Chairman – Ciaran Mulgrew 
Mr Ciaran Mulgrew became Chairman of Belfast Trust on 06 April 2023.
Ciaran Mulgrew, a native of Andersonstown, west Belfast, became Chairman of Belfast Trust on 06 April 2023.
He has, for the past 25 years, been the Managing Director and owner operator of Niche Drinks Co. Ltd, a successful alcoholic drinks manufacturer and marketeer based on Derry’s Waterside. The business was sold to MGP Luxco, a US-based plc. in 2021.
Mr Mulgrew was educated at Queen’s University, Belfast and has a Master’s degree from Napier University, Edinburgh. Whilst based in the north-west, he previously served as a non-executive director of Londonderry Port and Harbour Commission; Altnagelvin Hospital Trust; and the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
He is also currently a non-executive director of Invest Northern Ireland.
Interim Chief Executive – Maureen Edwards
Maureen took up post as the Interim Chief Executive 07 September 2024.
Maureen previously held the role of Director of Finance, Estates and Capital Development in Belfast Trust since February 2017. Alongside dealing with the significant financial challenges facing a £1.9bn Trust, she is the SRO for the Trust’s major capital schemes including a new regional children’s hospital for Northern Ireland.
Maureen began her career as a graduate finance trainee in Wales. Having worked in various organisations in the NHS, she returned home in 1999 and has held a number of posts in health and social care including Director of Finance in the Royal Hospitals prior to the amalgamation of the six Belfast acute and community Trusts into the Belfast Trust in 2007 and co-director of finance in the Belfast Trust between 2007 and 2017.