Team
In the den…
Angharad Davies
Director
Daniel Taylor
Policy and Public Affairs
Sarah Jones
Account Manager
Ewan Alexander
Communications Account Executive
Meilyr Ceredig
Consultant
Rosemary Grogan
Strategic Adviser
Ceri Fitzpatrick
Consultant
Angharad Davies
Director
Angharad Davies is the founder and Director of Cadno. She has nearly three decades worth of stakeholder management experience having worked in-house at senior levels for large corporations in the regulated sector undergoing major structural change and significant infrastructure investment projects. Angharad worked with Westminster and European Parliamentarians before working in policy and public affairs in the education and health sectors, to more recently managing political communications for Royal Mail Group and then as Head of UK Public affairs for BT Openreach. Originally from Ceredigion, Angharad is a Welsh speaker now based in Cardiff. She sits on the RenewableUK Cymru Strategy Group.
Meilyr Ceredig
Consultant
Meilyr Ceredig has almost 20 years’ comms and PR experience, chartered by both Chartered Institute of Marketing and Public Relations. Until recently he was managing director of Four in Wales working for a range of clients including Welsh Government, S4C, Universities Wales and Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. He was project director on owned projects, including Marchnad Lafur Gymraeg. Prior to this he was head of Grayling’s Wales office where he worked on a varied client list providing public affairs and stakeholder engagement support, and crisis management advice to clients including BBC Wales, BT Group, Royal Mail, and Land Securities. Meilyr is a Welsh speaker and lives in Aberystwyth.
Sarah Jones
Account Manager
Sarah Jones has worked with Cadno since the beginning and has strong project and office management experience. She worked in the voluntary sector specialising in community engagement, where she facilitated focus groups and workshops for public sector organisations, including local authorities, and trained staff and volunteers. Previously, Sarah was a project manager and trainer for a criminal justice charity, working with staff, volunteers, victims of crime and offenders, and worked as an office manager for the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison Service. Originally from Bridgend, Sarah is an advanced Welsh learner and is now based in Barry.
Ceri Fitzpatrick
Consultant
Ceri Fitzpatrick spent over thirty years in telecoms and was central to the rollout of first generation broadband and successive deployments of internet connectivity. She worked in senior roles including as BT’s Regional Partnership Director for Wales. Previously a member of the BT Wales Board Ceri worked on many high-profile infrastructure programmes including Superfast Cymru and Superfast Worcestershire. With significant experience of stakeholder engagement, marketing, events management and communications Ceri also managed BT’s Corporate Social Responsibility agenda and budget in Wales. Born and brought up in South Wales Ceri is a keen traveller, a struggling French learner and an atrocious potter.
Rosemary Grogan
Strategic Adviser
Rosemary Grogan provides strategic counsel, drawing on her wealth of experience as one of the UK’s most respected public affairs practitioners. Rosemary has provided public affairs advice to a number of clients on onshore and offshore wind farms, and grid connection projects. She has also worked with high-profile clients in retail, food and drink, waste and manufacturing. She spent twenty years in London, where she was a founder director of Westminster Strategy and APCO UK, and earlier in her career she was Head of the Information Service for MPs at the House of Commons Library. She lives in Mid Wales.
Daniel Taylor
Policy and Public Affairs
Daniel Taylor leads Cadno’s policy and public affairs work, utilising his experience in policy, political monitoring and campaigns. Previously, he worked for political monitoring organisation Newsdirect Wales, covering the Senedd and UK Parliament for a range of public, private and third sector clients and leading the Wales team as Deputy Director. Daniel gained experience working in political campaigns during the 2021 Senedd Elections, contributing to a successful constituency campaign in one of Wales’ most marginal seats. He is a Welsh learner and sports enthusiast, and lives in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Ewan Alexander
Communications Account Executive
Ewan Alexander is a recent graduate of philosophy, who focused a large proportion of his studies and writings on environmentalism and sustainability. Having done much research and work on topics from environmentalism to politics and society, Ewan is knowledgeable and experienced in approaching discussions around climate change and renewable energy. Ewan is a Welsh speaker based in Cardiff.