IGeLU 2022 Closing Keynote Speaker

picture of Ashok Ahir, President of the National Library for Wales. This is a headshot of Ashok wearing a blue jacket and dark blue tie. He is smiling into the picture.

Mr Ashok Ahir, President of the National Library for Wales

picture of Ashok Ahir, President of the National Library for Wales.  This is a headshot of Ashok wearing a blue jacket and dark blue tie.  He is smiling into the picture.

Ashok Ahir is the President of the National Library for Wales – a position he has held since September 2021.
He leads the governance and strategic direction of the Library  – which houses tens of millions of books, manuscripts, archives, maps, pictures, photographs, newspapers, sound and film, at its headquarters in Aberystwyth. 


He is also the President and Chair of the National Eisteddfod of Wales  – one if the largest cultural festivals in Europe.