Frank Cushnahan was appointed Chairman of the Board in 1998 having been a Board member since 1991. He is a banker by profession and is self-employed as a Financial and Management Consultant undertaking major financial and restructuring projects for both Government and the private sector. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, the Commercial Projects Committee and Belfast Harbour Pension Fund.

In addition to his extensive business interests, he is actively engaged in promoting and developing hi-tech industry in Northern Ireland and is a Director of Northern Ireland Science Park (Holdings) Ltd. a company established to develop a new science park in Belfast.

Frank was awarded a C.B.E. in the 2001 New Year’s Honours for his services to the Northern Ireland economy.

Councillor Alan Crowe is an elected member of Belfast City Council and was appointed to the Board in August 2002. He was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast in 2001 and is a member of several Belfast City Council committees.

Among his outside interests, he is a director of the Association of Port Health Authorities (UK) and is a school governor.

Alan is a member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee.

Councillor Ian Crozier is an elected member of Belfast City Council and was appointed to the Board in August 2002. He is a member of several Belfast City Council committees and is heavily involved in economic regeneration in North Belfast through his Chairmanship of North Belfast Partnership.

Ian is a member of the Safety and Environmental Committee.

Mark Finlay was appointed to the Board in January 2002. He is a Chartered Surveyor by profession and is a Director of the Scarborough Development plc and Managing Director of Scarborough Developments Ireland with responsibility for operations in Ireland and Scotland. He is also a member of the Economic Policy Committee of the Institute of Directors in Northern Ireland.

Mark is a member of the Safety and Environmental Committee and the Commercial Projects Committee.

Michael McAree was appointed to the Board in January 2002. He is Trading Director of W&R Barnett Limited, a major importer of grain and animal feeds and holds directorships in several associated companies. He is also Secretary of the Belfast Harbour Users Group.

Michael is a member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee and the Safety and Environmental Committee.

Councillor Fra McCann is an elected member of Belfast City Council and was appointed to the Board in September 2001. He is a member of several Belfast City Council committees and is a school governor.

Fra is a member of the Board of Belfast Harbour Pension Fund Limited.

Councillor Pat McCarthy is an elected member of Belfast City Council and was appointed to the Board in September 2002. In addition to membership of several Belfast City Council committees, Councillor McCarthy is a member of South Belfast Partnership Board and the Belfast Education and Library Board, and is a school governor.

Pat is a member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee.

Joe McCusker is a full time official of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union and was appointed to the Board in January 2002. He is also a member of the Translink Community Partnership Board.

Joe is a member of the Safety and Environmental Committee and a member of the Board of Belfast Harbour Pension Fund Limited.

Mary McMahon is a self-employed social policy researcher and was appointed to the Board in November 2002. She is a member of a number of voluntary community organisations concerned with social justice, poverty, marginalisation and exclusion.

Mary is a member of the Safety and Environmental Committee.

Dick Milliken, a Chartered Accountant by profession, was appointed to the Board in January 2002. He is director of a number of companies including Almac Sciences Ltd, First Active plc, Gartmore Irish Growth Fund plc and Andrews Holdings Ltd and is a former Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Dick is Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Commercial Projects Committee.

Dr Moloney is a marketing and business development consultant and has been a Board member since 1998. She is a director of the Northern Ireland Education Foundation at the University of Ulster.

Maria is Chair of the Safety and Environmental Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee.

Steve Pollard was appointed to the Board in November 2002. His interests lie in community economic regeneration and in particular in enterprise development and employment/employability. He is currently Project Director of Conexus, a training solutions organisation affiliated to Castlereagh College.

Steve is a member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee.

Ross Reid is a Chartered Accountant by profession with a background in freight transport, warehousing and distribution. He was appointed to the Board in January 2002. He is Chairman and Managing Director of Interfrigo Limited and Managing Director of both Antrim Warehousing and Distribution Services Limited and Greentrac Limited.

Ross is a member of Remuneration Committee and the Commercial Projects Committee.

David Russell was appointed to the Board in January 2002. He retired as Chief Executive of Hampden Group plc in 2000 and is currently Chairman of the Eastern Health and Social Services Board and Ulster Supported Employment Limited. In addition, he is a Council member of the University of Ulster, a member of the Northern Ireland Advisory Committee to the London Stock Exchange and a Director of Portaferry Regeneration Limited.

David is a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Corporate Governance and Audit Committee and the Commercial Projects Committee.