Owen Evans was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymunedol Penweddig in Aberystwyth, Wales.
[1] Evans completed his A-level in Economics in one year,[2] and after leaving school, went on to study the subject at Swansea University, graduating in 1991.
[3] Evans sat as a member of the Welsh Language Board from 2005 to 2010.
[4] Evans was appointed chief executive of the Welsh-language public broadcaster S4C in October 2017.
[1] In July 2021, it was announced that Evans would succeed Meilyr Rowlands as the head of the Welsh education inspectorate Estyn in January 2022.