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Welsh language channel S4C has turned to a senior Welsh Government civil servant for its next chief executive.

Owen Evans, currently the Welsh Government's deputy permanent secretary with responsibilities for education and public service, will take up his new role in October - succeeding current chief executive Ian Jones.

Mr Evans, who lives in Cardiff, was educated at Ysgol Penweddig, Aberystwyth, before graduating in economics at Swansea University.

He was a member of the Welsh Language Board between 2005 and 2010. He is currently a member of the Marie Curie advisory board for Wales.

Mr Evans was on the short list for the permanent secretary post at the helm of the Welsh Government's civil service - overseeing 5,000 civil servants.

However, along with other deputy permanent secretary James Price, he lost out to Shan Morgan.

S4C's chairman Huw Jones said: “We are very fortunate to be able to appoint as S4C’s leader for the coming years someone who has demonstrated his ability in so many fields.

" Owen has shown more than once during his career the ability to adapt and take on major new responsibilities, including in the field of technology and the Welsh language.

"He is a highly respected leader with particular experience of building partnerships. Together with the talented people already working at S4C, we can look forward to the future with confidence.”

S4C would not disclose Mr Evans' starting salary. In the last financial year Mr Jones as chief executive received a salary of £147,000, plus a pension contribution of £27,000.

In his current role Mr Evans oversees a £6.6bn budget and more than 1,200 civil servants.

He joined the civil service in 2010 as the Welsh Government’s director of higher education, skills and lifelong Learning, taking on additional responsibilities in 2012 and again in 2015.

Between 2008 and 2010 he was director of Business in the Community, Wales, during which time the organisation grew to represent 20% of the Welsh workforce.

For 10 years before that, he worked in various positions for BT, including a period as a member of the UK team responsible for development of BT's broadband strategy.