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Rhys Morris

Welsh event host, MC and compere; CEO and founder of TRM Flex

Thomas Rhys Morris (born July 1989), known professionally as Rhys Morris, is a Welsh event host, master of ceremonies, compere, live interviewer and singer, and the chief executive and founder of TRM Flex, an event operations platform for the UK events industry.[6][11] He hosted the Welsh Rugby Union’s Official Members Club on international match days in Cardiff for twelve consecutive seasons, from 2014 to 2026,[2][3] and in 2023 was named by Eventex among the 50 Most Influential People in the Events Industry in the UK.[4] Before founding TRM Flex he planned and delivered conferences, summits and events across Europe, the Middle East, Australia and the United States, including cyber-security summits for the SANS Institute in twelve cities.[30] Based in Essex, he works across London and the United Kingdom.[1]

Early life and education

Morris was born in July 1989 and grew up in south Wales.[7][9] He studied music at Cardiff University, where he trained as a bass-baritone under the vocal tutor Kelvin Thomas, the Welsh National Opera bass-baritone who taught vocal studies at the university for many years.[1][21] A 2013 profile by Cardiff University’s student publication alt.cardiff described him as a Cardiff graduate running a music agency for venues and musicians across south Wales.[5] The initials TRM, used across his later businesses, stand for Thomas Rhys Morris.[5]

Career

Music and events businesses (2013–2024)

In 2013, at the age of twenty-four, Morris founded TRM Music Agency, which supplied live music to events, festivals and venues across Wales and the wider UK.[10][5][16] In August 2014 he launched Castlefest UK, a three-day live music and food festival with three nights of camping, held from Friday to Sunday in the grounds of Weobley Castle on the Gower peninsula near Swansea.[34][20] The festival ran on three stages: a Main Stage overlooking the Llanrhidian salt marshes for the headline acts, a Castle Stage inside the medieval castle for classical and folk, and, from 2015, a Secret Stage hidden in the grounds.[35] More than fifty acts played across the three editions, spanning blues, rock, pop, jazz, classical and folk, with Weobley Castle’s own Gower Salt Marsh Lamb served on site and a dedicated family field.[37][34] The second edition, on 21 to 23 August 2015, added a stage and a local stall area and named Wales Air Ambulance as its charity of choice; the festival also supported the charity Cardia.[34][36][31] The third and final edition at Weobley Castle ran from 19 to 21 August 2016, sold out, and was previewed by the South Wales Evening Post and What’s On Swansea.[32][39][40][33] Its operating company, Castlefest UK Ltd, was incorporated in September 2015 with Will Pritchard as co-director.[9] A logistics and production arm, TRM Productions, ran the operational side of the festivals while the agency supplied the talent; it was later incorporated as TRM Productions Ltd in June 2020 and dissolved in May 2024.[10][8]

Morris has said that running both the supply and the logistics of live events, and repeatedly seeing enquiries lose detail between sales and delivery, was the origin of the thinking behind TRM Flex.[10]

WRU Official Members Club (2014–2026)

From 2014 to 2026 Morris was the host of the WRU Official Members Club, the Welsh Rugby Union’s members’ matchday experience in Cardiff, presenting on international match days for twelve consecutive seasons.[2][3] The format combined a Welsh welcome from a male voice choir, live on-stage interviews with international players, hospitality and a raffle that became a tradition of the club.[3]

His interview guests at the club included Shane Williams, Dan Biggar, Mike Phillips (a four-time guest), Leigh Halfpenny, Liam Williams, Jamie Roberts, George North, Adam Jones, Dan Lydiate, Josh Navidi, Aaron Shingler, Tom Shanklin, Josh Adams and Dewi Lake, the international referee Ben Whitehouse, and Wales women’s internationals, alongside grassroots, deaf and wheelchair rugby players.[18][2] To mark ten years in the role he was presented with a custom Wales jersey by Shane Williams.[2][19] Nick Lockley, the WRU’s Debenture and Commercial Ticketing Manager, has described him as “the life and soul” of the club and credited him with much of its longevity.[2]

