Len O’Hagan was appointed Chairman of Belfast Harbour Commissioners in December 2006 and has been reappointed for a further term of four years.

Len has held senior positions in a number of international public companies including CEO of Fitzwilton Plc, Managing Director in the Jefferson Smurfit Group and Chairman of Safeway Ireland.

Len is currently the Chairman of OHC Corporate Advisers Ltd a business consultancy company, Chairman of Rockingham Motor Circuit, Chairman of The MAC - The Metropolitan Arts Centre, and a Champion for Arts and Business Northern Ireland. He is Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Down and Vice President of the Ireland US Council.

Roy Adair was appointed Chief Executive of Belfast Harbour Commissioners in 2005. Roy’s career began in a number of engineering and manufacturing roles with Rothmans International before his appointment as Director and General Manager of Flexibox International, a multinational firm serving the oil industry. He became the first Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Quality Centre (a non profit focused on business excellence) in 1990 and joined the NASDAQ quoted electronics group DDL Inc in 1994 to run Irlandus Circuits, a company which he subsequently bought from the Group in 1999.

Roy has been involved as a non-executive in a range of organisations which currently include the Prince’s Trust, Business in the Community, UK Major Ports Group and Invest Northern Ireland. He was appointed HRH Prince of Wales Ambassador for Corporate Social Responsibility in Northern Ireland in May 2007, is President Emeritus of the General Stevedoring Council, chairs the Diaspora initiative NI Connections and is a member of The US Economic Envoy’s Working Group.

Noel Brady was appointed to the Board in 2008. Noel is Managing Director of Consult Nb1 Limited, a business development consultancy which he founded in 2004 that provides executive support services to international and national clients. Following an early career in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Noel held key senior management positions with CFM Group Ltd, ICL and Sx3, providing over 36 years experience of working in both the public and private sectors. He is an Honorary Fellow and Chairman of the Sales Institute of Ireland. Noel has recently been appointed as Chairman of the Corporate Fund Raising Committee of the Simon Community in Northern Ireland.

Councillor David Browne is an elected member of Belfast City Council. He was appointed to the Board in July 2005. In addition to being the former High Sheriff of Belfast, Councillor Browne is a member of several Belfast City Council Committees and Chairman of Grove Housing Association. He was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2008.

Dr Trefor Campbell was appointed to the Board in 2008. Trefor was formerly Non Executive Chairman of Moy Park Ltd. Trefor is Patron and N.I. Council Member of the Prince’s Trust, Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Agriculture, a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts & Commerce and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Poulters.

Peter Curistan was appointed to the Board in 2008. A chartered accountant by profession, Peter is Chairman of Sheridan Group, which he founded in 1989. The Group, which is specialised in mixed-use development with a particular emphasis on leisure and entertainment, has property interests in Belfast, Dublin and Bournemouth. A former IOD ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, Peter is a visiting Professor at the N.I. Centre for Entrepreneurship (NICENT) in the University of Ulster and holds an honorary Doctorate from Queens University Belfast, conferred for his contribution to the economic life of Northern Ireland.

Peter Dixon was appointed to the Board in 2008. With a career spent within the gas industry, Peter is currently Group Chief Executive of Phoenix Energy Holdings Ltd. Peter holds a number of Board positions within the Holding Group. He is Chairman of the Energy for Children Charitable Trust, a Board Member of Business in the Community and Chairman of Arena Network. He is also a Lord Taverner and Board member of Men against Cancer.

Ronnie Foreman was appointed to the Board in January 2005. Ronnie is Chairman of several organisations including Eaga (Heat) Ireland Plc and SIAC (NI) Ltd. He is NI Ambassador for the Haven Charity and also self-employed as a Business Development Consultant. Ronnie was formerly Chairman of the Statistics Advisory Committee, Board Member of ENCOUNTER and owner of Alpha Controls Ltd.

Councillor Danny Lavery is an elected member of Belfast City Council. He was appointed to the Board of Belfast Harbour Commissioners in July 2008. Councillor Lavery is a member of numerous Council Committees including the Development Committee and the Strategic Policy & Resources Committee. He is Chairman of the Town Planning Committee, a member of the Titanic Quarter Working Group, the North Belfast Partnership Board and a Board member of the Belfast Education & Library Board (BELB). In 2009 Councillor Lavery was elected Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast.

Mary McMahon is a self-employed social policy researcher. She is a member of a number of voluntary community organisations concerned with social justice, poverty, marginalisation and exclusion.

Councillor Mullaghan is an elected member of Belfast City Council. He was appointed to the Board of Belfast Harbour Commissioners in August 2010. Councillor Mullaghan is a member of several Belfast City Council committees and was the former chair of the Health and Environment committee. Councillor Mullaghan is also a non executive director on the Board of the Public Health Agency and on the Board of Libraries Northern Ireland. He also sits on the Board of Governors of Hazelwood Integrated College.

Steve is Managing Director of Janus Training & Development Ltd and a Director of Creative Exchange Ltd. He is currently employed within Ulster Business School, University of Ulster where he lectures in Management Development. Steve is actively involved in a number of community economic development initiatives and research in the area of entrepreneurship and enterprise development.

Ross Reed is a Chartered Accountant by profession with a background in freight transport, warehousing and distribution. He is Chairman and MD of Interfrigo Ltd and MD of Antrim Warehousing & Distribution Services Ltd. Ross is also a Director of the Leuven Institute for Ireland and Europe.

Councillor David Rodway is an elected member of Belfast City Council. Councillor Rodway, a retired Aquaculture Consultant, was appointed to the Board of Belfast Harbour Commissioners in 2007. In addition to being a member of a number of Belfast City Council Committees, Councillor Rodway is also on the Board of Governors of the Belfast Metropolitan College and sits on its Finance and Resources committees. He is also part of the Nomadic Trust and sits on the Board of the Ulster Orchestra. He is involved in NILGA as part of the Executive Committee and also is the Chair of the Economic Development Committee.

David Russell is a Non Executive Director of Phoenix Natural Gas Limited and Portaferry Regeneration Limited and is an Independent Board Member of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.