Experienced Director and communications consultant with long, private & voluntary board experience across a range of sectors. Now a Director of Cavendish having completed the sale in March 2024 of MCE, the company he founded in 2006. Professional skills in Government Relations, Integrated Marketing & Public Relations, Change Management, Public Affairs, Digital Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Corporate Responsibility/ESG, Crisis Communications, Mediation, Facilitation, Public Policy and Public Speaking. Irish News columnist on business matters. Deep interest in the arts and urban, heritage and economic development, having served as founding Chairman of the Cathedral Quarter Trust in Belfast until 2021. Also former Chairman of environmental regeneration social enterprise, Groundwork NI, and a Director of the Colin Glen Trust. Currently a Director of Destination Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District, having served as its founding Chairman (2016-22). Also member of the steering committee of the Antrim GAA fundraising network, Saffron Business Forum, having played and coached for the last 40 years.