Appendix 2) Extern Ireland Board of Trustees

Jim Daly

Jim is a self-employed business consultant from Clonakilty, Co Cork. Jim is a qualified teacher and former school principal who is currently completing his studies with the Institute of Directors to become a chartered Director. Jim spent 16 years working as a public representative and announced his intention to retire from politics in 2020 while serving as Minister for Mental Health & Older People. Jim has a keen interest in children’s welfare and education and recently completed studies at UCC in Trauma Informed Care. He is currently a non-executive Director of a number of private and notfor-profit boards as well as providing consultancy services to a wide range of businesses, especially in the health area.

Gerard Campbell

Gerard is the Chief Executive of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, and previously led Colleges NI, the membership body representing the six Regional, Further and Higher Education Colleges in Northern Ireland. Before that, he was Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People. Prior to that, Gerard was the Director of Corporate Services with the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. Gerard is currently the Chair of two small charitable organisations in Antrim and was previously a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair of the Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and a Board Member with Sport Northern Ireland. Gerard is also the independent Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee with the Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland.

Aideen D’Arcy MBE

Aideen was educated at Queen’s and the Ulster Universities. Aideen taught in the post-primary sector before embarking on a career in social housing for over 30 years, specialising in the provision of supported accommodation for vulnerable people. Aideen served on the NI Regional Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul for over 15 years and undertook several initiatives to improve standards of accommodation and service provision of the organisation's homeless facilities throughout Ireland.

Brendan Johnston MBE

Brendan is a social worker and has spent his career in statutory social work in Northern Ireland. He has had experience of many different roles in his career, working in all programmes of care, though mainly in the area of children’s services. In the late ‘90s he worked closely with Extern West, particularly with development of Killadeas, and later Roscor. More recently, Brendan was the first Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Social Care Council and was responsible for establishing the regulation of social care workers in Northern Ireland.

Ian McAvoy

Ian lives in Belfast and was educated at MCB and London University. After graduating in economics Ian studied accountancy. After a spell in practice, he became the Finance Director of a leading Irish brand and was promoted to Chief Executive, holding that position for 16 years. He has much expertise in strategic planning, transformation, finance and marketing. Ian was Chair of PlayBoard, Vice Chair of Sport NI, Director of Sport NI, and is presently Vice Chair of Ark Housing. He holds the position of Chairman of Rugby at Queen's University, Belfast.

Allen McCartney

Allen is by profession a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, with degree qualifications in both electrical engineering and corporate leadership. He had a distinguished career at Director level in Northern Ireland Electricity and Viridian Group and brings a wealth of experience from previous public sector board appointments in the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority, the Department for Regional Development, and the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland. He is a Lay Magistrate and an Assessor for the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency.

Marian Quinn

Marian is a qualified Life and Business Coach and General Nurse. Her career has focused on children, young people and families through roles in both the statutory and non-profit sector. She has also lectured part-time in Maynooth University, Ireland, at post-graduate level in Adult and Community Education. Since becoming CEO of the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) in 2007, Marian has overseen the design, delivery and evaluation of practice models across a spectrum of needs. Marian has previously held roles in the HSE and Department of Justice and has also worked directly with young people and early school leavers. Marian has been a member of the new Children’s Hospital Board, and the Social Work Registration Board. She remains a member of the Airfield Trust Board.

Eavann Murphy

Eavann studied HND Computer Science, Masters - Marketing Management and ACCA Diploma Accounting & Finance at the University of Ulster. She is Managing Director for the Wholesale Division of eir Group and founding Chair of the eir Group Brand Council. Eavann has an extensive corporate career working in Bank of Ireland, Northern Ireland, from 1988-2000 in various marketing and strategy roles, then in Telecommunications with Vodafone 2000-2014. Since 2015 she has worked within the eir Group managing key business units across consumer, business and public sector markets. She previously served on the Board of Governors for Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, and completed the Institute of Directors Chartered Directors Diploma in 2021.

Michael Holley

Michael has a degree in Chemistry from Swansea University. His career has largely been in export credit and political risk insurance. He has travelled to many countries in emerging markets in connection with this work, and served for many years on the boards of companies in Germany, the US, the UK and Ireland. Michael currently has a portfolio of non-executive director and consultancy positions across various sectors, including software development and a classical music festival.