Dylan Jones-Evans

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Dylan Jones-Evans
Dylan Jones-Evans
Born 16 May 1966 (1966-05-16) (age 42)
Flag of Wales Wales
Political party Conservative Party

Dylan Jones-Evans (born 16 May 1966) is Director of the National Entrepreneurship Observatory for Wales based at the Centre for Advanced Studies at Cardiff University

[edit] Professional career

At 29, he was appointed as the youngest professor of business and management in Europe, holding the chair of entrepreneurship and small business management at the University of Glamorgan. He has subsequently held academic chairs at the University of Wales Bangor and NEWI in Wrexham. He is currently visiting professor of entrepreneurship at the Turku School of Economics in Finland.

Widely recognized as one of the leading economic analysts in Wales, he is a regular commentator within the media with weekly columns in both the Western Mail and the Daily Post. He has published over one hundred academic articles within refereed journals, academic books and international conferences, and is the author of the best-selling textbook ‘Enterprise and Small Business’, published by the Financial Times.

He is Chairman of Outlook Expeditions Ltd, a Snowdonia-based fast growing business and works with a number of other small growing firms in Wales through his role as director of the Wales Fast Growth Fifty - the annual barometer of entrepreneurial development within Welsh SMEs. In addition, he sits on the Executive Committee for the Institute of Directors in Wales and the Board of Encounter – the British-Irish policy think-tank.

[edit] Political career

He stood candidate for the National Assembly for Wales for the Welsh Conservative Party in the Aberconwy constituency in 2007.

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