Governance Outline
The Northern Ireland Public Sector Chairs' Forum is led by a committee of members elected on a biennial basis. The Committee meet no less than four times a year. Our business is shaped around an annual cycle, beginning at the start of the fiscal year.
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The Annual General Meeting is held in autumn each year
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The business plan for the incoming year is agreed in January each year
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The event programme is also agreed in January each year
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Membership invoices are issued out in the first quarter of the year, together with an overview of activities and priorities for the year ahead
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Ad hoc activity is agreed as required
The Forum´s Secretariat services are delivered by the Northern Ireland Confederation for Health and Social Care (NICON).
The services provided and protocols are set out in a Memorandum of Understanding between NICON and the Forum. This is reviewed on an annual basis.

Committee members

Colin Coffey
Chair
Public Health Agency (PHA)

Noel Brady
Treasurer
Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

Anthony Harbinson
Secretary
NI Food Advisory Committee (FSA)

Michele Corkey
Belfast Metropolitan College

Geraldine O'Hare
Pharmaceutical Society NI

Jonathan Patton
South Eastern HSC Trust

Michele Larmour
Vice Chair
NI Ambulance Service;
Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust

Bonnie Anley
Membership and Engagement Secretary
Libraries NI

Nicole Lappin
NI Housing Executive

Derek Wilson
Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

Eileen Mullan
Southern HSC Trust

Sheila Darling
Middletown Centre for Autism