Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales

The club's patron.

President: The Lord Rowe-Beddoe, DL

An international businessman, Lord Rowe-Beddoe was knighted in 2000 for his services to industry, and to economic development in Wales, and in 2006 was elevated to the peerage. He has spent much of his recent career working in public service, and for the Performing Arts. His commitment to Wales is fundamental to his life: Life President (formerly Chairman) of the Wales Millennium Centre; President (formerly Chairman) of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and was himself a music scholar at Llandaff Cathedral School; Chairman of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales; Pro Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan; and Deputy Chairman of the newly created UK Statistics Authority. He is a former Chairman of the Welsh Development Agency (1993-2001) and of the Development Board for Rural Wales (1994-1998), during which time he helped to bring considerable inward investment to the country.

Chairman: Gerald Davies, CBE, DL

Gerald Davies was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Carmarthen and qualified as a teacher at Loughborough University. He later gained an MA reading English Literature at Emmanuel College, Cambridge before becoming a House Tutor at Christ’s Hospital, Horsham. Between 1966 and 1978 Gerald played rugby for Wales as well as the British and Irish Lions. On returning to Wales he served as an Executive Officer with the Sports Council for Wales between 1974 and 1980. Gerald’s business career has included 21years as a non-executive Director of HTV where he became Chairman. He has been a member of numerous boards and committees including over 10 years as Chairman of the Welsh Youth Agency. For the last 30 years Gerald has been rugby columnist for The Times and he has written several books on rugby including the “History of the Rugby World Cup”. In 1994, he wrote and delivered the successful bid bringing the 1999 Rugby World Cup to Wales. Currently he is a board member of the Welsh Rugby Union and its representative on the International Rugby Board. He is also a member of the British and Irish Lions Trust and a Trustee of the Barbarians Football Trust. He was Manager of the British and Irish Lions Tour of South Africa in 2009 and is currently Chairman of the Lions Board. Gerald has been made a Fellow of several Universities and he has been awarded Doctorates from Loughborough University and the University of Glamorgan. He is also an Honorary Trustee of Llandovery College, and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is a member of the Eisteddfod Gorsedd of Bards, a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gwent and was awarded the CBE in 2002.