Board & Council
As an organisation which depends on member companies for its influence and much of its revenue, it is essential that the Chamber offers excellent professional services to them that they value. Our team strive to deliver for the membership on every level. Please feel free to contact any of us through the ‘contact us’ section of the website and we will do our utmost to help promote your business.

Paul Murnaghan
President
BT
Appointed to the Head of Central and Local Government NI in 2013, he became the Regional Director of BT Enterprise NI in January 2017. Paul has been with BT since 2004, joining through the acquisition of BIC Systems. Before joining BT, Paul held a number positions in the IT industry including BIS Beecom, 1991, moving from there to Parity and on to BIC Systems in 1998.

Gillian McAuley
Vice-President
Devenish Nutrition
Gillian joined Devenish as the Group HR Director in 2015. Gillian was born in Northern Ireland but grew up in Canada where she worked as a Barrister and Solicitor specialising in employment law prior to returning to Northern Ireland in 2001. After returning to NI, Gillian worked for the Viridian Group (now Energia Group) for 14 years in various HR roles eventually becoming the HR Director in 2011. In a voluntary capacity, she sits on the Board of NOW Group and the Governance, Nominations and Remuneration Committee of Ulster University. Gillian is married with two teenage sons.
Board

Paul Murnaghan
BT

Gillian McAuley
Devenish Nutrition

Ann McGregor
NI Chamber

Peter Russell
Telefónica

Andrea McIlroy-Rose
Pinsent Masons

Cathal Geoghegan
Henderson Foodservice

John Healy
Allstate Northern Ireland

Ian Henry
Henry Brothers

Vicky Davies
Danske Bank

Michael Kidd
EY

Brendan Gribben
Greenfields Ireland
Council

Paul Murnaghan
BT

Gillian McAuley
Devenish Nutrition

Mark Ennis
SSE

Colin Jess
Social Enterprise NI

Cathal Geoghegan
Henderson Foodservice

Prof Gillian Armstrong
Ulster University Business School

Patrick Anderson
Translink

Brendan Gribben
Greenfields Ireland

Mary Rose Burke
Dublin Chamber of Commerce

David Watson
Ryobi

Ronan McKeown
NIE Networks

Eddie McGoldrick
PowerOn Technologies Ltd

Gareth Bradley
Balcas

Paul Cassidy
Allstate NI

Vicky Davies
Danske Bank

Ann McGregor
NI Chamber

Andrea McIlroy-Rose
Pinsent Masons

Michael Kidd
EY

Andrew Coggins
CBRE

Nigel Walsh
Ulster Bank

Tara Pollock
BT

Jonathan Ireland
Lanyon Group

Leigh Yeaman
Investec Wealth & Investment

Peter Russell
Telefónica

Natasha Sayee
SONI

Claire Reid
4c

Shauna Burns
Beyond Business Travel

Seamus McGuckin
AIB

Stephen Roycroft
krow Ireland

Andrew Robinson
Boomer

Lorna McAdoo
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William Steele
Power NI

Michael Woods
Woodside Global

Gerard Armstrong
Carson McDowell

Gerry Kindlon
Seagate

Joanne Clague
Queen's University Belfast

Nuala Jackson
Mercer

Brian Dolaghan
Invest NI

John Healy
Allstate Northern Ireland

Stephen Staerke
Selective Travel Management

Hilary Griffith
Cleaver Fulton Rankin

Ian Henry
Henry Group

Cara Haffey
PwC

John Poole
KPMG