15 Facts About Glyn Mathias

Jonathan Glyn Mathias, was born on 19 February 1945 and is a British print and broadcasting journalist of over thirty years' standing.

Glyn Mathias was a lobby correspondent at Westminster for thirteen years, and is the former Political Editor of Independent Television News and BBC Wales.

Glyn Mathias was the Electoral Commission's Commissioner for Wales, and as of 2013 is a member of OFCOM's Content Board and Chair of OFCOM's Advisory Committee for Wales.

Glyn Mathias moved around the country as he grew up, as his father taught in places including Carlisle, London, and Pembroke.

Glyn Mathias was educated at Llandovery College, a boarding independent school in the market town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, in south-west Wales, followed by Jesus College at the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton.

Glyn Mathias started as a reporter on the South Wales Echo in 1967, before joining BBC Southampton in 1970.

Glyn Mathias joined Independent Television News, becoming ITN Political Correspondent in 1973 and ITN Home Affairs Correspondent in 1979.

In 1981, Glyn Mathias became ITN Political Editor, replacing Julian Haviland, and became ITN's Controller of Public Affairs and Chief Political Correspondent in 1986.

From 1994 to 1999, Glyn Mathias was Political Editor of BBC Wales, and in 2001, he became an inaugural member of the Electoral Commission, serving as the Commissioner for Wales from 2001 to 2008.

The Glyn Mathias Review made a series of detailed recommendations to that end.

In 2005, the Roland Mathias Poetry Prize was established under the auspices of the Brecknock Society and Museum Friends, and Glyn Mathias was its Committee chairman from 2005 to 2011.

Glyn Mathias has been a director of Autism Cymru, The Beacons Trust and Brecon Action Ltd.

In 2011, Glyn Mathias became Chair of OFCOM's Advisory Committee for Wales and a member of the OFCOM Content Board.

Glyn Mathias was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours for public services and services to broadcasting in Wales.

Glyn Mathias has two children, Megan and Mathew, by his first wife Sian.