Appointment of four new members to CAFRE College Advisory Group

DAERA has announced the appointment of four new members to the CAFRE College Advisory Group (CAG).

The role of the CAG is to provide advice at a strategic and operational level to the management team of CAFRE. The group was established in January 2007 and reports to the Acting College Director, Paul McHenry. In carrying out its work, the group takes full account of Departmental policies and strategies.

Orlaith McLaughlin, Lawrence Whyte, Stephen Black and Cathal McDonnell have been appointed for a three-year period.

The DAERA Minister, Andrew Muir, said: “I welcome the appointments of Ms McLaughlin, Mr Whyte, Mr Black and Mr McDonnell. The Advisory Group plays an important role in helping CAFRE deliver excellent services to the farming and agri-food sectors and I’m sure that the wealth of experience brought by the new members will enable CAFRE to continue to be recognised as a world leader in agri-food education provision.”

Minister Muir also thanked the previous members Esther Skelly-Smith, Malcolm Emery, Roy Little, and Deborah O’Hare for their work on the College Advisory Group, recognising the important work that this group has done over the past number of years.