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

Events and development officer

Rachel Mitchell
rmitchell@ufuhq.com

Corporate sales executive

Craig Scott
cscott@ufuhq.com

Marketing and events executive

Leah Moffitt
lmoffitt@ufuhq.com

Membership development officer

Rebecca Brunt
rbrunt@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

North East Armagh, North West Armagh, South Tyrone, Armagh Down, South Derry, South West Fermanagh, Mid Tyrone, South East Fermanagh, East Tyrone, North Fermanagh, North West Derry, North East Derry & North Tyrone.

Ulster Farmers Union

Membership development officer

Philip Dunlop
pdunlop@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

North Antrim, North East Derry, Mid Antrim, West Antrim, South Antrim, North Down, Ards, Lagan, South West Down, Larne, Ballyclare , Mid Down & Donard.

Membership and office administrator

Conor Bolland
cbolland@ufuhq.com
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 (Monday, Thursday and Friday)

Caroline Montgomery
cmontgomery@ufuhq.com

Responsible for UFU Groups:

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

Ulster Farmers Union

Technical officer

Christopher Breen
cbreen@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

Office administrator

Kate Ryan
kryan@ufuhq.org
Ulster Farmers Union

Communications Team

Communications officer

Tracey Donaghey
tdonaghey@ufuhq.com

Communications officer

Lynsay Beattie
lhawkes@ufuhq.com

Communications officer

Niamh McGovern
nmcgovern@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Communications officer

Kate McIldowney
kmcildowney@ufuhq.com

Social media executive

Rebecca McClenaghan
rmcclenaghan@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Head Office

Corporate services manager

John Weir
jweir@ufuhq.com

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

PA to CEO and office bearers

Mary McArdle
mmcardle@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Office administrator

Angela McCabe
amccabe@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Corporate services assistant

Tihana Vlaisavljevic
tvlaisavljevic@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Receptionist

Nicole Noble
nnoble@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union

Receptionist

Shannon McAllister
smcallister@ufuhq.com
Ulster Farmers Union