Richard Houdmont is a Welsh-speaking Yorkshireman with a Belgian surname. A studying member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) from 1986 he became a full member in 1991 and gained Chartered Marketer Status in 2000. Richard is a registered PRINCE2 Practitioner.As The Chartered Institute of Marketing Director for Wales, Richard is working hard to grow membership, deliver member benefits in Wales (especially networking events) and to forge partnerships with other professional bodies in Wales, business support organizations and the Welsh Assembly Government.
Before he joined The Chartered Institute of Marketing in 2006 Richard was Deputy Director of the University of Wales Press. He has extensive experience of the publishing industry in Wales having been Chair of Literary Publishers (Wales) Ltd (1999-2006); a member of Welsh Books Council Marketing Panel (from 1991, Chair 2001-2006) and is Chair of Poetry Wales Press Ltd which publishes under the prize-winning Seren imprint. He established Gwasg Taf Cyfyngedig, a publisher of Welsh-language novels, poetry and school books and has also published six Welsh-language books for 4 to 7 year-old children under the Houdmont imprint. Richard was a Board member of Sgript Cymru - Contemporary Drama Wales until the company was merged with the Sherman Theatre in 2007. In addition to The Institute, his clients have included the Welsh Books Council, Y Byd, Academi and Agored. As a 'spare time' activity he is planning a virtual bookshop, BooksFromWales.com.
Brodor o Swydd Efrog sydd â chyfenw o Wlad Belg ac sy'n siarad Cymraeg yw Richard Houdmont. Yn aelod o fyfyriwr gyda'r Sefydliad Siartredig dros Farchnata (CIM) o 1986, daeth yn aelod llawn yn 1991 ac enillodd statws Marchnatwr Siartredig yn 2000. Mae Richard yn Ymarferwr PRINCE2 cofrestredig.Fel Cyfarwyddwr Cymru o’r Sefydliad Siartredig dros Farchnata mae Richard yn gweithio’n galed i gynyddu nifer yr aelodau, i greu buddion i’r aelodau yng Nghymru ac i ffurfio partneriaethau â chyrff proffesiynol eraill yng Nghymru, sefydliadau cefnogi busnes a Llywodraeth y Cynulliad.
Cyn iddo ymuno â Sefydliad Siartredig dros Farchnata yn 2006, bu Richard yn Ddirprwy Gyfarwyddwr Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. Mae ganddo brofiad helaeth o’r diwydiant cyhoeddi yng Nghymru o fod yn Gadeirydd Literary Publishers (Wales) Cyf. (1999-2006); yn aelod o Banel Marchnata Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru (o 1991, Cadeirydd 2001-2006) ac ef yw Cadeirydd Seren (Poetry Wales Press Cyf). Sefydlodd Gwasg Taf Cyfyngedig, cyhoeddwyr nofelau, barddoniaeth a llyfrau ysgol Cymraeg, ac mae hefyd wedi cyhoeddi chwe llyfr Cymraeg i blant 4 i 7 oed dan wasgnod Houdmont. Bu Richard yn aelod o Fwrdd Sgript Cymru hyd at yr uno â Theatr y Sherman yn 2007. Ynghyd â Sefydliad Siartredig Marchnata, mae ei gleientiaid yn cynnwys Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru, Y Byd, Academi ac Agored (datblygiad o OpenOffice.org 2.0 ar gyfer Cymru). Fel prosiect ‘amser sbâr’ mae ganddo fwriad i sefydlu siop lyfrau ar lein, LlyfrauCymru.co.uk