Marc Phillips

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Marc Phillips (born 8 December 1953The Times Guide to the House of Commons: 1997, p.181) is a Welsh charity manager and former Plaid Cymru politician.

Phillips was born in Cardiff and educated in Cyfarthfa and Merthyr Tydfil,"[https://archive.today/20140209221501/http://allwalesconvention.org/about/executive/marc/?lang=en Marc Phillips]", All Wales Convention before working at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru, then the Dyfed Association of Voluntary Service and as Chief Executive of Tenovus.

Phillips also became active in Plaid Cymru, standing in Llanelli at the 1992 and 1997 general elections, taking third and then second place.

He became Plaid's national vice-chair in 1993, serving for two years.

During this period, he stood in the 1994 European election in Mid and West Wales, achieving the party's best performance at the election.Peter Catterall and Virginia Preston, Contemporary Britain: An Annual Review: 1995, p.434

From 1996 until 2000, Phillips served as the Chair of Plaid Cymru, and he also stood for the party in the new Wales constituency at the 1999 European election.

He was third on the party list and was not elected."[http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/1999/1999-election-candidate.pdf 1999 Election Candidates]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", UK Office of the European Parliament

Phillips accepted a new job as the head of BBC Children in Need in Wales in 2002, following which he withdrew from political activity.Paul Starling, "[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Phillips+leaves+Plaid+in+turmoil%3B+EXCLUSIVE.-a085387369 Phillips leaves Plaid in turmoil]", Daily Mirror, 2 May 2002 However, he remained supportive of the party, was its nomination for the Executive Committee of the All Wales Convention in 2009, and unsuccessfully applied to be its candidate in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency at the 2010 general election.Martin Shipton, "[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/young-plaid-activist-jonathan-edwards-2072865 Young Plaid activist Jonathan Edwards will fight hard for a seat in Westminster]", Western Mail, 28 November 2009

He is on the Board of Directors, of [http://penycymoedd.vattenfall.co.uk/ Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project].{{Cite web|url=http://penycymoedd.vattenfall.co.uk/introducing-the-board-of-directors-marc-phillips-chair/|title=Introducing the Board of Directors – Marc Phillips (Chair) {{!}} Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project|website=penycymoedd.vattenfall.co.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101317/http://penycymoedd.vattenfall.co.uk/introducing-the-board-of-directors-marc-phillips-chair/|archive-date=2017-12-24|url-status=dead}}