Career
A native Welsh speaker after being educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, Powys joined British Broadcasting Corporation Wales as a News Trainee in 1989, before joining the newsroom in Cardiff as a bilingual, bi-media reporter. Moving to Current Affairs came in 1994, she reported undercover, where one investigation required her to pose as one half of a swinging couple in the "Garden of Eden", a West Wales brothel. Powys then presented the Welsh language news programme Newyddion, was chief reporter on the European current affairs series Ewropa, and joined Huw Edwards to front United Kingdom national election specials.
Powys also presented the Welsh language version of Mastermind Cymru on S4C. From 11 September 2006, Powys replaced the retiring David Williams, and took editorial charge of all British Broadcasting Corporation Wales" daily political output ahead of the Welsh Assembly elections in 2007.
She resigned from this role in June 2013. Powys is a frequent contributor to Radio Cymru"s popular "Post Prynhawn" and is regarded as a stalwart of the programme, adding much to its "flagship" status as the British Broadcasting Corporation"s most prestigious Bangor-produced daily news broadcasts.
She was appointed Editor of Programmes (in effect, director) of British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cymru in May 2013, taking up her post from July 2013.
