Louise Evans

Louise Evans is a retired (2018) executive and former member of the leadership team at Grant Thornton UK LLP. Louise worked there from 2000, firstly as Tax Partner, then as Managing Partner of Bristol and Cardiff Offices from 2006.

In 2010, Louise became one of the three members of the region’s Managing Board. In 2015 she was invited to be a member of Grant Thornton’s national leadership team, and was Business Unit Leader for the South region.

Louise became a lay governor on the Board of University of South Wales in 2017, becoming Chair of the Finance & Resources Committee. She was appointed Chair of the Board in 2019 and is Deputy Chair of ChUW (Chairs of Universities Wales).

Louise is also a non-executive director of No Fit State Circus and Chair (and a Trustee) for Kidney Wales. Louise is a former international field hockey umpire, an international assessor of umpires and a former board member of the Welsh National Hockey Union.