Alumni engagement and philanthropy
Business & Finance
- Bonnie Anley – MSc Leadership 2008; Chair, Londonderry Port and Harbour Commission (w)
- Darina Armstrong – Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting 1989; CEO Progressive Building Society (P)
- Kelly Beaver (née Long) – BA 2006; CEO Ipsos MORI
- Mike Brown – BSc (Econ) 1985, MBA 1987; The Commissioner of Transport for London (TFL)
- Christine Browne – BA 1983; Chief Operating Officer easyJet; former Managing Director, Thomson Airways
- Alan Burnside – BSc (Econ) 1968; Chairman Inform Communications; Principal/Owner Public Perceptions (NI) Ltd (QUMS)
- Angela Canavan – BSc Computer Science 1989; Managing Director Civica Digital Solutions Ireland (w)
- Philip Cassidy – BSc (Econ) 1989, MSc 1990; Managing Director of Concentrix Europe
- Stephen Clarke – BEng 1989; CEO WHSMith plc (w)
- Roger Connor – MEng 1993; President of Global Vaccines at GSK (w)
- Manus Cranny – BSc Business Management 1989; European markets editor, Bloomberg Television (B)
- Dr Robert Dunlop – PhD Chemistry 1987; President and Managing Director, Almac Clinical Services
- Mark Ennis – BSc (Econ) 1977; former Chairman Invest NI, Graduate of the Year (2000)
- Peter Fitzgerald – BSc, DSc 2000; Founder and Managing Director of Randox Laboratories
- Sonia Flynn – MA German Literature 1998; VP International, SoundCloud (L)
- Neil Gibson – MSc 2000; Chief Economist | Ireland, EY
- Mark Gillan – BEng 1990, PhD 1993; former Chief Operations Engineer at Williams F1; Principal R&D Engineer, MTS Systems
- Patrick Haren – BSc Electrical Engineering 1971; former Group Chief Executive of Viridian Group PLC
- Ted Hesketh – BSc 1968; former Managing Director of Translink
- Ashleigh Johnston – BA English & Sociology 2003; Copper Square Communications (W) (Business First ‘Top 40 Business Leaders under 40’)
- Alan Jones – BSc Architecture 1987; Senior Lecturer School of the Built Environment; elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (2019-21) (W)
- Alfie Kane – BSc Electrical Engineering 1968; former Chief Executive Officer at eircom
- Edmund (Ted) Kelly – BSc 1965, DSc (Econ) 1996; Chairman, Liberty Mutual Holding Co Inc
- Raymond King – BSc 1974; former Chief Executive Officer, BUPA
- Stephen Kingon CBE – BA 1968; Board Member Belfast Harbour & former Chair Invest NI
- Ursula Lavery – BSc Food Science 1987; Technical and R&D Director Europe at Moy Park; Outstanding Leadership and Management winner (Women in Business Awards 2016)
- Dato’ Lim Si Boon – BEng Manufacturing Engineering 1989; Director at Bonanza Venture Holdings in Property Development, Golf Resort and Schools; Director of Tenby Schools Group and of Meru Valley Golf Resort, Malaysia
- Ian Loughran – BSc Accounting 1992; Head of Americas Sales and Product Operations & Strategy at Google (W)
- Patrick Magee – LLB 1992; COO, British Business Bank
- Darlene McCormick – BA 1990; founder of Life Communications; Managing Director at Big Ideas Inc Agency (W)
- Joan McCoy – BSc Architecture 1990; Director, White Ink Architects; winner Best Woman Architect, European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards 2015
- Angela McGowan – BSc 1992; Chief Economist, Danske Bank
- David Montgomery – BA 1970; former CEO Mirror Group Newspapers (W)
- Danny Moore – MEng 1996, MPhil 2007; founder of Lough Shore Investments; founder of Wombat (NYSE Euronext, 2008)
- Leslie Morrison – BA French 1971; former Chairperson of Invest NI
- Paul Murphy – MEng 2004; App entrepreneur 3Advance, Washington DC (W)
- Ramona Nicholas – BSc Pharmacy 1998; Managing Director, Cara Pharmacy, Dragons’ Den panellist (RTÉ)
- Philip O'Doherty – BSc Electrical Engineering 1982; Founder and Managing Director at E+I Engineering Group (W)
- Eamonn O’Hare – BSc 1985; Chief Financial Officer, Virgin Media
- Catherine O’Neill – MEng Civil Engineering 2012; MD of Amelio Utilities Ltd, shortlisted for EY Entrepreneur of the Year (2015)
- Sir John Parker – DSc Engineering 1985; Chairman of Anglo American PLC; former Chair National Grid (W)
- Claire Priestley – BSc Finance 1999; Finance Director, Arnotts, Dublin (L)
- Anita Sands – BSc 1997, PhD 2001; Director Symantec, formerly Group Managing Director, Head of Change Leadership at UBS Wealth Management Americas
- Rose Mary Stalker (née Farenden) – BSc Mechanical Engineering (1985), Chair of Invest Northern Ireland.
- Graeme Stewart – BEng Mechanical Engineering 1996; Chief Technical Officer, HORIBA MIRA (w)
- Dr Mark Sweeney OBE – BSc Mechanical Engineering 1981, PhD 1986, DSc 2012; Vice President of European and South American Operations Divisions of Caterpillar Inc; Board member Invest NI (w)
- Declan Tiernan – BSc, Applied Maths & Physics 1992; PhD Theoretical Physics1996; MD at Oak Hill Advisors, London
- Karena Vaughan – BEd 1991, MA French 1995; Director Europe & Russia, Invest Northern Ireland
- Sara Venning (née Devlin) – MEng Electrical Engineering 1996; CEO at NI Water (W)
- Ed Vernon – BSc Electrical Engineering 1981, DSc 2013; Chief Executive Officer, Synetecs Ltd and member of the Queen's University Foundation Board
- Lyle Watters – BSSc 1986, MBA 1988; Vice President Ford Motor Company and President of Ford South America (W)
- Greg Wilson – MEng (Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (1999); Founder & CEO of Seopa Ltd
- Suzanne Wylie – MBA 2004; Chief Executive, Belfast City Council; Outstanding Business Woman of the Year (Women in Business Awards 2016)
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