The Foundational Economy is relevant to both policy-makers and place-makers. Cynnal Cymru works with both to explore and explain why this part of the economy matters to sustainability.
Foundational Economy
Clare Sain-Ley-Berry
Interim Director
Clare currently oversees all Cynnal Cymru’s work programmes to accelerate progress toward a more just and sustainable future. With a background in delivering partnership projects, she enjoys facilitating collaboration and working towards the practical outcomes behind strategic aims.
Clare has supported Welsh Government’s work on the foundational economy since 2020 with stakeholders from across public, private and third sectors. Our focus centres on exploring how this essential part of the economy contributes to, and is shaped by, sustainability pillars including fair work and environmental limits.
Harry Thompson
Senior Programme and Policy Lead
Harry is Senior Programme and Policy Lead: Fair Work and Economy and manages the Fair Work and Living Wage team, which work towards Cynnal Cymru’s strategic goal of a fair and just society.
He previously worked as Economic Policy Lead at the Institute of Welsh Affairs, leading projects on topics such as empowering trade unions, the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework, and community empowerment. Before that he worked for public affairs firm Deryn Consulting and in political campaigns and research at Senedd, Westminster, and local authority level.