Members of Economic Development Forum

Name Organisation Website
Arlene Foster MLA
Chairperson
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment www.detini.gov.uk
David Sterling
Deputy Chairman
Permanent Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment www.detini.gov.uk
Sir Reg Empey MLA Department for Employment and Learning www.delni.gov.uk
Conor Murphy MP MLA Department for Regional Development www.drdni.gov.uk
Mike Brennan Department of Finance and Personnel www.dfpni.gov.uk
Will Haire Permanent Secretary, Department of Education www.deni.gov.uk
Catherine Bell Acting Permanent Secretary, DEL www.delni.gov.uk
Joanne Stuart Institute of Directors www.iod.co.uk
Brian Ambrose Confederation of British Industry www.cbi.org.uk
Bro McFerran NI Chamber of Commerce and Industry www.nicci.co.uk
Jim Sammon Londonderry Chamber of Commerce www.londonderrychamber.co.uk
Bob Barbour Centre for Competitiveness www.cforc.org
Peter Bunting NI Committee/Irish Congress of Trade Unions www.ictuni.org
Jim McCusker NI Committee/Irish Congress of Trade Unions www.ictuni.org
Patricia McKeown NI Committee/Irish Congress of Trade Unions www.ictuni.org
Seamus McAleavey NICVA www.nicva.org
Bob Stronge NICVA www.nicva.org
John Gilliland Ulster's Farmers Union www.ufuni.org
Stephen Kingon Invest NI www.investni.com
Peter McNaney SOLACE www.solace.org.uk
Prof Peter Gregson Queen's University of Belfast www.qub.ac.uk
Trevor Neilands Northern Regional College www.nrc.ac.uk
Wilfred Mitchell OBE Federation of Small Businesses www.fsb.org.uk
Prof Richard Barnett University of Ulster www.ulster.ac.uk
Bill McGinnis Northern Ireland Adviser on Employment and Skills