Michael Boyle
Michael Boyle
is currently the CEO at the Northern Ireland Police Fund. He started employment in social work in North and West Belfast before leaving to become a police officer in the Irish Republic. He was an adviser to the ‘Patten Commission’ on the future of policing. He was subsequently a Director with the Northern Ireland Parades Commission where he qualified as a mediator. He has served on EU Police and Rule of Law missions to Afghanistan and Iraq. As a member of the UKs Stabilisation Cadre he has been seconded to Human Rights and Security missions to Iraq and Haiti. He is a trained EU election analyst and monitor and has monitored elections throughout Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa. He has acted as a consultant for the Council of Europe on Policing, Human Rights and Public Protest. He is a former university tutor of criminology. He served as a member and vice chair of Independent Monitoring Boards attached to Maghaberry Prison and Hydebank Wood Young Offenders Centre and Prison. He holds academic qualifications in law, policing and community engagement from UK and Irish Universities including a BA, LLB, LLM, MA and PhD. He was formerly the Chair of the South Belfast District Policing Partnership.
Felicity Huston
Felicity Huston is a tax consultant and accountant based in Belfast. She specialises in representing clients who are subject to HMRC investigation. Brought up in Portadown and Belfast she has held a wide variety of roles in public life including Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland, Commissioner for the House of Lords Appointments Commission, founding director of Mutual Energy LTD, Treasurer of Belfast Charitable Society – Clifton House. Felicity has experience of appointment and selection at senior level including selection of QCs both in Northern Ireland and GB, and of senior judiciary in Northern Ireland. She is a regular contributor to both radio and TV here and nationally. Felicity has a particular interest in animal welfare carrying out pro-bono work for several animal welfare charities.
Dr Hannah Russell
Dr Hannah Russell is a human rights specialist currently working in policy and research at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. She has a law degree from Trinity College Dublin, a Masters in Human Rights and Criminal Justice (Cross Border) from Queen’s University Belfast/NUI Galway and a PhD in human rights law from Queen’s University Belfast. She has worked for non-government human rights organisations in Cambodia, the Golan, Northern Ireland and Palestine. She has also worked as a consultant for statutory organisations based in Northern Ireland and a disability organisation in England. In these various roles, she has engaged extensively with United Nations human rights treaty bodies. Her book entitled, ‘The Right to Life under Article 2 of the ECHR in light of European Conflicts’, has been published by Hart Publishing.
Jonny McCormick
Jonny is a consultant, writer and podcaster. Jonny is a Director of Rosseau a management consulting company helping companies change more effectively and communicate more clearly. He runs Spoke Podcast which focuses on interviewing interesting people and having them share their story. Additionally, Jonny frequently writes, speaks and commentates on politics, leadership and change. Outside of work Jonny lives in Newtownabbey with his wife and daughter and their cockapoo.
Jayne Murray
Jayne is currently the Managing Director of her own company - Jayne Murray PR Ltd. and has over 20 years’ experience working with local communities and UK wide organisations to engage and influence change in Northern Ireland.
As a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), Northern Ireland Government Affairs Group (NIGAG) and CO3 (Chief Executive Officers in the Third Sector), she has extensive experience in public affairs, campaigning, media relations, issue management & crisis communication, strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder engagement, community engagement and collaboration building.
During her career, Jayne has worked with the Northern Ireland Assembly, the British Medical Association, Diabetes UK and for over three years, she headed up the British Heart Foundation in Northern Ireland. She has a 2.1 degree from Queens University, Belfast and is married and has one child.
Kathleen Laverty
Kate has been working in the Community and Voluntary (3rd Sector) for 15 years focusing on mental health and human rights. She currently serves as CEO of CENI, and a trustee for Refugees Welcome NI, holding two public appointments with DE and DfC. She has considerable experience in charity governance having served as Chair for New Life Counselling, Vice Chair for VSNI and HereNI, Treasurer for The Rainbow Project and trustee for C03, SureStart and Colin Neighbourhood Partnership. As an ambassador for Another World Belfast, she is an advocate for a passionate humanity in a turbulent world.