Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing Future Skills Action Group

The food and drink manufacturing and processing sector accounts for an estimated 21% of Northern Ireland's total manufacturing sector and is worth over £552 million to the local economy. The industry has continued to grow throughout the difficult economic times we have been facing, and now employs over 19,000 people across the country. As a result the Department for Employment and Learning, alongside the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Invest NI, has established a Future Skills Action Group to bring together key stakeholders to help address skills issues within the sector.

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Membership of the Food and Drink Manufacturing and Processing Future Skills Action Group


Tony O'Neill	Moy Park (Chair)
Mike Mullan	Moy Park (Deputy Chair)
Dr Adele Dunn	University of Ulster
Alan Blair	Colleges NI
Ian Titterington	CAFRE
Derek McDowell	CAFRE
Geoff Lamb	Improve
Anne-Marie McConn	DARD
Niall Irwin	Irwins Bakery
Sheree Totton	Irwins Bakery
Michael Hailes	Diageo
Clare McLaughlan	Invest NI
Michael Bell	NIFDA
Richard Moore	Linden Foods
Michael Gould	Department for Employment and Learning
Sian McCleave	Department for Employment and Learning
Kelly McKenzie	Department for Employment and Learning