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New Names On NI Chamber Council NI Chamber’s recent Annual General Meeting not only saw Gillian McAuley, Group HR director of Devenish Nutrition, appointed as president of NI Chamber, but also the appointment of Cathal Geoghegan (Henderson Foodservice) as vicepresident and a number of new members appointed to the NI Chamber Council.
Aisling Byrne, A&L Goodbody Aisling Byrne is a solicitor with over 20 years’ experience as an employment and data lawyer and she is a partner in A&L Goodbody. Aisling is qualified to practise law in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. She is treasurer of the Employment Lawyers Group in Northern Ireland and the NI rep on the Employment Lawyers Association of Ireland committee. She is also a volunteer and voluntary board member of a local charity.
Damian Duffy, Belfast Metropolitan College Damian is the director of Partnerships and Sustainability for Belfast Metropolitan College where he is responsible for all external partnerships and employer engagement. He has over 30 years’ experience working across the public sector both as a senior manager and consultant in the UK and internationally. Since joining Belfast Met in 2011 he has taken the lead on developing innovative solutions in skills, apprenticeships and employability, securing a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for creating a Digital Talent Pipeline in February 2020.
Orlagh O’Neill, Carson McDowell Orlagh O’Neill is partner and head of the employment team at Carson McDowell. Since qualification in 1998, Orlagh has specialised in employment law and has advised some of Northern Ireland’s largest and best-known companies, including Royal Mail Group, Translink, Queen’s University, Ulster University, Phoenix Natural Gas and Belfast Harbour Commissioners. Orlagh is a committee member and vice chair of the Employment Lawyers Group of Northern Ireland, a member of both the UK and Irish Employment Law Groups (ELA and ELAI) and a regular speaker at annual employment law update conferences.
Noyona Chundur, Consumer Council of Northern Ireland Noyona Chundur is chief executive of the Consumer Council of Northern Ireland, the statutory body responsible for championing and protecting the interests of its citizens. She leads an organisation with statutory powers in energy, transport, water and sewerage, post, food accessibility and financial exclusion, and with responsibility for educating and empowering consumers against discriminatory practices in UK markets. She is also chair of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, one of Northern Ireland’s leading arts festivals.
George Higginson, Bank of Ireland UK George joined Bank of Ireland UK in October 2019. George has particular expertise in the UK mortgage and wealth markets, where he held roles at both board and CEO level. Recognised as being at the forefront of change in financial services from both a commercial and regulation perspective, George was also CEO of Alpha Beta Partners. He held a senior management role as CEO of Sesame Bankhall Group and was a founding director of Intrinsic Financial Services.
Fiacre O’Donnell, Vidrala Group (Encirc) Fiacre joined Encirc in 1998. Having held various roles in planning, sales, marketing and sustainability, he was appointed sustainability director of Encirc’s Spanish-based parent company, Vidrala, in 2020. He is a member of both the BITC environmental leadership and climate champions teams, and is a member of the NI Chamber Infrastructure committee.
Judith Savage, EY Sitting within EY’s business consulting team, Judith leads the transformation architecture practice across the island of Ireland which specialises in supporting clients to re-imagine business models and to design and deliver complex transformation programmes. With 20 years’ combined consulting and industry experience, Judith works with clients across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on government and public sector.
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