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Nick Bennett - Member, All Wales Convention

Nick Bennett was appointed Chief Executive of Community Housing Cymru, the national membership body for not for profit housing providers in the summer of 2006. Nick, 39, has been a founding executive director of both an economic development consultancy and public affairs agency. Between 2000 and 2002 he was Cabinet Special Adviser to the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government.

Born in St Asaph and brought up on Anglesey, he was educated at Aberystwyth University where he gained a degree in political science and an MBA. He recently attended the JFK Executive Education programme "Innovations in Governance" at Harvard University. Between 1995 and 1999 he worked at the Wales European Centre in Brussels where he lobbied for Welsh interests. He is a member of the OFCOM Advisory Panel for Wales and is a member of the Welsh Language Board and of Glas Cymru.
 
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Understanding Public Sector Finance  28 February 2012

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