Executive management
Finance Wales is led by a strong executive management team with
an enviable track record. They lead staff based at the company’s
headquarters in Cardiff and regional offices throughout Wales.
Siân Lloyd Jones
Chief executive
Siân was appointed chief executive of Finance Wales plc in 2004.
During that time she has restructured the company, developing the
strong commercial focus it has today. Educated at Somerville
College, Oxford, Siân began her career with a number of City
institutions before returning to Wales. She was chief executive of
the former Development Board for Rural Wales and has held executive
director roles within the former Welsh Development Agency.
Mike Davies
Risk director
Mike joined Finance Wales in 1999 having worked at Barclays Bank
since 1989 following the completion of a degree in politics at
Cardiff University. After completing the Barclays’ graduate
training programme, Mike undertook a number of management roles
within the bank throughout Wales. He joined Finance Wales as loans
fund manager before being appointed to his current role in
2004.
Nick Moon
Strategy and communications director
Nick joined Finance Wales in 2002 and has held a number of
positions in the company. Nick holds an executive MBA from Imperial
College’s Tanaka Business School, where he specialised in advanced
strategy and venture capital. He achieved a distinction in his
dissertation which considered critical success factors of
government intervention in SME financing. Prior to joining Finance
Wales he worked at the European Parliament in Brussels where he
supported MEPs on economic development issues and in the private
sector for a utilities company.
Kevin O'Leary
Finance and administration director
Kevin leads Finance Wales’ internal finance and administration
teams. He joined the company in 2006 from his previous role as head
of support services for the former Welsh Development Agency. Prior
to this he spent 22 years working in local government in Wales,
ultimately as chief accountant for a south Wales unitary authority
for six years. Kevin studied at Liverpool School of Commerce.
Peter Wright
Investment director
Peter joined Finance Wales as investment director in 2004 from
his previous position as head of acquisition finance at Fortis
Bank. He worked for NatWest for 31 years, including periods as head
of the bank’s specialised finance unit and was corporate director
of the bank’s largest London-based company business centre which
focused on fast growth firms in the technology and e-commerce
sectors. He served as a member of the board of Finance Wales for
three years prior to his appointment.