Brendan Mullan is a Chartered Director by profession and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors; his academic background includes a degree in business administration and accountancy from Queen’s University, the Irish Peace Institute Management Fellowship and the German Marshall Fellowship to the USA.Brendan was a founding director of Business in the Community in Northern Ireland in 1989 and in 1995 he became UK managing director, based in London, with responsibility for leading the organisation’s work in economic regeneration.In 1998 he returned to Northern Ireland to take up the challenge of establishing Investment Belfast and to give expression to the promoter’s (Belfast City Council) vision of creating a vehicle for the city which would draw together the combined energy of business and political leaders to promote business development and investment in the city. In December 2006 he joined Andras House Ltd. a property development and hospitality company as General Manager. In January 2008 he became an independent consultant.Specialisms: Corporate Governance, Strategic Planning, Interim Management, Social Enterprise and Financial Management/Control.In April 2017 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA).