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Ballymena Belfast Craigavon Enniskillen Londonderry Omagh
This meeting is to be held at the Clinton Centre in Enniskillen on the 3rd June 2003.
Brian was Chief Executive and Town Clerk of Belfast City Council, Northern Ireland’s largest district council, from 1994 to 2002.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and in January 2002 became its National President. Brian is also a member of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, a member of the National Society for Clean Air and also the United Kingdom Sustainable Development Commission. He was awarded CBE in the 2000 New Years Honour’s list, invited to become a Companion of the Institute of Management in 2001 and in that same year given an honorary degree, a Doctor of Science (Econ), by Queen’s University Belfast.
Alan Walker is Head of Consumer Affairs at the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland. He has been with the Consumer Council since 1995 having previously been responsible for the Council’s complaint handling responsibilities in coal, gas and transport and later taking the lead on the Council’s transport policy.
Alan has wide experience of representing the consumer interest across a range of areas including food, transport, energy and regulatory policy. He has authored or co-authored a number of General Consumer Council publications including:
He has also given evidence on behalf of the General Consumer Council to the Environment Committee and the Regional Development Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly and also to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
Paddy is professor of Social Administration and Policy at the University of Ulster.
Prior to moving back to Northern Ireland, he was Director of the Centre for Research on Social Exclusion and Social Justice at the University of Bristol. He has also authored, co-authored or edited eight books and written numerous articles and papers in different areas of social public policy.
He is currently carrying out an OFM/DFM funded project into Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland with a team from QUB and UU.
WATER SERVICE
John Kelly is Acting Chief Executive of Water Service and is a Chartered Civil Engineer by profession. He has had over 35 years experience in the Water Industry in Northern Ireland, both prior to the reorganisation of local government, and in the 30 years since. His experience has ranged across design, construction and operations management. During his recent 11 years as Director of Operations he fostered a more customer orientated delivery of service, including the creation of customer service units in 4 Water Service geographical Divisions.
DEPARTMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
David is a Deputy Secretary in the Department for Regional Development and is responsible for the Department's resources and management services. Before taking up his current post in January this year, David was Head of Central Expenditure Division in the Department of Finance and Personnel where he was responsible for co-ordinating public expenditure planning for the 11 Northern Ireland Departments. A career civil servant, David has previously worked in the Northern Ireland Office and the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
