NITHCo Board - Translink

Veronica Palmer OBE
Chairman

A current member of the Board of Arriva PLC, Ms Palmer is formerly Chief Executive of the Confederation of Passenger Transport.

Catherine Mason
NITHC Group Chief Executive

Catherine previously worked at the international transport group Arriva where she was Managing Director of Arriva Midlands (UK) and Commercial Director of CrossCountry trains.

Jim Aiken
NITHC Director of Corporate Affairs 

Mr Aiken was previously Director of Finance at DRD Roads Service for three years. Prior to this post, Mr Aiken held the position of Head of Finance at N.I. Railways for six years.

John Doran 

Mr Doran is a former Chief Executive of Belfast Harbour. From 1997-2004, he operated as Chief Executive of Belfast City Airport and on the 1st of February 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive of Belfast International Airport.

Sean Hogan

Sean Hogan runs his own consultancy company and has wide ranging public sector experience having held a number of non-executive appointments.

Angela Coffey

Angela Coffey is a civil engineer who retired in 2006 following a successful career in Roads Service. She is currently a member of the Board of Governors for Southern Regional College.

Ruth Laird
Chair of Group Remuneration

Until recently, Mrs Laird held the position of N.I. Regional Director of the National Trust. Mrs Laird has also held a number of public appointments, including Commissioner in the Fair Employment Commission.

Gerry Lennon

Mr Lennon is Chief Executive of Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau. Previously, he was Head of Customer Communications with BT (NI) and has served on the boards of the National Trust, N.I. Events Company, and the N.I. Tourism Industry Confederation.

John Trethowen

John Trethowen is a former banker whose career has included spells as Executive Director of the Northern Bank and as Chief Operating Officer and acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Irish Bank. He has substantial expertise in financial issues.