Nina Ruddle (she/her)

Nina Ruddle Head of Public Policy Engagement Wrexham University (WU)

Nina has over 23 years' experience in public services in in senior roles across education, social and economic regeneration, procurement, change programmes across regions, and policy development/delivery in local and central government across England and Wales. 

In her role she leads WU civic mission partnership strategy across North Wales, which delivers a wide range of co-created civic mission work in collaboration with partners and communities and aims to tackle social inequality. 

This work ranges from enabling systems leadership and whole systems thinking to support the implementation of the Well being of Future Generations Act and the work of the Public Service Boards across the region, delivering a regional Children's University in partnership, becoming a TrACE informed university, growing the North Wales Public Service Lab and innovative work in capturing stories. 

In her other roles, Nina is chair of 2025 social movement across North Wales, vice chair of the Wrexham and Flintshire Public Service Board, member of Arts in Health Strategy group for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, a member of the Partnership Board for Actif North Wales, member of Well-being of Future Generations National Stakeholder Forum for Welsh Government and Advisory Board member for the UKRI Local Policy Innovation Partnership Hub, University of Birmingham as well as on the Wales Rural LPIP Advisory Board. She is also a member of the advisory board for the Shaping Places for Well-being in Wales Programme led by Public Health Wales and funded by Health Foundation. Nina is named as one of the 100 Future Generations Changemakers in Wales. 

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