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Wales Board



Our Wales Board advises and supports our Welsh Executive Director in setting and delivering priorities in Wales, in line with our overall aims and objectives.

Board members are elected by members in Wales, and they represent all our members in the country.

How to contact us

To contact a board member, or for more information on meetings and minutes from previous meetings, please email welsh.board@rcn.org.uk.

Meetings

Our Wales Board meets three times each year and attends a development session once a year.

2025 meeting dates:

  • 12 and 13 June 2025
  • 11 and 12 September 2025

How to attend a board meeting as an observer

As a member you are welcome to request to attend and observe an open session of the board's meetings.

If you would like to attend a future open session, please contact welsh.board@rcn.org.uk.

Board minutes

Please log in to download and read the minutes from previous open meetings.

Our board members

Chair

Welsh Member on the Trade Union Committee

Jacquelin Davies

Vice Chair

Mark Crothers

Board Secretary

Executive Director of ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Wales

Helen Whyley

Welsh Board Members

Alison Magor

Anne Stevenson

Arniel Bautista Hernando

Welsh Member of the Professional Nursing Committee

Dr Carolyn Middleton MBE

Catherine Jones

Julie Green

Lynne Puckett

Omobola Akinade

Rhian Smith

Richard Hughes

Suma John

Susan Williams

Elections and appointments

You can get more involved in the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ by putting yourself forward as a candidate for ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Council or a committee, board or forum. As a member, it's important to make your voice heard by voting in ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ elections.  

Find out more about current elections and appointments, how to become a candidate and how to vote.
Lead Inspire Govern

How we're governed

Here at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, we take good governance seriously. This means working tirelessly to improve our culture and making sure our members are represented across all of our governance processes. Find out more about this work and how you can get involved.
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ leader Nicola Ranger at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ headquarters in London