Tonight, we hold our AGM and will officially welcome our new Chamber President, Greg McCann.

Greg is Executive Director and Site Head of FinTrU North West, and is a prominent leader in the North West business community and will be a familiar face to many of you.

He will be supported in his role by Andrew Fleming as Vice President, as well as the Chamber Board.

Speaking ahead of the AGM, Greg said “The North West city region has amazing potential if we can harness it in the right way. There is an appetite from businesses to grow bigger, employ more people, support skills development and invest more in our local economy. We want to help them do that.

“Chamber will continue to press for the rebalancing of Northern Ireland’s economy in a way that benefits everyone. We look forward to working with Invest NI to see the implementation of its action plan in 2024 and ensure that inward investment and job creation is felt by people living in every part of this region.

“Just as it did last year, the absence of a functioning Executive is having an unquestionable effect on the local economy and hampering growth in many areas. The job of work now is to support our political leaders to find a way back to local power-sharing so that we can start to address these issues, which impact all of us.”

On a somewhat bittersweet note, Greg’s appointment brings an end to the brilliant Selina Horshi’s Presidency. Selina has packed a lot into her 12 months and we are very glad to say she will remain on the Chamber board and play an active role in continuing much of the work she took forward this year. We thank Selina for her dedication and ongoing commitment to Chamber.

Congratulations on your appointment Greg, from the entire Chamber team. We look forward to working with you and supporting you over the next twelve months.