Grenville Jackson

Gren Jackson works within the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills in the Welsh Assembly Government. He began his career in Wales with the Development Board for Rural Wales in Newtown in 1977 as an economist/projects manager and became Marketing Director in 1984. Throughout to 1997 he was responsible for factory building, inward investment, business support and finance, training, tourism and community development and marketing. In 1997 Gren worked on the WDA, DBRW and Land Authority for Wales merger and subsequently was the WDA’s Director of Strategy and Policy, before arriving at Mid Wales TEC in spring 1999 as Chief Executive. When ELWa was created in 2001 he became the Director of Strategy and Policy and subsequently had responsibility for learning development and communications and skills. From 2006 Gren has led the ‘Skills, Business and Employability’ Division of the Welsh Assembly Government, which includes responsibility for sector developments and SSCs, direct support for employers, and leadership and management development and training support.