International event delivery

Morris built his operational reputation delivering large corporate programmes internationally. As EMEA Summits Events Manager at the SANS Institute, the cyber-security training organisation, he planned and organised its summits and training events across Europe and the Middle East, developing the event strategy, executing the logistics and running the teams on the ground, in London and across the UK, Paris, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Prague, Milan, Lisbon, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.[29][30]

He went on to plan and deliver health and wellbeing events globally, including in Melbourne, Los Angeles and across the UK, and flexible-workspace events in the UK and Germany.[1] Across these programmes he held responsibility for the full cycle of each event: strategy, planning, supplier and venue logistics, budgets and on-site leadership.[1]

The Office Group and TOG Talks

Alongside his hosting work, Morris was Head of Events at The Office Group (TOG), the London flexible-workspace provider that merged with Fora in 2022, and was credited with that title when Eventex published its 2023 list.[4][14] At TOG he ran TOG Talks, the company’s members’ speaker series, hosting the evenings, interviewing guests and leading its panels.[17][19] His later corporate title with the merged business was Corporate Event Lead at Fora.[17]

Corporate hosting, interviewing and panels

Morris works as a corporate MC and compere for conferences, awards ceremonies, gala and charity dinners, product launches and sports dinners across London, Essex and the UK, and as a live interviewer and panel moderator, leading fireside chats with athletes, founders and chief executives.[1][18] On 17 June 2026 he appeared as a panellist at the London Christmas Party Show at Protein Studios, Shoreditch, in the session “How to Effectively Use AI in Events”, alongside Hannah Barry and Taran O’Doherty, hosted by Alex Morrisroe.[12][13] He also records voice-over.[1]

TRM Flex (2026–present)

Morris is the chief executive and founder of TRM Flex, an event operations platform for venues, agencies and in-house event teams. TRM Flex Limited was incorporated on 13 March 2026 with Morris as its sole director; Companies House classifies the company under business and domestic software development.[6][7] The platform turns an event enquiry into a structured brief, then connects verified staff and suppliers on transparent commercial terms, positioning itself as the “missing layer” between a client’s existing CRM, property-management, ticketing and marketing systems and the delivery of the event itself.[11][10] Morris has argued that the product’s distinguishing feature is that it was designed by an operator who ran events rather than by software developers who had not.[10]

PocketPadel

Morris is also the founder of PocketPadel, a padel app that scores, films and settles matches and connects playing groups and communities.[15][16] He has described his ventures as one connected ecosystem: PocketPadel builds communities, those communities run events, and TRM Flex powers those events.[16]

Singing and performance

A trained bass-baritone, Morris studied singing at Cardiff University under Kelvin Thomas.[1][21] While training he won the Can You Sing? competition, judged by a panel that included the Welsh soprano Rebecca Evans.[1][22] He was a member of the Ariosa Singers, the Swansea choir founded by Penny Ryan, and toured Europe with the choir as both chorister and soloist.[23] He has also sung with Dunvant Male Choir, Wales’ oldest continuously singing male voice choir, and with choirs in Cardiff.[24]

He held a scholarship with the BBC National Chorus of Wales under its chorus director Adrian Partington, and sang on the Chandos recording of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s opera Ivanhoe, recorded with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under David Lloyd-Jones at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, in June 2009 and released in 2010, on which the chorus is credited as the Adrian Partington Singers.[1][27][28]

On the operatic stage he created the role of Mr Darcy in the premiere of Pride and Prejudice, the opera composed by fellow Cardiff music student Guy Withers and staged by the Cardiff University Opera Society that Withers founded; Withers went on to train at the Royal Academy of Music and to become chief executive and artistic director of the Waterperry Opera Festival.[1][25][26] Away from classical repertoire he fronts the covers band The Other Guys.[1] Today he performs at festivals, corporate events and hospitality, and frequently combines hosting and singing in a single booking, opening or closing an event with a live vocal moment.[1]

