NI Chamber Welcomes New Council Members

Alan Campbell was appointed as managing director of SONI in October 2020. He joined SONI in July 2017 as head of Grid Infrastructure Projects and Connections from ESB, where he was responsible for managing Coolkeeragh Power Station in the North-West. Alan graduated from Queen’s University Belfast with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and began his career at AstraZeneca in England before joining ESB. He has more than 20 years’ experience working in the electricity industry.

At the most recent AGM, NI Chamber welcomed eight new council members. Senior figures from member companies in a range of sectors, they will each play an important consultative role in helping NI Chamber to shape its policy priorities and direction.

Ashleen is responsible for pursuing new growth opportunities for KPMG in the Northern Ireland market across Corporates, Government and Enterprise. A fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland, she is a member of KPMG’s Private Enterprise Team and has worked extensively with many of Northern Ireland’s family-owned construction, engineering and development businesses.

John is the special truck engineering manager for the European facilities of Hyster-Yale spanning Craigavon, Masate (Italy) and Nijmegen (Holland) and is responsible for delivering an industryleading range of forklift solutions to a network of global customers. John graduated with a MEng in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering from QUB and joined the Hyster-Yale Group in 2011 having previously worked in the aerospace industry.

Dr Theresa Donaldson is chair of Belfast Harbour. She is also vice chair of the Eirgrid Group and chair of SONI, as well as a being a member of the LCJ Solicitors’ Disciplinary Panel and a Board member of the Centre for Effective Services. She previously held non-Executive positions with NI Equality Commission and the NI Health and Social Care Board.

John Keogh is the senior director of Seagate Quality Systems. He joined Seagate Technology in 1997 and has held management roles in a variety of positions with the company including Supply Chain, Manufacturing Ops and Business Excellence. For the past three years he has held the role of director of Wafer Quality systems with responsibility for ensuring the deployment of systems that meet customer requirements and driving excellence at Seagate.

Paul is currently managing director of Sepha Limited, which specialises in providing engineering and packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. He has a particular focus on company purpose and strategy, commercial success, product management and managing the full P&L. An Executive MBA graduate from Trinity College Dublin and a Biomedical Engineering undergraduate from University of Ulster, he has held commercial and management positions in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries for the last 17 years.

Kieran is managing director at Morrow Communications, where he has worked since 2005. He delivers strategic communication advice and support to many leading business and public sector organisations and plays a vital role in the company’s evolution and growth, championing its integrated communications offering. Kieran has nearly 30 years’ experience across all aspects of integrated communications, including Corporate and B2B PR, Media Relations, Crisis Communications, Public Affairs, Marketing Communications and Community Relations.

Tiarnán is the group finance director for the Galgorm Collection, playing a leading role in the strategic direction of one of Northern Ireland’s most successful locally owned hospitality groups. He joined the Group in 2019, having previously been chief operating officer of the Diocese of Down and Connor.

Tiarnán is also a non-executive director for Trócaire and a committee member for Chartered Accountants Ulster Society.