Louise Evans

Louise Evans is a retired (2018) executive and former member of the leadership team at Grant Thornton UK LLP. Louise was a Tax Partner in the Cardiff and Bristol Offices of Grant Thornton and 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 as Business Unit Leader for the South Region, she had overall responsibility for 5 offices and almost 700 employees.

Louise became a lay governor on the Board of USW in August 2017, becoming Chair of the Finance & Resources Committee. She was appointed Chair of the Board from 1 August 2019.

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.