Mr Wilson had a banking career spanning almost four decades, almost the latter half of which was spent managing mortgage businesses in NI, RI and GB.

He concurrently chaired the UK Finance NI Mortgage Committee- formerly the Council of Mortgage Lenders - for ten years.

Prior to leaving banking, in 2015 Mr Wilson took up an appointment on the board of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive where he served for ten years. He joined the board of Co-ownership in 2019, becoming Chair in 2024. He has served on the governing body of the South Eastern Regional College since 2020, also serving as a Parades Commissioner since January 2021. He has recently been appointed to the board of the Agri-Foods and Biosciences Institute.

A graduate of Queen’s University, he also serves as an independent member of the Audit and Risk panel of Belfast City Council and as a Lay member of the Pharmaceutical Society Statutory Committee.

Mr McPoland worked for forty years in the statutory health and social care sectors in a range of roles including as a Director of Human Resources, in the Business Services Organisation and provided a HR service to several HSC Arm’s Length Bodies. Hugh is an Associate with the HSC Leadership Centre and Clarendon Executive, an Executive Search and Selection company in Belfast and also currently provides HR support to a few SMEs in Belfast. Hugh has also worked internationally with NiCO on EU funded Healthcare HR projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovakia and Greece.

Professor Pascal McKeown was the Head of School and Dean of Education, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast from 2016-2023. He completed his undergraduate medical studies in 1984 and, following a period of full-time research, received the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1991. From 1994-1995, having been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship, he pursued molecular research in inherited cardiac conditions at the Max Planck Institute in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Following completion of postgraduate clinical training in Cardiology in Northern Ireland and London he took up a clinical academic post at Queen’s University in 1998. He completed a Master’s in Medical Education in 2003. In August 2011, he was appointed as Director of the Centre for Medical Education and then, in 2016, moved to the Dean’s position. During the period 2022-2024, he was the President of the Irish Cardiac Society.

Mr Graham was educated at Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt and at Queens University, Belfast. Mr Graham acquired a BDS from Queens University Belfast in 1982, FDSRCPS from Glasgow in 1986 and MSc Dental Public Health from University College London in 2007.

On qualification, Mr Graham worked in the Belfast Dental School in both restorative dentistry and oral surgery, continuing in a part time undergraduate teaching role until December 2018. From 1987- 2002, Mr Graham worked as a General Dental Practitioner in Randalstown and Finaghy. In 2002, Mr Graham was appointed as Dental Advisor in the Eastern Health and Social Care Board and joined the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) in 2007 as Primary Care Advisor. Mr Graham retired from RQIA in December 2018 as an Assistant Director, though he continues to be on the RQIA bank staff.

Mr Graham was appointed in 2015 as a dental member of the General Dental Council Fitness to Practise Panel and continues in that role. Mr Graham is presently a Leadership Centre Associate.

Sinéad Burns is an Occupational Psychologist and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Sinéad has over 25 years’ experience in Human Resource Management gained within the public and private sectors and she has extensive Board Level experience. Sinéad is a Civil Service Commissioner for Northern Ireland and a Board Member with the Public Appointments Service. She is a former Council Member with the General Optical Council and former Vice Chair of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland. Sinéad is a Lay Magistrate and a former Commissioner for Judicial Appointments in Northern Ireland. Sinead previously served as a Lay Representative with the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency.