Wrth benodi’r Comisiynydd, fe wnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru gynnull panel o bobl hŷn, a enwebwyd gan aelodau o’r Fforwm Partneriaeth Cenedlaethol Pobl Hŷn ar gyfer Cymru ac a oedd yn cynrychioli oedrannau a chefndiroedd amrywiol. Cynhaliodd y panel ei gyfweliadau a’i broses ddethol ei hun, gan brofi gallu’r ymgeiswyr ar y rhestr fer i uniaethu â bywydau bob dydd pob mathau o bobl hŷn yng Nghymru. Wedi hynny, fe wnaeth dau o’i aelodau ymuno â’r panel dethol ffurfiol gan gyfrannu’n llawn at ei benderfyniadau. Rwy’n hynod ddiolchgar i’r holl aelodau am roi mor hael o’u hamser a’u profiad wrth gyfrannu at y broses benodi. Hoffwn ddiolch hefyd i’r Aelodau Cynulliad o’n gwahanol bleidiau gwleidyddol, ynghyd â’r ddau aelod o’r panel pobl hŷn, a oedd yn rhan o’r panel cyfweld ffurfiol yr oeddwn i’n gadeirydd arno.
In appointing the Commissioner, the Welsh Government brought together a panel of older people, nominated by members of the National Partnership Forum for Older People in Wales and representing a variety of different ages and backgrounds. The panel held its own interviewing and selection exercise and tested the abilities of the shortlisted candidates to relate to the realities of life for all kinds of older people in Wales. Two of its members then joined the formal selection panel and contributed fully to its deliberations. I am very grateful to all members for giving so freely of their time and experience in contributing to the appointment process. I also thank Assembly Members from across our different political parties, together with the two members of the older people’s panel, who sat on the formal interview panel which I chaired.