The Team

Roseann Kelly - Chief Executive

Roseann joined Women in Business NI when it was formed in 2002. She has lead Women in Business as CEO over the last 10 years from an organisation of 80 members to over 2500. It is now a leading business network, delivering for and projecting the voice for women in business in Northern Ireland.

Roseann is responsible for the development and implementation of the Women in Business NI Ltd Strategic Plan and for all operational activities. She continues to lead the organisation with passion and resilience.

Outside of Women in Business Roseann is vice Chair of Women’s Tec NI Ltd and a director on the Board of Diversity Mark NI Ltd, a company founded by Women in Business. She is a member of the Department for Economy's Strategic Advisory Forum. She has won awards for her work from Co3, Entrepreneurship Leader of the Year, nominated as one of Belfast Business Fastest Top 50 and a Special Award for Services to Enterprise.

Clare Gallagher – Head of Membership

Clare is a highly experienced sales, marketing and business development manager with an established track record of building client relationships, and managing premium brand partnerships.

Having spent 15 years working at The SSE Arena, Belfast, Clare’s most recent appointment as Commercial Manager provided her with skills and experience that spanned all aspects of client relationship management, including, corporate hospitality engagement, brand development and marketing & communications. Working closely with many local and international brands, Clare recognises the importance of good customer care.

Clare oversees the coordination of all elements of WIB Membership Engagement including communications, marketing, budget management, monitoring, stakeholder engagement and client support. Clare to grow the network by building relationships with our members through personal interaction.

Nicky Scott- Head of Programmes

Nicky is an experienced communicator, with a background in a variety of industries including Property, Banking and most recently Media.

Since graduating from University of Leeds with a 1^st Class Honours Degree in Managing Performance, she has gained experience as a Sales Negotiator at an award-winning company in England, gained hotel experience in Australia and returned to Northern Ireland where she recently worked for U105 Radio station as a Promotions and Sponsorship co-ordinator, organising on-air and off-air competitions, events and creating bespoke campaigns for clients.

Nicky will be coordinating each of the incredible Women in Business Programmes which assist with members personal and professional development. She is looking forward to attending different Women in Business events and getting inspired by all of the WIB members.

Christine White - Head of Diversity Mark NI

Christine White is Head of Business for Diversity Mark NI – an organisation founded by Women In Business NI enabling organisations of all sizes to achieve gender diversity accreditation.

Christine has over 20 years’ experience working in large corporate organisations and she has a track record for being a consistent top performer in previous sales roles. Her most recent positions include Customer Service Manager in the Agnew Group for 7 years and Branch Manager in Santander prior to that. Christine believes that diversity accreditation will set businesses and organisations apart and seek to create environments where people have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Christine is delighted to be part of an organisation solely focussed on making a positive cultural change to our economy, and she is looking forward to working with new members to achieve their diversity accreditation.

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Emma Lyttle- Diversity Mark NI Membership Engagement Manager

Emma Lyttle recently joined Diversity Mark NI in a new role as Membership Engagement Manager. Emma’s role will be to deliver regular engagement for Diversity Mark NI members via events, roundtables, communications, Ezines, and sharing of research reports to grow a learning community focussed on creating diverse and inclusive workplace cultures.

Emma is passionate about people and she looks forward to meeting and working with Diversity Mark members and enabling the sharing of best practice in the growing learning community. With a very successful background in Sales and Hospitality, exceeding expectations is the goal for Emma. She feels energised to be joining Diversity Mark NI at such an exciting time and believes that the opportunities and potential is endless.

Neil Dalzell - ND Events

Neil and the team at ND Events manage all of the events at Women in Business.

ND Events is a fresh and innovative Events and Destination Management agency based in Northern Ireland that thrives on producing incredible events throughout the UK and Ireland.

Clarke and Co. Accountant

Clarke and Co. manages all of the accounts at Women in Business. Clark & Co. is a small firm that offers a wide range of accountancy services over a number of sectors including private and charity.