Leading Welsh business figures in King's Birthday Honours

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Leading figures in Welsh business have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours including former CBI Wales director Ian Price and leading enterprise academic Prof Brian Morgan who receive OBEs.

Swansea-born Mr Price, who stood down as director of CBI Wales last December - a role who took up 2018 having first joined the business membership body in 2005 - receives an OBE for services to business and charity.

Mr Price said: "I am totally chuffed and it really is recognition of the hard work of the brilliant people that I came into contact with at the CBI."

His charity work includes being a board member in Wales of the King's Trust.

He was away on a three week holiday with wife when his official letter arrived back home. He said: "We were in Thailand and learned of the honour when I got a call asking if I planned to respond to the letter. It was a huge surprise."

Director of the Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Prof Morgan, is honoured for his services to the Welsh economy.

Aberdare-born Prof Morgan, began his career in Whitehall and played a key role shaping the economic strategy of the Welsh Development Agency in the 1990s with a focus on inward investment. He is also a co-founder of one of Wales' most successful export brands, Penderyn Whisky.

Prof Morgan, who played rugby for Aberdare RFC, said: "I am thrilled to be honoured and feel that I have just been so lucky all my life with such great people around me like at the WDA and at Penderyn Whisky where at the beginning it was a real struggle to keep it going before we secured a big investment.

"I had a great deal of support from the family at the start of the business, which is now selling a million bottles a year globally. The last few years at Cardiff Metropolitan University have also been hugely rewarding with our leadership programme having supported around 1,000 people from Welsh firms."

He has also been a strong advocate of tidal energy generation in the Severn Estuary for more than two decades. He is currently chair of the Severn Estuary Tidal Bar Company.

Also receiving OBEs are managing director of Screen Alliance Wales, Allison Dowzell, for services to broadcasting and chair of the board of Food and Drink Wales, Andrew Richardson, for services to the sector.

There is also a CBE for the co-founder and chief executive of film and TV production company Bad Wolf, Jane Tranter. Based at Wolf Studios Wales in Cardiff Bay, Bad Wolf's high profile productions include Doctor Who for the BBC.