Gwenllian Lansdown

Lansdown-Davies was born in St Asaph and educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford (where she was an exhibitioner, between 1997 and 2001; there she obtained a BA Hons in Modern Languages). She later studied at Cardiff University (MSc Econ and PhD in Political Theory). She worked as a tutor in Politics during research for her PhD.[4]

Vice-President of Union whilst at College and Chair of Plaid Cymru Student Federation in 2003, Lansdown's political interests include community development, international relations and the environment.

Lansdown was a County Borough Councillor, serving the Riverside Electoral Division on Cardiff County Council and was elected on 10 June 2004. The Riverside electoral division has an electorate of 9,513 (1 December 2005) and has 3 seats. She stood as number 3 on the Plaid Cymru regional list for South Wales Central at the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election.[2]

Lansdown was Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru between September 2007, replacing Dr Dafydd Trystan, and June 2011, when Rhuanedd Richards was appointed to the role.[1][3]

She resigned as Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru and as County Councillor for Riverside in order to move to Montgomeryshire with her new husband. She worked as Assistant Editor for the Welsh-language academic journal, Gwerddon and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol in Aberystwyth until 2014.

Since 2014, Gwenllian Lansdown Davies has been the Chief Executive of Mudiad Meithrin (www.meithrin.cymru) which represents Welsh-medium childcare and early years providers and also delivers several Welsh-government funded projects relating to the transfer and use of the Welsh language in families.

She has 4 children.