Flagship Celebration Returns
The event, which for nearly three decades has celebrated excellence in partnership working, took place at The Coal Exchange in Cardiff Bay and was sponsored for the 12th consecutive year by global energy company Valero.
Full details of all sponsors, winners and finalists can be found here.
Winners
The Robert Maskrey Award for Arts Philanthropy
John Rath & John Underwood
Adviser of the Year Award
Winner
Roman Kubiak, Hugh James & Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Arts, Business & the Community
Winner
Cardiff Community Housing Association & NoFit State Circus
Arts, Business & Diversity
Winner
Bad Wolf & Hijinx Theatre, It’s My Shout Productions, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, The Other Room
Arts, Business & Employees
Winner
Cartrefi Cymru Cooperative & National Dance Company Wales
Arts, Business & the Environment
Winner
RWE / Clocaenog Wind Farm Fund & Urdd Gobaith Cymru
Arts, Business & Health
Winner
Wales & West Utilities & Music in Hospitals & Care
Arts & Small Business
Winner
Cazbah & The Aloud Charity
CGI Business of the Year
Winner
Bad Wolf
Hodge Foundation Arts Awards
Winner
The Aloud Charity, NoFit State Circus & It's My Shout Productions
The 2023 Awards are sponsored by
Category Partners
Entertainment Partner
Media Partner
Event Partners
The Judges
Our judges are independent of A&B Cymru and came to their conclusions based on the information provided by nominees.
Deb Bowen Rees
Director, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Siân Doyle
Chief Executive, S4C
Karen Hodge
Trustee, Hodge Foundation
Ify Iwobi
Pianist, Composer, Producer
Leusa Llewelyn
Joint Chief Executive, Literature Wales
Adrienne O’Sullivan
Founder & Director, Act Now Creative Training
Sunil Patel
Race Equality Trainer & Consultant
Grant Stephens
Managing Director, Grant Stephens Family Law
Stephen Thornton
Public Affairs Manager, Valero Pembroke Refinery
Awards Artist
Ingrid Walker
The successful individuals and companies will once again receive trophies specially commissioned for the ceremony. They will be designed and made by stained glass artist Ingrid Walker who hails from the Vale of Glamorgan.
The trophies she has designed for A&B Cymru have been inspired by Welsh Miners lamps and will feature illuminated landscapes of Wales, mounted on a hammered iron base.