Endaf Griffiths
A native of Gwynedd in North Wales and a fluent Welsh speaker, Endaf Griffiths has over 13 years experience in the public and private sectors as a company director, project manager, consultant and social researcher in areas as diverse as employment, youth services and engagement, business support, health and wellbeing, economic impact assessment and the physical and social regeneration of communities. He now specialises in the evaluation of European funded projects and programmes and projects being delivered in a rural context. You are just as likely to find Endaf advising large public agencies and funders as you are working with small community and voluntary sector organisations.
Prior to moving into consultancy, Endaf gained valuable experience in both the public and third sectors. He was the commercial director Menter a Busnes (Business and Enterprise) a leading economic development company and one of the largest social enterprises in Wales. At the age of just 32, Endaf was promoted to be an Executive Director of the company which employed over 30 staff and had an annual turnover in excess of £3m. Prior to that, Endaf was employed by the Welsh Development Agency for a period of seven years during which he was responsible for a package of community regeneration programmes with an annual budget in excess of £6m including Rural Community Action, a programme designed to build the capacity of community groups throughout rural Wales, and LEADER+, the European Union's flagship rural community regeneration programme.
Endaf now lives in Aberystwyth with his wife Siwan and young daughter Megan.