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GarethGareth Pierce

Chief Executive

E-mail: gareth.pierce@wjec.co.uk

Gareth Pierce joined WJEC in 2004, having previously worked here as a Research Officer in the early 1980s.  Gareth takes a strong interest in curriculum and assessment innovation, as well as providing an overall strategic management steer for WJEC. He is always pleased to be contacted by individuals and organisations who are users of WJEC's services.

In the early stages of his career Gareth worked as a statistician in housing and health sectors, and as head of mathematics in a comprehensive school. He was subsequently a senior lecturer at the University of Glamorgan Business School, a head of education policy for the Welsh Local Government Association,  and a senior manager at Trinity College, Carmarthen. 

Gareth represented the JCQ awarding bodies on the HE Partnership for Admissions and has been a member of the Welsh Assembly Government's 14-19 Extended Network.  He is an Associate Lecturer in Statistics with the Open University and a member of the governing body of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

Gareth represented Welsh Universities during his rugby career and his current leisure interests include cycling, skiing and mountaineering.

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