Alumni engagement and philanthropy

Business & Finance


  • Bonnie Anley – MSc Leadership 2008; Chair, Londonderry Port and Harbour Commission (w)
  • Darina Armstrong – Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting 1989; CEO Progressive Building Society (P)
  • Kelly Beaver (née Long) – BA 2006; CEO Ipsos MORI 
  • Mike Brown – BSc (Econ) 1985, MBA 1987; The Commissioner of Transport for London (TFL)
  • Christine Browne – BA 1983; Chief Operating Officer easyJet; former Managing Director, Thomson Airways
  • Alan Burnside – BSc (Econ) 1968; Chairman Inform Communications; Principal/Owner Public Perceptions (NI) Ltd (QUMS)
  • Angela Canavan – BSc Computer Science 1989; Managing Director Civica Digital Solutions Ireland (w)
  • Philip Cassidy – BSc (Econ) 1989, MSc 1990;  Managing Director of Concentrix Europe
  • Stephen Clarke  – BEng 1989; CEO WHSMith plc (w)
  • Roger Connor – MEng 1993; President of Global Vaccines at GSK (w)
  • Manus Cranny – BSc Business Management 1989; European markets editor, Bloomberg Television (B) 
  • Dr Robert Dunlop – PhD Chemistry 1987; President and Managing Director, Almac Clinical Services
  • Mark Ennis – BSc (Econ) 1977; former Chairman Invest NI, Graduate of the Year (2000)
  • Peter Fitzgerald – BSc, DSc 2000; Founder and Managing Director of Randox Laboratories
  • Sonia Flynn – MA German Literature 1998; VP International, SoundCloud (L)
  • Neil Gibson – MSc 2000;  Chief Economist | Ireland, EY
  • Mark Gillan – BEng 1990, PhD 1993; former Chief Operations Engineer at Williams F1; Principal R&D Engineer, MTS Systems
  • Patrick Haren – BSc Electrical Engineering 1971; former Group Chief Executive of Viridian Group PLC
  • Ted Hesketh – BSc 1968; former Managing Director of Translink
  • Ashleigh Johnston  – BA English & Sociology 2003; Copper Square Communications (W) (Business First ‘Top 40 Business Leaders under 40’)     
  • Alan Jones – BSc Architecture 1987; Senior Lecturer School of the Built Environment; elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (2019-21) (W)
  • Alfie Kane – BSc Electrical Engineering 1968; former Chief Executive Officer at eircom
  • Edmund (Ted) Kelly – BSc 1965, DSc (Econ) 1996; Chairman, Liberty Mutual Holding Co Inc
  • Raymond King – BSc 1974; former Chief Executive Officer, BUPA
  • Stephen Kingon CBE – BA 1968; Board Member Belfast Harbour & former Chair Invest NI
  • Ursula Lavery – BSc Food Science 1987; Technical and R&D Director Europe at Moy Park; Outstanding Leadership and Management winner (Women in Business Awards 2016)
  • Dato’ Lim Si Boon – BEng Manufacturing Engineering 1989; Director at Bonanza Venture Holdings in Property Development, Golf Resort and Schools; Director of Tenby Schools Group and of Meru Valley Golf Resort, Malaysia
  • Ian Loughran – BSc Accounting 1992; Head of Americas Sales and Product Operations & Strategy at Google (W)
  • Patrick Magee – LLB 1992; COO, British Business Bank
  • Darlene McCormick – BA 1990; founder of Life Communications; Managing Director at Big Ideas Inc Agency (W)
  • Joan McCoy – BSc Architecture 1990; Director, White Ink Architects; winner Best Woman Architect, European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards 2015
  • Angela McGowan –  BSc 1992; Chief Economist, Danske Bank
  • David Montgomery – BA 1970; former CEO Mirror Group Newspapers (W)
  • Danny Moore – MEng 1996, MPhil 2007; founder of Lough Shore Investments; founder of Wombat (NYSE Euronext, 2008)
  • Leslie Morrison – BA French 1971; former Chairperson of Invest NI
  • Paul Murphy – MEng 2004; App entrepreneur 3Advance, Washington DC (W)
  • Ramona Nicholas – BSc Pharmacy 1998; Managing Director, Cara Pharmacy, Dragons’ Den panellist (RTÉ)
  • Philip O'Doherty – BSc Electrical Engineering 1982; Founder and Managing Director at E+I Engineering Group (W)
  • Eamonn O’Hare – BSc 1985; Chief Financial Officer, Virgin Media
  • Catherine O’Neill – MEng Civil Engineering 2012; MD of Amelio Utilities Ltd, shortlisted for EY Entrepreneur of the Year (2015)
  • Sir John Parker – DSc Engineering 1985; Chairman of Anglo American PLC; former Chair National Grid (W)
  • Claire Priestley – BSc Finance 1999; Finance Director, Arnotts, Dublin (L)
  • Anita Sands – BSc 1997, PhD 2001; Director Symantec, formerly Group Managing Director, Head of Change Leadership at UBS Wealth Management Americas
  • Rose Mary Stalker (née Farenden) – BSc Mechanical Engineering (1985), Chair of Invest Northern Ireland.
  • Graeme Stewart – BEng Mechanical Engineering 1996; Chief Technical Officer, HORIBA MIRA (w)
  • Dr Mark Sweeney OBE – BSc Mechanical Engineering 1981, PhD 1986, DSc 2012; Vice President of European and South American Operations Divisions of Caterpillar Inc; Board member Invest NI (w)
  • Declan Tiernan – BSc, Applied Maths & Physics 1992; PhD Theoretical Physics1996; MD at Oak Hill Advisors, London
  • Karena Vaughan – BEd 1991, MA French 1995; Director Europe & Russia, Invest Northern Ireland
  • Sara Venning (née Devlin) – MEng Electrical Engineering 1996; CEO at NI Water (W)
  • Ed Vernon – BSc Electrical Engineering 1981, DSc 2013; Chief Executive Officer, Synetecs Ltd and member of the Queen's University Foundation Board
  • Lyle Watters – BSSc 1986, MBA 1988; Vice President Ford Motor Company and President of Ford South America (W)
  • Greg Wilson – MEng (Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (1999); Founder & CEO of Seopa Ltd
  • Suzanne Wylie – MBA 2004; Chief Executive, Belfast City Council; Outstanding Business Woman of the Year (Women in Business Awards 2016)

 

 

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