Marc Phillips (born 8 December 1953[1]) is a Welsh charity manager and former Plaid Cymru politician.
Phillips was born in Cardiff and educated in Cyfarthfa and Merthyr Tydfil,[1][2] before working at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru, then the Dyfed Association of Voluntary Service and as Chief Executive of Tenovus.
[3] From 1996 until 2000, Phillips served as the Chair of Plaid Cymru,[2] and he also stood for the party in the new Wales constituency at the 1999 European election.
[4] Phillips accepted a new job as the head of BBC Children in Need in Wales in 2002,[2] following which he withdrew from political activity.
[5] However, he remained supportive of the party, was its nomination for the Executive Committee of the All Wales Convention in 2009,[2] and unsuccessfully applied to be its candidate in the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency at the 2010 general election.