Recognition

  • 2009: scholarship holder with the BBC National Chorus of Wales; sang on the Chandos recording of Sullivan’s Ivanhoe at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.[27]
  • 2023: named in Eventex’s The 50 Most Influential People in the Events Industry in the UK, a list voted for by the events community, listed as Head of Events, The Office Group.[4]
  • 2024: presented with a custom Wales jersey by Shane Williams to mark ten years hosting the WRU Official Members Club.[2]

Personal life

Morris lives in Billericay, Essex, and works across London and the UK.[17][1] Outside events he is a buy-to-let property investor.[16]

References

  1. Rhys Morris, “About Rhys Morris”, rhysmorris.com. rhysmorris.com/about/
  2. Rhys Morris, “Hosting the WRU Official Members Club, 2014–2026”, rhysmorris.com. rhysmorris.com/welsh-rugby-host/
  3. Rhys Morris, “12 Years Hosting the WRU Official Members Club”, Journal, 8 February 2026. rhysmorris.com/blog/wru-members-club-host-12-years/
  4. Eventex Awards, “The Most Influential People in the Events Industry for 2023: The 50 Most Influential People in the Events Industry in the UK”, listing Rhys Morris, Head of Events, The Office Group. eventex.com/people2023
  5. “Cardiff character: Rhys Morris”, alt.cardiff, Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture, 2013. www.jomec.co.uk/altcardiff/uncategorized/cardiff-character-rhys-morris
  6. Companies House, TRM Flex Limited, company number 17090539, incorporated 13 March 2026. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/17090539
  7. Companies House, TRM Flex Limited, officers: Thomas Rhys Morris, director, appointed 13 March 2026. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/17090539/officers
  8. Companies House, TRM Productions Ltd, company number 12638932, director Thomas Rhys Morris appointed 2 June 2020; dissolved 7 May 2024. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12638932/officers
  9. Companies House, Castlefest UK Ltd, company number 09773771, incorporated 11 September 2015, registered at Weobley Castle, Llanrhidian, Swansea; directors Thomas Rhys Morris and Will Pritchard. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09773771/officers
  10. Rhys Morris, “Built From the Ground Up: How Running Events Became TRM Flex”, Journal, 25 February 2026. rhysmorris.com/blog/how-trm-flex-was-built/
  11. TRM Flex, “The Event Operations Platform”. www.trmflex.com/
  12. PA Life, “A must-attend showcase for event professionals: The London Christmas Party Show 2026”, 8 April 2026 (16–17 June 2026, Protein Studios, Shoreditch; seminar “How to Effectively Use AI in Events”). palife.co.uk/news/events/a-must-attend-showcase-for-event-professionals-the-london-christmas-party-show-2026/
  13. London Christmas Party Show, official site. www.londonchristmaspartyshow.com/
  14. Fora, “TOG members’ update”, on the merger of TOG and Fora and the members’ programme of panel talks and events. www.foraspace.com/members-update/tog-members-update
  15. PocketPadel, official site. pocketpadel.co.uk/
  16. Rhys Morris, “Ventures”, rhysmorris.com. rhysmorris.com/ventures/
  17. Rhys Morris, LinkedIn profile. www.linkedin.com/in/rhys-morris/
  18. Rhys Morris, “Live Interviewer & Fireside Chat Host”, rhysmorris.com (interview guests at the WRU Official Members Club). rhysmorris.com/interviewer/
  19. Rhys Morris, “Photo Gallery”, rhysmorris.com. rhysmorris.com/gallery/
  20. Castlefest UK, official account on X (joined July 2014); Castlefest UK returned to Weobley Castle 19–21 August 2016. x.com/CastlefestUK
  21. Welsh National Opera, “Kelvin Thomas”, artist profile (bass-baritone; taught vocal studies at Cardiff University). wno.org.uk/profile/kelvin-thomas/
  22. Welsh National Opera, “Rebecca Evans”, artist profile. wno.org.uk/profile/rebecca-evans/
  23. The Ariosa Singers, official site (Swansea youth choir founded in 2006 by Penny Ryan OBE; concert tours including Paris, Venice and Dublin). ariosasingers.com
