Gareth is Chair of Commonwealth Games Wales and was Chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union from October 2014 until November 2020.
Gareth was a Director of Rugby World Cup Ltd from 2016- 2024 and was on the board of both Six Nations and the British and Irish Lions until November 2020.
He is a former Dean of Leeds Metropolitan University (2009-2014) following a three year stint as the Welsh Assembly Government’s Head of Australia and New Zealand for Trade and Investment in October 2006. He was based in Sydney.
Prior to this he joined Royal Mail Group plc at the most challenging time in the organizations 368 year long history, as it proceeded with the single biggest corporate turnaround program in British industry. He worked for three and a half years with the Royal Mail Group in Wales as its Director of Welsh Affairs.
Gareth, former chairman of the Sports Council for Wales, former Head of Sport BBC Wales and Commissioning Editor for Sports and Events at Welsh TV Company S4C, has an illustrious sporting background as well as a strong professional and business record.
He began his rugby career with Llanelli, retiring from the sport after 12 seasons at Cardiff and gaining 21 Welsh caps. He captained Wales five times, and represented the British Lions team that toured South Africa in1980.
Gareth, a BSc Chemistry graduate from the former University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, with a PGCE from Oxford University, is married to Fiona and has two daughters Kathryn, a doctor and Lowri a graduate from Swansea University who is a teacher.
Gareth holds a number of honorary degrees, including doctorates from the University of South Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan University.