Cafodd y panel dethol ar gyfer y penodiad hwn ei gadeirio gan Kathryn Bishop, Comisiynydd Dros Dro y Gwasanaeth Sifil. Roedd y panel yn cynnwys Syr Jeremy Heywood, Pennaeth y Gwasanaeth Sifil ac Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, Sue Owen, Ysgrifennydd Parhaol yr Adran Diwylliant, y Cyfryngau a Chwaraeon, yr Athro Elan Closs-Stephens, Cyfarwyddwr Anweithredol yn Llywodraeth Cymru, a’r Athro Heather Stevens, Sylfaenydd a Chadeirydd Ymddiriedolwyr Sefydliad Waterloo.
The selection panel for this appointment was chaired by Kathryn Bishop, Interim First Civil Service Commissioner. Panel members were Sir Jeremy Heywood, Head of the UK Civil Service and Cabinet Secretary, Sue Owen, Permanent Secretary Department for Culture Media & Sport, Professor Elan Closs-Stephens, Non-Executive Director at Welsh Government and Professor Heather Stevens, Founder and Chair of Trustees – The Waterloo Foundation.