  24. Dunvant Male Voice Choir, “About us” (formed 1895; Wales’ oldest continuously singing male voice choir). dunvantchoir.wales/about-us/
  25. Cardiff University, “The Music alum inspiring the next generation of young artists” (Guy Verrall-Withers, BMus 2013, founded the University’s Opera Society; a student performance of Pride and Prejudice set him on course to a career in producing). cardiff.ac.uk/stories/the-music-alum-inspiring-the-next-generation-of-young-artists
  26. Country & Town House, “‘You can have a pint and then watch an opera’: interview with Guy Withers, CEO of Waterperry Opera Festival”. countryandtownhouse.com/culture/guy-withers-waterperry-opera-festival-ceo-interview/
  27. Presto Music, “Sullivan: Ivanhoe”, Chandos CHAN 10578(3): BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Adrian Partington Singers, David Lloyd-Jones; recorded 24–28 June 2009, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff; released February 2010. prestomusic.com/classical/products/7983835--sullivan-a-ivanhoe
  28. The Classical Source, “Sullivan’s Ivanhoe”, review of the Chandos recording. classicalsource.com/cd/sullivans-ivanhoe/
  29. SANS Institute, “Cyber Security Events in EMEA”. sans.org/cyber-security-events/emea
  30. Rhys Morris (@RhysM_SANS), EMEA Summits Events Manager, SANS Institute, profile on X. x.com/rhysm_sans
  31. Metal Wales, “Castlefest UK II”, 5 June 2015 (21–23 August 2015 at Weobley Castle, Gower; rock, folk, pop and classical over three stages; £50 for three days of music and food). metalwales.com/2015/06/05/castlefest-uk-ii/
  32. Metal Wales, “Castlefest 2016 is Go!”, 16 September 2015 (Castlefest UK returns to Weobley Castle, 19–21 August 2016). metalwales.com/2015/09/16/castlefest-2016-is-go/
  33. Castlefest UK, official Facebook page (“Final day of Castlefest UK 2016 … Will Pritchard & Rhys Morris”). facebook.com/CastlefestUK
  34. Castlefest UK, “Festival Info: Encore for Castlefest!”, castlefestuk.com, 2015 (archived): “After an amazing weekend last August at Castlefest … The second live music festival to be held at Weobley Castle will take place on the 21st till the 23rd of August 2015 … an additional stage being added to the line up, along with a local stall area.” web.archive.org (castlefestuk.com/festival-info.html)
  35. Castlefest UK, “The Stages”, castlefestuk.com, 2015 (archived): the Main Stage overlooking the salt marshes, the Castle Stage inside Weobley Castle for classical to folk, and a new Secret Stage. web.archive.org (castlefestuk.com/the-stages.html)
  36. Castlefest UK, “Air Ambulance: Chosen Charity”, castlefestuk.com, 2015 (archived): Wales Air Ambulance named 2015 Charity of Choice, with fundraising manager Mark Stevens quoted. web.archive.org (castlefestuk.com/air-ambulance.html)
  37. Castlefest UK, “Line Up 2015”, castlefestuk.com (archived): thirty acts including JayCee, Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters, Tom Auton, The Raspberry Jam and Other Guys. web.archive.org (castlefestuk.com/line-up-2015.html)
  38. Castlefest UK, “Sponsors”, castlefestuk.com, 2015 (archived), naming Rhys Morris and William Pritchard as the festival’s contacts. web.archive.org (castlefestuk.com/sponsors-.html)
  39. Castlefest UK, “Tickets”, castlefestuk.com, 2016 (archived): weekend ticket with three nights’ camping £55, family weekend £110, under-12s free; marked sold out. web.archive.org (castlefestuk.com/tickets.html)
  40. South Wales Evening Post, “Picturesque Weobley Castle to host summer music and food festival”, April 2016, as shared by Castlefest UK on Facebook on 1 April 2016 (“Castlefest UK has just hit the South Wales Evening Post with this wonderful article!”). facebook.com/CastlefestUK

This page is maintained by Rhys Morris and follows an encyclopaedic format. Every statement is referenced to a public source. Last updated 25 September 2026.