The Board

Philip graduated from Queen's University, Belfast in 1974 as Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts.  He was awarded a Doctorate of Music from Queen's in July 2003.

HIs career has encompassed teaching, performing and writing.  HIs work as a broadcaster and composer brings him regularly before public attention either on radio, television or on the concert platform.

He was appointed a director of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1988 and seconded to the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure from 2005-2007 in order to programme and direct a four month arts festival in Washington DC as part of "Rediscover Northern Ireland".  He retired from the Arts Council in 2009.

As a composer, Philip has regularly been commissioned by individuals and groups in Ireland and in Britai such as the Ulster Orchestra, the contemporary ensemble Lontano, the Brodsky String Quartet, James Galway, Sarah Walker, Suzanne Murphy, Tasmin Little, Barry Douglas, Nikolai Demidenko and Ann Murray.

After graduating from Reading University in History of Art and Architecture, Suzie worked for Christie's, Fine Art Auctioneers. After taking time out to bring up her family she set up a Property Development Company with her husband in County Down.

She has always been interested in the arts and was a member of the Holywood Players, the Belfast Philharmonic Choir and the Ards Choral Society. She currently sings with the NewQuay Singers. She is a keen photographer and has enjoyed taking photographs on many of MT4Uth's projects.

Moira is a psychology graduate of Queens who was a Lay Panel Member sitting in the Family and the Youth Court.

She was a JP and a relationship counsellor for Relate for many years. Her great interest in sport has seen her working to encourage young people to participate in sport. At the same time she played an active role in the provincial, national and international governing bodies.

John is a Fellow of both Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Institute of Bankers in Ireland and completed a degree in Business Studies at Trinity College, Dublin.

Having retired from Ulster Bank (where he latterly held the positions of Head of Credit Transactions, Group Risk and Director, Global Restructuring Group) he is now self-employed as a Corporate Financial advisor.

He is also a Director of Ballintrae House Management Company Limited.

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Mark Huffam has been working in the film industry for over 24 years.

He started producing films in 1997 with credits including Spielberg's Academy Award®-winning Saving Private Ryan (associate producer) and Academy Award®-nominee Quills (co-producer). In 2001 Mark produced Captain Corelli's Mandolin starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz and in 2002, he acted as executive producer on Stephen Daldry's Academy Award®-winner The Hours.

He continued his relationship with Working Title Films, working as producer on Johnny English (2003), Thunderbirds (2004) and the award-winning Irish film Mickybo and Me (2005).

Recently, Mark has produced the football dramas Goal! (2005) and Goal 2 - Living the Dream (2006) and the box office sensation Mamma Mia! (2008) for Universal Pictures International, as well as Freakdog (2008) and Ghost Machine (2008) both for Generator Entertainment. Mark set up Generator Entertainment with Simon Bosanquet in 2007, and has just completed producing their third film, the supernatural thriller Ghost Machine

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Gerry is the Managing Partner of Key Consulting Group. Prior to this he was the Senior Partner in Gilpin Black Management Consultants and the founding General Manager of Beecom Management Consultants, now Parity Solutions. He also held senior positions in PA International, Magee Clothing (NI) Ltd and Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd, now Nortel.

Gerry has also been a Council Member of the CBI, Chairman of the NI branch of the Institute of Management Consultants, President of CIMA (Northern Ireland Region), a non-executive of the South and East Belfast Community Trust and Vice Chairman of the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. Gerry has also worked as a Consultant for several Charitable Organisations, including Cancer Research, The Arts Council, The Lyric Theatre and The Sports Council. Gerry also played professional rugby for Ireland.