Behind the Geraint Thomas Cycling Trust (GTCT) there have been some influential and dedicated people who have helped set-up the Trust.
Find out more about our Trustees below:
Adrian Coles
An experienced Managing Director and Chairman who has most recently driven growth of a start-up in the EdTech sector, creating and implementing a strategy that has delivered significant year on year revenue growth, restructuring the workforce, and increasing capability with a new way of working, applying a growth mindset to increase motivation whilst delivering coaching to the team enabling them to succeed. Board responsibilities are consistently demonstrated and recognised when working alongside a diverse Board of shareholders including external institutional equity providers and High Net Worth’s.
Darren Tudor – Beicio Cymru Head Cycling Coach
Darren has been involved with two wheels since a very young age and ever since cycling has played a huge part in his life. Entering the sport through the club structure in Wales and then into competition, he’s understood first-hand the challenges faced by families due to his own family’s financial circumstances making it very hard for his parents to support his cycling ambitions. After many years of racing, Darren was then lucky enough to make it the profession and after 20 years he has seen the sport from a different angle and the various hurdles people must overcome to participate in cycling.
Caroline Spanton – Beicio Cymru Chief Executive Officer
Caroline’s background is in sport development and management with over 25 years in industry. She is a passionate and energetic sports management enthusiast and has experience working within leisure services in two large Local Authority areas, with Sport Wales as a regional development lead, as Chair of the Welsh Rowing Board and in senior executive positions in several high profile National Governing Bodies of Sport. She is a huge fan of the great Welsh outdoors and has a young son whose balance bike is already his favourite thing to do come rain or shine!
Christine Gibbons
Christine has worked in the NHS for 37 years as a clinician and a board executive. Ten years ago she took up trustee positions in charities supporting mass participation including leisure Trusts, Active Sussex, parkrun and Cycling UK. In 2022 she was awarded a Masters (with distinction) in Global Public Health. She spends her spare time training in the three disciplines of triathlon.
Rhodri Lewis
Rhodri is a senior Executive with over twenty years’ experience working in legal and commercial roles. He worked in London, Asia and Switzerland before returning to Wales and since 2005 has worked for governing bodies in both football and rugby union.
A mother tongue Welsh speaker, he is also a School Governor, is an Ambassador for Aspiring Solicitors (an organisation committed to increasing diversity and inclusion across all underrepresented groups in the legal profession) and is a member of the Urdd’s Sports and Apprenticeships Board. In his spare time, he coaches rugby union and football.
Wayne Brown
Wayne has spent 30 years working in marketing agencies – specialising in advertising, media and technology – Wayne has previously run leading digital agencies for Dentsu Aegis and WPP. He has worked on a wide range of global clients including Diageo, P&G, HSBC, Toyota, Apple and Google, but has specialised in cycling for the last 7 years – as the CEO of SHIFT Active Media – the data driven marketing experts dedicated cycling and the great outdoors. He is a keen road cyclist, indoors and outdoors, and is also a big fan of all forms of bike racing.
Rhodri Davies
Rhodri Davies has over 15 years’ experience working as a communications and PR professional in the third sector, civil service and higher education. Now based in Cardiff, he is originally from Llangrannog in Ceredigion and studied at Aberystwyth University.
He is also a trustee of Advocacy Matters, which supports adults with learning disabilities and autism in south Wales. When he’s not on his bike, first-language Welsh-speaker Rhodri is an avid sports fan and follows the Welsh football team.
Allan James
With nearly 13 years of experience in Sports Development, Allan James has worked across two major sports in Wales and is currently a Facility Investment Manager at the Cymru Football Foundation.
Passionate about good governance, sustainability, and inclusion in Sport, Allan brings a strong track record of delivering programmes that have increased participation, improved access, and strengthened community engagement.
Tim Boag
Tim Boag, a strong advocate of sporting initiatives which support broader participant development, brings extensive leadership experience in financial services to the Board.
Having worked with business customers across a wide range of industries, he has Board experience in the social housing sector as well as financial services, and chaired the NatWest Southeast Board supporting disadvantaged communities.
Previously, he was involved at London Welsh RFC as a coach and Board Director of the amateur club, where he had a keen interest in the benefits of sport, particularly for younger age groups.
Owen Rodgers
As CEO of Table Tennis Wales and a director at GB Table Tennis, Owen is helping grow the game across the UK.
And outside of work, Owen is an avid endurance athlete who’s completed eleven Ironman races. Whether he’s leading teams or tackling endurance challenges, Owen brings energy, commitment, and a love for sport to everything he does.