A Welsh speaker with a proven track record in energy, Ioan began his career with British Coal in South Wales before being appointed as Head of Community Regeneration with BITC, Chief Executive of Young Enterprise Wales and Director of BTCV Cymru. Ioan was joined Tidal Lagoon Power as a Development Director in 2013 and was responsible for nurturing a supply chain in Wales. He successfully championed the independent Wales Tidal Industry Advisory Group before joining Keolis Amey as their Development Director in Wales responsible for senior stakeholder engagement and embedding the joint venture in Wales as the operators of Transport for Wales.