College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)

For details of the course listing and prospectus, and for other information about studying at CAFRE, please see the CAFRE website.

CAFRE College Advisory Group

The College Advisory Group provides advice at a strategic and operational level to the College Director and college management team of CAFRE.

The group, which meets four times a year, has a chairperson and 13 members who represent key CAFRE stakeholders.

In carrying out its work, the group takes full account of policies and strategies approved by the Minister and DAERA. The College Advisory Group members are:

• Maynard Mawhinney – Chairperson (Independent Food Consultant)
• Craig Blaney – Agri-food Business Development - (Business Owner, Airtight Creative)
• Barclay Bell – Arable Crops - (Arable Farmer from County Down)
• Deborah O'Hare – Education - (Principal of The Wallace High School, Lisburn)
• Bill Harpur – Environment - (Beef Farmer, Causeway Coast)
• Dr Esther Skelly-Smith – Equine - (Equine Veterinary Surgeon)
• Elaine Willis – Food Processing - (Retail Operations Director, Linden Foods Ltd)
• Dr Kevin Morgan– Higher Education - (Researcher and Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast)
• Malcolm Emery – International Relations – (Director, Powerhouse Energy Management)
• Harold Johnston – Dairy - (Dairy Farmer from County Antrim)
• Ryan Mortimer – Pigs and Poultry – (RSPCA Assured Field Assessor)
• Roy Lyttle – Production Horticulture - (Vegetable Grower from County Down)
• Seamus McMenamin – Red Meat - (Sector Manager for Sheepmeat, Livestock and Organics for Bord Bia)

Length of each term of appointment	Chair – 3 years Members – 3 years (Option for reappointment to a second 3 year term)
Remuneration	Chair – £367 per day Members – £237 per day
Workload	Chair – Approximately 4 days per annum Members – Approximately 4 days per annum

	Name	Date of First Appointment	Expiry of Appointment
Chair	Mr Maynard Mawhinney	01/07/2021	30/06/2024
Members	Mr Malcolm Emery	01/01/2020	31/12/2022 Reappointed for a second term to 31/12/2025
Mr Roy Lyttle	01/01/2020	31/12/2022 Reappointed for a second term to 31/12/2025
Dr Esther Skelly-Smith	01/01/2020	31/12/2022 Reappointed for a second term to 31/12/2025
Mr Harold Johnston	01/07/2021	30/06/2024
Mr Barclay Bell	01/01/2022	31/12/2024
Mrs Deborah O'Hare	01/01/2022	31/12/2024
Mrs Elaine Willis	01/01/2022	31/12/2024
Mr Craig Blayney	01/01/2023	31/12/2025
Mr Bill Harper	01/01/2023	31/12/2025
Mr Seamus McMenamin	01/01/2023	31/12/2025
Dr Kevin Morgan	01/01/2023	31/12/2025
Mr Ryan Mortimer	01/01/2023	31/12/2025