Carwyn Jones, Senior Counsel

A former First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour for nearly a decade, Carwyn spent eighteen years in Government. Throughout his political career, Carwyn held various ministerial and Cabinet positions, including Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister for Education, Culture and Sport, Leader of the House and Counsel General for Wales.

Carwyn was elected as the representative of Welsh Labour on the Labour Party's National Executive Committee (NEC). In this capacity, he contributed to the strategic direction and governance of the Labour Party at a national level.

He serves as a Trustee of Labour’s Climate and Environment Forum.

A graduate of Aberystwyth University, he was a barrister for ten years, specialising mainly in criminal law.