Board/Senior Leadership Team Register of Interests 2024-25

Name Interests
Gemma Loughran
(Chair)
None
Veronica Callaghan
(Non-Executive Director)
None
David Douglas
(Non-Executive Director)
None
Mr Lee Wilson
(Non-Executive Director)
Non-Executive member - Labour Relations Agency
Audit Committee Chair - NI Commissioner Children and Young People
Audit Committee Member - Commissioner for Older Persons NI
Dawn Shaw
(Chief Executive Office)
ICF Registered Coach Practitioner
(Retired 29/11/24)
Sean Brown
(Head of Corporate Services)
None
(Retired 30/6/24)
Teresa Fallon
(Assistant Director)
None
(Retired 30/9/24)
Patricia O’Kane
(Assistant Director)
Accredited Family Mediator - Family Mediation NI
(Retired 31/7/24)
Ann Andrew
(Corporate Services Manager - Interim)
None
Ursula Crickard
(Assistant Director)
None
(Commenced 2/9/24)
Edel McKenna
(Chief Executive)
None
(Commenced 4/11/24)
Kathryn Stevenson
(Non-Executive Director)
Head of Legal Services – Children’s Law Centre
(Commenced 1/1/25)

Board/Senior Leadership Team Register of Interests 2023-24

Name Interests
Gemma Loughran
(Chair)
None
Veronica Callaghan
(Non-Executive Director)
None
David Douglas
(Non-Executive Director)
None
Mr Lee Wilson
(Non-Executive Director)
NI Labour Relations Agency – Non-Executive Director
Commissioner for Older People NI – Audit Committee Member
Dawn Shaw
(Chief Executive Office)
ICF Registered Coach Practitioner
Previous Employee of Action for Children NI for 19 years from
1st July 2000 – 30 June 2019.
Sean Brown
(Head of Corporate Services)
None
Teresa Fallon
(Assistant Director)
None
Patricia O’Kane
(Assistant Director)
Family Mediation NI - Accredited Family Mediator
Ann Andrew
(Business Support Manager)
None

Board/Senior Leadership Team Register of Interests 2022-23

Name Interests
Gemma Loughran
(Chair)
Accord NI – Member of Board of Directors
Concord Resolutions – Mediator
Fred Smyth
(Non-Executive Director - Term Ended 31 January 2023)
Viable Corporate Services – Non-Executive Member
Include Youth – Non-Executive Board Member
Gillian McGaughey
(Non-Executive Director - Term Ended 31 January 2023)
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast – Director/Company Secretary
Belfast Cathedral Enterprises Ltd – Director/Company Secretary
Veronica Callaghan
(Non-Executive Director)
None
Mr Lee Wilson
(Non-Executive Director)
NI Labour Relations Agency – Non-Executive Director
NI Social Care Council – Non-Executive Director
Dawn Shaw
(Chief Executive Officer)
ICF Registered Coach Practitioner
Sean Brown
(Head of Corporate Services)
None
Teresa Fallon
(Assistant Director)
None
Patricia O’Kane
(Assistant Director)
Family Mediation NI - Accredited Family Mediator
David Douglas
(Non-Executive Director - Term Started 1 February 2023)
None