Programme Funding for the Welsh Government, Director of the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education, Chief Executive of Careers Wales, Managing Director of ACT Training and Chair of ALS Training.

Richard has been a member of a number of key education and training committees and has chaired the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) Wales Country Panel and Credit Common Accord for Wales. He has been a board member of Agored Cymru, YMCA Community College Ltd, Careers Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd and is currently a board member of ACT Ltd, ALS Ltd and the National Training Federation for Wales.

At ACT, and within the context of the CAVC Group’s strategic priorities, Richard is responsible for setting the strategic direction and the overall performance of the organisation.