Northern Ireland – Young Professionals networking event

Welcome
Dominic Darby – Chair, IFST Northern Ireland Branch

Speaker Biography: Dominic has been working in the food industry for over 16 years both in Northern Ireland and Great Britain in a variety of organisations including M&S, Finnebrogue and The Queally Group. Dominic now runs his own Food Science & Innovation consultancy business. He is a graduate of Food Science from QUB and is a Fellow of IFST and Chair of the NI Branch.

Introduction to Finnebrogue
Declan Ferguson - Technical Director

Speaker Biography: Declan has spent 20 years in the food industry and is a Member of the IFST.  He graduated from Queen’s University Belfast with a BSc in Food Science and joined Marks & Spencer’s graduate program in London as a Food Technologist after spending a year there during his student placement.  He spent over 10 years’ there managing lots of different product categories including Confectionary, Bakery & Cakes, Biscuits, Prepared Fruit, Dried Fruit & Nuts, Red Meat & Poultry. In 2014 he then moved to Finnebrogue Artisan as Technical Director and helped them move to a new £25m production site which is seen as one of the best meat processing facilities in the UK.