Eurfyl ap Gwilym

Eurfyl ap Gwilym (born 14 November 1944) is a Welsh economist and a Plaid Cymru politician.

He was born in Penparcau, Ceredigion and was educated at Ardwyn Grammar School followed by a BSc and PhD at King's College London.

Professional career Ap Gwilym was previously a Deputy Chairman of the Principality Building Society, which is the largest mutual society in Wales. He was also a director of Nemo Personal Finance Ltd and Loan Link Ltd and was the chair of the Principality Pension Trustees. His other directorships include director of iSOFT Group plc from 19 May 2000 until 30 October 2007, NCC Group plc and Pure Wafer plc.

Political career Ap Gwilym has been a member of Plaid Cymru since 1963.

He is an economics adviser to the party and was one of their first prospective candidates for the House of Lords.

He is a trustee of the Welsh think tank, the Institute of Welsh Affairs, and frequently writes for their ClickOnWales website.

He was formerly the party chairman and serves to cost manifesto proposals each year. He told the BBC in 2017 that the party would not strike a formal deal with the Conservative Party, but controversially has said that the party should consider co-operating with the Tories on particular topics if "we get something in return"

Ap Gwilym's public profile rose further after an interview with Jeremy Paxman on the BBC current affairs programme, Newsnight. In the interview ap Gwilym challenged Paxman on a variety of economic figures, telling him to "do your homework" when those figures were not readily available. A recording of the interview received over 90,000 hits on YouTube within the first few days of release.