Professor Baylis is an academic leader in the fields of Strategic Studies and International Politics and has written seminal texts on the subject.
Dr Carol Bell was born in Felindre, near Swansea. She specialises in privatising oil companies and began her career in corporate planning and development with RTZ Oil and Gas.
Professor Hey studied at the University of Oxford and obtained his PhD in Theoretical Physics in 1970.
Swansea born Grenville Thomas is one of the world’s most accomplished mining engineers, and foremost discoverers of mineral wealth.
Gordon Thomas Stuart is a Canadian-born, Swansea-based artist. He is famous for painting luminaries including President Jimmy Carter and Margaret Atwood.
An engineer by training, Mr Hadley has worked in the paper, electrical engineering and aluminium industries in various parts of the UK with assignments abroad.
Baroness Hale was made a Queen’s Counsel in 1989 and has achieved numerous distinctions throughout her career.
Robert John worked as an investment banker in the City between 1973 and 1987 and in senior roles with Citibank and the National Westminster Group.
Dr Haywood gained a PhD in Politics from Swansea University in 1989. Since then she has had an illustrious and varied career.
The Rt. Hon. Sir David Lloyd Jones was born in Pontypridd. His career began when he was called to the Bar, Middle Temple in 1975.
A graduate of Yale, Dr Randy Burton is one of the pre-eminent energy lawyers in the US.
Dr Renu Khator is the eighth chancellor of the University of Houston (UH) System, and thirteenth president of the University of Houston.
Dennis Gethin was born in Seven Sisters, near Neath, and has managed a successful career in both rugby and Law.
Swansea-born Alun Wyn Jones is a Swansea University Law graduate and Welsh international rugby player.
Dame Athene M Donald is Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University and a world leader in the physics of soft matter.
Cerys Matthews was born in Cardiff and raised in Swansea. She first came to public attention as lead singer for the muliti-million selling rock band Catatonia.