Meet the Judges

Dr Glenda Jones 

Big Ideas Wales Role Model 

Glenda followed an academic pathway gaining a PhD from Aberystwyth University with a period at St John's College, Cambridge.  She then joined BBC Cymru/Wales becoming responsible for its daily drama series 'Pobol y Cwm', the BBC1 network drama 'Tiger Bay' and ultimately Chief Assistant to Controller Wales.  She now has a portfolio career working within the creative industries and the field of learning and development.  Her clients include Welsh Government, Arts Council Wales (ACW), Wales Arts International, WRU, the Urdd, Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and Estyn. She is a member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales and the Welsh Language Tribunal, is a former trustee of Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum Wales, past Chair of BAFTA Cymru, newly appointed trustee of the Shakespeare Schools Foundation and current Chair of the Ryan Davies Memorial Fund.

Hywel Ifans

BCC IT Ltd and Big Ideas Wales Role Model

Hywel gained experience working for the NHS as a ‘data inputter’, then as a radio presenter/technician with Radio Ceredigion and then for Blaenachddu Computer Centre (which was to become BCC IT) as a technician. Colleagues decided to buy the company out and invited Hywel to join them - he did, and eventually bought them out too!

BCC IT offers IT support services, IT systems, consultancy and development to a wide range of businesses throughout Wales, England and Ireland.  As well as providing and supporting traditional computing technologies they offer their own hosting and co-location facilities in dedicated data-centres.  Hywel loves being his own boss - he had been ‘bullied’ by bosses over the years and felt the best way to look after staff properly was to get to the top.  He won’t deny that making money was also a major driver!

Adam Amor

Buffoon Media and Big Ideas Wales Role Model

Adam is the founder and sole Director of Buffoon Media with over 13 year’s experience in the industry producing content and live streaming for the likes of the UK Government, NHS, DS Smith, Nectar Card, Nintendo, FAW and Tata Steel. As a Welsh speaker, he is competent in producing bilingual content for use on websites, social media, live streams and television. 

Adam has been involved with the Enterprise Troopers Competition for many years.  Buffoon has filmed, produced and edited all of the Competition event films, animations and managed the live streaming of the online events.