BAFTA Cymru Appoints Lee Walters as Chair

Lee Walters will serve as Wales‘ BAFTA Cymru chair, it has been unveiled on Monday.

Walters, who since 2023 has been the CEO of Ffilm Cymru Wales, the development agency for Welsh film, succeeds BAFTA Cymru Award-winning presenter Angharad Mair after nine years in the role.

BAFTA Cymru was established over 35 years ago to support, celebrate and nurture creative talent in Wales.

As chair, Lee leads the BAFTA Cymru committee, which helps steer their work supporting the film, games and television industries in Wales through its annual BAFTA Cymru Awards and programme of activities.

The committee also oversees the distribution of Prince William BAFTA bursaries. Walters was co-opted to the BAFTA Cymru committee in April 2023.

Prior to his time at Ffilm Cymru Wales, he enjoyed a varied 15-year career at the BBC culminating in a communications-focused role as senior change manager establishing BBC Wales’ new headquarters in the center of Cardiff.  

“I feel hugely privileged to be succeeding Angharad Mair as Chair of BAFTA Cymru,” Walters said. “Throughout her tenure, Angharad has been a real champion for the industry and the talent we have here in Wales, and I look forward to continuing that mission. Wales is a nation of natural storytellers, rich in language and culture, and I feel passionately about the positive role that BAFTA can play in celebrating that excellence and nurturing a new generation ready to tell our stories to the world.”