After graduating from Cambridge and London Universities Hywel worked as an agricultural economist on development projects and programmes. After studying for an MBA,he then moved to private sector development. In total he spent over 20 years living in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
He was a Partner in Actis, the emerging market private equity fund manager, and later he was a Managing Director at CDC (now BII), the UK’s official development finance institution. He has extensive non-executive director experience in the UK and overseas. He was a Church Commissioner and chaired its Audit Committee.
He is married to Diana who is ordained and an associate minister at All Saints Church in Ilkely. He is on the Leeds Diocesan Synod and a member of the All-Saints PCC. He enjoys hiking, cycling, golf, and spending time with family.