:Dylan Jones-Evans

Following a BSc (Hons) in Physics, an MSc in Technical Change and Industrial Strategy from Manchester University, and a PhD in technology entrepreneurship from Aston University, Jones-Evans held postdoctoral posts at Durham University Business School and University College Dublin (as an EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow).{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

At the age of 29, he was appointed chair of entrepreneurship and small business management at the University of Glamorgan in 1996, where he set up the Welsh Enterprise Institute.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

He has subsequently held academic chairs at the University of Wales Bangor and NEWI in Wrexham.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} He was Director of the National Entrepreneurship Observatory at Cardiff University for the period 2005–2008,{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Director of Enterprise and Innovation at the University of Wales 2008–2013{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Bristol Business School 2013–17.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} He has been chair of the Irish Research Council's postgraduate scholarship programmes,{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} and was formerly a member of the Research, Innovation and Engagement Committee for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Jones-Evans has published over 100 articles within edited books, academic conference proceedings and refereed journals, including the Journal of Economic Geography, R&D Management, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics, International Small Business Journal, Technovation and Regional Studies.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Along with Professor Sara Carter, he is the co-author of the textbook Enterprise and Small Business.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pearson.com/uk/educators/higher-education-educators/program/Carter-Enterprise-and-Small-Business-Principles-Practice-and-Policy-3rd-Edition/PGM1014529.html|title=Carter & Jones-Evans, Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Practice and Policy, 3rd Edition | Pearson|website=www.pearson.com}}

He has initiated over £40 million of development projects,{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} and has attracted research grants from the ESRC, the European Commission, the Leverhulme Trust and the Nuffield Foundation.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} One project was the first European transnational research study of the role of universities in technology transfer and spin-off activities in Europe.{{Cite web | url=https://cordis.europa.eu/publication/rcn/7067_es.html | title=Universities, technology transfer and spin-off activities - academic entrepreneurship in different European regions, Final Report | Publication }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He has worked as a consultant for the OECD, the European Union and other economic development bodies{{which|date=March 2022}}, and was the lead author of the Entrepreneurship Action Plan for Wales,{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/site/cfecpr/39288728.pdf|title=Entrepreneurship Action Plan for Wales (EAP), UK|author= Dylan Jones-Evans |publisher=OECD}} the first regional enterprise strategy in the world.{{which|date=March 2022}} He led the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project in Wales for eight years and is currently a member of the "Be The Spark" panel,{{cite web|url=https://bethespark.wales/meet-the-team/prof-dylan-jones-evans|title=Professor Dylan Jones-Evans|website=Be The Spark|access-date=4 March 2022|archive-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923084103/https://bethespark.wales/meet-the-team/prof-dylan-jones-evans|url-status=dead}} which has worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop an entrepreneurship strategy for Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government. He also served as a member of the Business Advisory Panel for the Secretary of State for Wales between 2010 and 2014 and led a major review of business finance for the Welsh Government.[https://archive.today/20130731120817/http://wales.gov.uk/topics/businessandeconomy/policy/financereview/?lang=en Improving access to finance for Welsh businesses]

He was the first chairman of Outlook Expeditions Ltd, and has been a member of the boards of Finance Wales, the Institute of Small Business and Enterprise, the Institute of Welsh Affairs, ICE, the Wales Management Council, the Institute of Directors in Wales, Prime Cymru (one of the Prince of Wales' charities) and was Vice-President (UK) for the European Council of Small Business.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

He is currently chairman of Town Square,{{Cite web|url=https://thetownsquare.co.uk/who-we-are/|title=Who we are | TownSq|website=thetownsquare.co.uk}} which is developing facilities for entrepreneurs in the UK, and a trustee of Fabric, a social enterprise in Swansea helping homeless young people.{{Cite web|url=https://careleavers.community/support-services/professional-feedback/|title=Professional Feedback – Welcome to FABRIC}}

Jones-Evans has created number of events to promote and celebrate entrepreneurship in Wales including the Wales Fast Growth 50,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastgrowth50.com/dylan-jones-evans|title=Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE | Fast Growth 50|website=www.fastgrowth50.com|access-date=4 March 2022|archive-date=4 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304132417/https://www.fastgrowth50.com/dylan-jones-evans|url-status=dead}} the Cardiff Business Awards, Wales Start-Up Awards,{{Cite web |url=https://www.walesstartupawards.com/about |title=About | Wales Start up Awards |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204112012/https://walesstartupawards.com/about |url-status=dead }} and the Wales Legal Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://waleslegalawards.com/judges/|title=Meet the judges|website=waleslegalawards.com}} He is a weekly columnist since 2004 in the Western Mail{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/authors/dylan-jones-evans/|title=Dylan Jones-Evans |website=walesonline}} - where he compiles the annual lists of the Top 300 firms in Wales and the Wales Fast Growth 50 list of the fastest growing Welsh businesses - and the Daily Post,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/authors/dylan-jones-evans/|title=Dylan Jones-Evans|website=northwales}} and is now a contributor to the online news site Business News Wales.{{Cite web|url=https://businessnewswales.com/higher-education-plays-key-role-in-supporting-startups/|title=Higher Education Plays Key Role in Supporting Startups|date=28 June 2021|website=Business News Wales}}

