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Dr Debra Williams joins judging panel for the Swansea Bay Business Awards.

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Dr Debra Williams, one of Britain’s leading businesswomen has joined an esteemed panel of judges tasked with judging the 2025 Swansea Bay Business Awards. Dr Wiliams has a proven track record and an instinctive talent for generating growth and identifying new business opportunities, and is perfectly poised to shine a light on the best businesses in the Swansea Bay Region.  

 

Debra was Welsh Woman of the Year for Innovation, was recognised as one of the UK’s top 200 business women by the Queen, awarded a Life Time Achievement Award and become a honorary Doctor at Swansea University and an honorary Doctor at Bangor University to name but a few of her recognitions.

 

During her career, Debra has held a number of senior roles and has worked at a management level at some the UK’s most well-known businesses including Confused.com, Admiral, Tesco Bank, NCR, Covea, Swansea University and News Corporation.  During her time as Managing Director of Confused.com, the first UK comparison site and arguably the first in the world, Debra built the business into one of the UK’s leading aggregator sites.

 

Debra lives in South Wales. She is an angel investor, and consults with companies both in the UK, Europe, UAE and the US. She sits on the Board of Principality Building Society, Co-op Insurance and Chairs GCRE Ltd. Debra is also Pro Vice Chancellor at University of Wales Trinity St David. Until recently she was Chair of both Careers Wales and Local Democracy & Boundary Commission for Welsh Government, was an NED at The Port of Milford Haven and a trustee at The Alacrity Foundation.. She also finds time to be a business ambassador for Ty Hafan and a trustee of Victim Support.


The SBBA team are thrilled to welcome Dr Willams to the panel.



 

 

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