Our Staff

Chief Executive

Chief Executive

Wesley Aston
wesley@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Commerical and Membership Team

Commercial, membership and technical director

Lucy Mitchell
lmitchell@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Membership and office administrator

Conor Bolland
cbolland@ufuhq.com

Membership development officer

Roberta Simmons
rsimmons@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

North East Armagh, Armagh Down, North West Armagh, Mid Down, Lagan, South West Down, Ards, North Down, Donard, South Antrim, South Tyrone and East Tyrone.

Events and development officer

Rachel Mitchell
rmitchell@ufuhq.com

Corporate sales executive

Craig Scott
cscott@ufuhq.com

Marketing and events executive

Ruth Morrow
rmorrow@ufuhq.com

Membership development officer

Rebecca Brunt
rbrunt@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

North Antrim, Mid Antrim, South Antrim, Larne, Ballyclare, West Antrim, North West Derry, North East Derry, South Derry, Mid Tyrone and North Tyrone and all Fermanagh groups.

Ulster Farmers Union

Technical Team

Technical manager

Sarah Wilson
swilson@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

North West Armagh, Lagan, South West Down, North East Armagh and Armagh Down.

Senior technical officer (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)

Gillian Cheatley
gcheatley@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

Ards, North Down, Mid Down  and Donard.

Senior technical officer

Leslie Craig
lcraig@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

Co Fermanagh, North Tyrone, Mid Tyrone and South Derry/Londonderry.

Senior technical officer (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)

Robert Cochrane
rcochrane@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

Ballyclare, Larne, North West Derry, North East Derry and North Antrim.

Technical officer (Monday, Thursday and Friday)

Caroline Montgomery
cmontgomery@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

Ballyclare, Larne, North West Derry, North East Derry  and North Antrim.

Technical officer

Hannah Foster
hfoster@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

Mid Antrim, West Antrim, South Antrim, South Tyrone  and East Tyrone.

Ulster Farmers Union

Policy Team

Policy and communications director

James McCluggage
JMcCluggage@ufuhq.com

Responsible for the Policy and Communications Team

Assistant policy manager

Aileen Lawson
alawson@ufuhq.com

Environment policy committee

Senior policy officer

Patricia Erwin
perwin@ufuhq.com

Fruit policy committee
Potato policy committee
Seeds and cereals policy committee
Vegetable policy committee

Policy officer

Kellie McEvoy
kmcevoy@ufuhq.com

Hill farming policy committee
Beef and lamb policy committee

Policy officer

Andrew Robinson
arobinson@ufuhq.com

Dairy policy committee

Pig policy committee

Parliamentary officer

Alexander Kinnear
akinnear@ufuhq.com

Peatlands officer

Stephanie Clokey
sclokey@ufuhq.com

Policy officer

Kayleigh Ashton-Meek
kashton-meek@ufuhq.com

Poultry policy committee

Animal health and welfare policy committee

Rural affairs policy committee

Policy officer

Daniel Toft
dtoft@ufuhq.com

Rural enterprise committee

Legislation committee

Rural development committee

Policy assistant

Lawrence Whyte
lwhyte@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Communications Team

Communications officer

Tracey Donaghey
tdonaghey@ufuhq.com

Communications officer

Lynsay Beattie
lhawkes@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

McGovern

Niamh
nmcgovern@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Social media executive

Rebecca McClenaghan
rmcclenaghan@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Head Office

Internal services manger

John Weir
jweir@ufuhq.com

Responsible for finance, information technology, human resources, data protection and facilities.

Office administrator

Sharon Allen
sallen@ufuhq.com

Receptionist

Kirsty Bell
kbell@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Receptionist

Nicole Noble
nnoble@ufuhq.com

Office administrator

Kate Ryan
kryan@ufuhq.com

PA to CEO and office bearers

Mary McArdle
mmcardle@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union