Laura McAllister

Guest speaker | Saturday 05 March 2022

Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales at Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre. Expert on devolution, Welsh politics and elections, public policy and leadership, gender, representation and the feminisation of politics.

Former Chair of Sport Wales and board member of UK Sport. Current Director of Football Association of Wales Trust.

Deputy Chair of UEFA Women’s Football Committee and member of UEFA women’s strategy working group.

Former Wales international player and captain with 24 caps. Chair of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.

Chair of the National Assembly Expert Panel on Electoral Reform, 2017. Former member of Assembly Remuneration Board, Independent Panel on AMs Pay and Support, the Richard Commission on the Powers and Electoral Arrangements for the National Assembly for Wales.

Western Mail/Wales Online columnist and media commentator on politics, elections and sport. Board trustee of Institute of Welsh Affairs. Non executive director of Goodson Thomas Executive Search.

Honorary degrees and fellowships from Bangor, Cardiff, Cardiff Met, Swansea, Swansea Trinity St David’s, South Wales universities.

Fellow of Learned Society of Wales and the Royal Society of the Arts. Awarded CBE in Queen's Birthday Honours, 2016.