• {{cite journal |last1=Klofsten |first1=Magnus |last2=Jones-Evans |first2=Dylan |last3=Pereira |first3=Luciana |title=Teaching science and technology PhD students in entrepreneurship-potential learning opportunities and outcomes |journal=The Journal of Technology Transfer |date=April 2021 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=319–334 |doi=10.1007/s10961-020-09784-8 |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Pugh |first1=Rhiannon |last2=MacKenzie |first2=Niall G. |last3=Jones-Evans |first3=Dylan |title=From 'Techniums' to 'emptiums': the failure of a flagship innovation policy in Wales |journal=Regional Studies |date=3 July 2018 |volume=52 |issue=7 |pages=1009–1020 |doi=10.1080/00343404.2018.1444272 |bibcode=2018RegSt..52.1009P |url=https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/188101/1/188101.pdf }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Zhao |first1=Tianshu |last2=Jones-Evans |first2=Dylan |title=SMEs, banks and the spatial differentiation of access to finance |journal=Journal of Economic Geography |date=18 October 2016 |pages=lbw029 |doi=10.1093/jeg/lbw029 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Rhisiart |first1=Martin |last2=Jones-Evans |first2=Dylan |title=The impact of foresight on entrepreneurship: The Wales 2010 case study |journal=Technological Forecasting and Social Change |date=January 2016 |volume=102 |pages=112–119 |doi=10.1016/j.techfore.2015.03.010 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Qiantao |last2=MacKenzie |first2=Niall G. |last3=Jones-Evans |first3=Dylan |last4=Huggins |first4=Robert |title=Leveraging knowledge as a competitive asset? The intensity, performance and structure of universities' entrepreneurial knowledge exchange activities at a regional level |journal=Small Business Economics |date=October 2016 |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=657–675 |doi=10.1007/s11187-016-9759-0 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Jones-Evans |first1=Dylan |title=Access to finance to SMEs at a regional level – the case of Finance Wales |journal=Venture Capital |date=2 January 2015 |volume=17 |issue=1–2 |pages=27–41 |doi=10.1080/13691066.2015.1052624 }}

In 2013, he was asked by the Welsh Government to undertake a detailed review examining Access to Finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Wales. The two reports{{Cite report|url=https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/931404|title=Access to finance review: Stage 1 report|first=Dylan|last=Jones-Evans|date=1 June 2013|via=uwe-repository.worktribe.com}}{{Cite report|url=https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/926259|title=Access to finance review: Stage 2 review|first=Dylan|last=Jones-Evans|date=1 November 2013|via=uwe-repository.worktribe.com}} produced by the review criticised the Welsh Government's former investment fund Finance Wales as being unfit for purpose, mainly because of the high interest rates charged to businesses and the unwillingness to consider using state aid rules to make finance affordable to Welsh firms. He recommended the creation of a new Development Bank to support funding for Welsh SMEs. He was subsequently appointed chair of the Development Bank of Wales' Task and Finish Group, which drew up a plan for the creation of this body by the Welsh Government. In May 2015, the National Assembly for Wales voted to call "on the Welsh Government to establish a Welsh Development Bank, as recognised in the report published by Professor Dylan Jones-Evans".{{Cite web|url=https://business.senedd.wales/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=2213|title=Decision - Welsh Conservatives Debate|date=20 May 2015|website=business.senedd.wales}} The DBW was established in 2017.

Jones-Evans was responsible for starting a campaign in 2011 to raise funding to secure a star for Richard Burton on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This was unveiled in Los Angeles on St David's Day, 1 March 2013.{{Cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/02/richard-burton-walk-of-fame_n_2795952.html | title=Hollywood Legend Finally Gets a Walk of Fame Star| date=2013-03-02}}{{Cite news | url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/star-richard-burton-unveiled-hollywood-2495569 | title=Star for Richard Burton to be unveiled on Hollywood Walk of Fame| newspaper=Walesonline| date=2013-02-15| last1=Price| first1=Karen}}

Jones-Evans was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=60534|supp=y|page=10|date=15 June 2013}}

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