I am standing for the PCS National Executive Committee because our union must be bold, member led, and relentless in defending working people across every sector and nation.

I have been a PCS member since 1997 and an active trade unionist throughout my working life. I currently serve as President of the Welsh Devolved Sector Group, Vice Chair of the PCS Wales Executive Committee, Organiser of the Welsh Government Cardiff branch, and social partnership lead for the Welsh Government. This gives me practical experience of members’ realities in pressured workplaces.

Alongside my national negotiating and social partnership role, I work directly with members every day. Much of my time is spent supporting members through casework, disputes, restructures, disciplinaries, bullying and harassment, health and safety concerns, mental health crises, and domestic abuse related workplace issues. National decisions must be judged by whether they improve the lived experience of members asking us for help.

I work daily with senior leadership on pay, terms and conditions, workforce change, and organisational policy. I practise social partnership as a tool for leverage, not consensus. That means early engagement, full transparency, and insisting on real influence for the union. Where proposals weaken members’ position, I challenge them directly. Where outcomes can be improved, I push until they are. This approach strengthens collective bargaining and delivers tangible gains for members.

I believe in constructive engagement where it delivers for members, but I am equally clear that partnership must strengthen, not dilute, our bargaining power.

Equality is central to my trade union practice, not an add on. I support members facing discrimination, bullying and harassment, unsafe workplaces, and structural disadvantage, and I bring that experience into negotiation and strategy. I am a qualified Health and Safety adviser and mental health first aider, with specialist experience in equality casework, COSOP and TUPE, and employment law. This work reinforces my belief that national policy, bargaining strategy, and industrial action must be designed to protect the most vulnerable members, not just the easiest to reach.

I am standing as part of the Left Unity tradition. I believe in a fighting, democratic union rooted in collective organisation, industrial strength, and socialist values. Left Unity means clear politics, accountability, and decisions shaped by members.

If elected to the National Executive Committee, I will be a clear, principled, and accountable voice. I will argue for decisions rooted in evidence, member experience, and collective strength. I will challenge when necessary, support when it matters, and never lose sight of who we are here to serve.

I am standing because PCS needs a confident, values driven NEC that listens to members, acts decisively, and delivers real change.