3 Feb 2010
Top green job
A native of Wrexham who currently lives in Cardiff has been appointed to head one of Wales’s leading environmental campaigning charities.
Lesley Jones, currently Deputy Chief Executive of the Wales Co-operative Centre, takes up her post as Chief Executive of Keep Wales Tidy in March and succeeds Tegryn Jones who has been appointed Chief Executive of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.
After periods of working and travelling overseas she worked for two years as the office manager for Allied Dunbar in Leeds. In 1990 she was appointed Field Officer for the Association of British Credit Unions and provided support and advice to credit unions in both England and Wales.
She returned to Wales in 1992 when she took up the post of Credit Union Officer at the Wales Co-operative Centre in Cardiff. The centre provides support and training for social enterprises and co-operatives. Six years later she was promoted to the post of Credit Union Project Manager and in 2004 she was appointed the centre’s Deputy Chief Executive.
Lesley commented: "I have long felt that I wanted to contribute towards the creation of a Clean , Safe and Tidy Wales and I will be utilizing all my previous experiences to achieve that goal .It will not be easy but I look forward to the challenge."
Lesley will head up an organisation that currently employs 63 people with bases in Cardiff, Caernarfon and Pembroke Dock.
NOTES TO EDITORS
1. Keep Wales Tidy is a registered Environmental Charity working for the improvement of the Welsh environment. Visit our website for more information: www.keepwalestidy.org/ href="http://www.keepwalestidy.org/">www.keepwalestidy.org