The Secretary of State appointed Rhodri Lewis and Stephen Dimmick to the S4C Board for four-year terms running from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030, according to a government announcement published on 14 August 2026.

Stephen Dimmick is a commercial leader and non-executive director with experience across the private, public and charitable sectors in Wales. He chairs Literature Wales, is interim chief executive of The Aloud Charity, and sits on boards and governance committees including Monmouthshire Housing Association and the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. He founded doopoll, a digital audience engagement and market research platform, and led it until its sale in 2022.

Rhodri Lewis is a qualified solicitor with more than 20 years' experience in legal and commercial roles in sport, having worked in London, Asia and Switzerland and held positions with football and rugby union governing bodies. He is Head of Sport at Carbon Law Partners in Cardiff and a trustee of the Geraint Thomas Cycling Trust.

S4C Board members are remunerated at £9,650 per annum. The appointments followed the Governance Code on Public Appointments; the announcement said both appointees declared no significant political activity in the past five years.