Having been raised on smallholding in West Wales, Jack received a marine biology degree and PhD Swansea University before starting his professional career in Madagascar as a fish farm manager. Following this he was appointed Head of R&D for an aquaculture company in Malta, before returning to South Wales in late 2013, to Aberdare. Here he settled with his family, founding an aquaculture R&D business in Hirwaun in 2014, now employing 13 people and expanding significantly through 2020/21 locally and into Singapore. The business trades globally but is very firmly rooted in the Cynon Valley, and Jack has a strong personal and professional commitment to enhancing the community in which he lives and works. He lives in Llwydcoed with his wife (from Aberdare) and two young children.
Dr Jack James
