Ruth Glazzard Chair
Ruth Glazzard is the Chair of the Welsh Revenue Authority.
Ruth also chairs the Welsh Government's Housing Regulation Independent Assurance Panel. She has several non-executive roles. These include Vice Chair of Digital Health and Care Wales.
Ruth previously served as a board member of Coastal Housing and the Centre for Digital Public Services Wales. She has a background in financial services, regulation and governance. She also has significant board experience. This includes work as an independent member and chairperson of local government audit and standards boards.
Ruth is originally from South Wales. She’s worked for banks and building societies across the UK. In 2006, she joined the financial services regulator. Here she worked in operational and regulatory roles through the financial crisis of 2008. She continued working here through later changes to the regulatory system.
After working internationally as a head of governance for Standard Chartered Bank, Ruth returned to Wales. She now focuses on her non-executive career whilst raising her young family.