 Geraint Talfan Davies has been involved with various arts, media and educational organisations, including the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff Bay Arts Trust, the Wales International Film Festival, the Artes Mundi visual arts prize, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, the Wales Millennium Centre and Welsh National Opera.He chaired Welsh National Opera (WNO) for three years, before his appointment in 2003 to the chair of the Arts Council of Wales (ACW).His tenure at ACW was cut short in 2006 when, following the Council's successful resistance to Welsh Government plans to take over responsibility for the main national arts organisations, the Culture Minister, Alun Pugh, did not renew his appointment for a second term.