Rhian joined the St Kentigern Hospice Board of Trustees in July 2023, having retired the previous year from her role as Corporate Services Director and Group Company Secretary with an Internet Service Provider in Dublin.  She spent 26 years working in Ireland, specialising in Human Resources, Finance and Corporate Governance.

Rhian was brought up in a Welsh speaking family in Denbigh and attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd, before graduating from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. She is a Chartered Member of the CIPD, a Fellow of IATI and holds a Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance from the Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin.