Andrew Green

Andrew Green was born in 1952 and educated at schools in Yorkshire and at the University of Cambridge. He trained as a professional librarian and worked in various universities in Wales and England, culminating in the post of Director of Library and Information Services in the University of Wales ,Swansea. From 1998 to 2013 he was Librarian or chief executive of the National Library of Wales, one of the five legal deposit libraries of the UK and a major archive repository. He has acted as Chair of a large number of voluntary, public sector and official bodies, and currently chairs the Board of Coleg Cenedlaethol Cymru, the national body responsible for organising higher education through the medium of the Welsh language. Andrew has published and lectured widely on digital, information and cultural subjects.