Councillor Lis Burnett

Lis was appointed Leader of the Vale of Glamorgan Council in May 2022 having previously served as Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education and Regeneration. Formerly Head of Social Entrepreneurship at the University of South Wales, Lis has also acted as an advisor to the Welsh Government and the former Welsh Assembly on Social Enterprise and Cooperatives.  She has previously run her own business, worked for a major UK multi-national company and as a consultant to NESTA.  She has been involved in delivering community to community aid projects in Uganda and is a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).