Jac Ellis

Biography

Jacob Ellis is the Director for External Relations and Culture at the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, supporting public bodies and Welsh Government to implement the Well-being of Future Generations Act. In 2023, Jacob led the Future Generations Commissioner’s

Section 20 Review into Welsh Government’s implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations Act. As a result of this review, Jacob was part of the team that won the ‘Implementation and Impact’ IF Award. Jacob is also the lead for the Commissioner’s second statutory Future Generations Report (2025).

His responsibilities also include advocating for public bodies to reinforce the positive impact of cultural well-being and supporting them to make the urgent changes to promote culture and creativity.

Jacob has an extensive career advising organisations to embed sustainability and future generations models and governances. He is the Founder and Co-lead of the Impact Coalition for Future Generations which seeks to tackle a critical issue in global governance: the lack of long- term thinking that safeguards the interests and rights of future generations. The Impact Coalition is a dynamic umbrella network of over 600 members that serves as a global docking station for partnerships committed to sustainable governance.

Jacob has an extensive career advising organisations to embed sustainability and future
generations models and governances. In 2022, he co-developed the Football Association of Wales’
Sustainability Strategy and is also a former Climate Justice Advisor for the Museums Association.
Jacob is a former UN Foundation Next Generation Fellow for Future Generations, where he advised
the United Nations and members state to advocate for the needs and interests of future
generations, ahead of the Summit of the Future (2024). In 2023, he was an expert advisor to the
UN High-Level Committee on Programmes as it designed the UN Common Principles for Future
Generations.

He has participated at various international events including COP27, Dubai Futures Forum, UN Civil
Society Conference (2024), UN ECOSOC Youth Forum (2023), Sydney Summit, UN Summit of the
Future and the UN High-Level Political Forum. As a UNICEF Youth Foresight Fellow (2022), Jacob
advised on the UNICEF Global Outlook Report and the Our Future Pledge Youth Foresight Toolkit.
At university, he was also Chair of the UNICEF on Campus for Aberystwyth University.
Jacob is a UNICEF UK Trustee and a former Non-Executive Director at Literature Wales (2018 –
2024) and a former Trustee at Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (2021 – 2024). Jacob is an alumni
member of the Unite 2030 Youth Delegate Programme. He is a former Trustee of Cardiff Third
Sector Council and Scouts Cymru.

He was previously a BBC Wales Journalist (2016-2018) and served as President of Aberystwyth
University Students’ Union (2014-2015). He held several roles at the National Union Students for
Wales and Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Jacob holds a BA Degree in Welsh and International
Politics (Aberystwyth University) and an MA Degree in Broadcast Journalism (Cardiff University).

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