Marie is ‘adopted Welsh’ originally from France. She is Deputy Commissioner since 2021 and is also Director for Health, leading on the design and delivery of our health mission. She makes sure we walk the talk, operate as efficiently and sustainably. She is our guru on the legal application of the Act, and she has helped set up the Commissioner’s office.

She is a lawyer specialist in public law, the law of devolution, parliamentary procedures and now of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act. And she loves it.

She was previously our Director for Policy, Legislation and Innovation when she

was responsible for overseeing work on monitoring and assessing public bodies’ well-being objectives, correspondence, transport and planning. Marie was also The Honorary Consul of France in Wales and a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commissioner Wales Committee. She volunteers and is a trustee of several charities.