Trustees

Antoinette joined Aflac Northern Ireland at its inception in October 2019 and is responsible for the strategic success of the operational and ESG strands of the business. Aflac NI is a technology and cyber security hub and subsidiary of Aflac Inc. - a Fortune 500 company and one of the leading suppliers of supplemental health insurance in the US and Japan.
Previously Antoinette worked in Customer Success and Pre-Sales roles in the field-workforce-management market selling to and supporting the needs of Local Government, Healthcare and private sector clients. She has a wealth of digital transformation, process improvement, management, leadership, and ESG experience to bring to the role of External Trustee.

I am delighted as a past Graduate of the Ulster University to return as a trustee and Company Director, to work in partnership with the students today, to support the continued growth and success of the UUSU.
I moved back to NI in 2020 after 30 years working in England in the Retail and Healthcare sectors. Most of my career has been spent in values led organisations, namely Greggs Plc, the Co-operative Group and Well Pharmacy. In the last 12 years I operated at Board level in the roles of General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. In these roles I led large teams and was accountable for developing strategic plans, process and performance improvement and transformational change programs. I am passionate about developing talent and have championed the people agenda throughout my career.
In the role of trustee I am committed to using my skills and experience, to support the UUSU to effectively represent the student voice and to provide a world class range of services, functions and initiatives to enhance the student experience at the University of Ulster.

My name is Kellie O’Hare I’m a past Ulster University Students’ Union VP for Jordanstown 2015, I am delighted to contribute to the Students Union again as an external trustee.
I have a background in financial services and business change. I started my career with PwC as a Business Analyst in London, where I built a solid foundation in analysis and stakeholder engagement, before moving into project management, leading the delivery of complex initiatives and managing global project plans. I came back to Northern Ireland and worked as a Project Manager with Citi, managing a team contributing to their Consent Order strategy post COVID. I am currently a Principle Consultant with First Derivatives, fulfilling a Scrum Master role in Regulatory Compliance and Solutions, focusing on empowering teams to perform at their best ability. I identify interdependencies across projects, remove obstacles, and manage cross disciplinary teams to achieve results. I am able to apply resource management, budget allocation and governance skills to my role with UUSU.

Glenn Fitzpatrick is a Communications Specialist with over 17 years of experience across every level of the Irish student movement; from class rep to SU President, to USI Vice President, and now full time staff member working at the cross-section of strategy, communications, and union development. He currently leads on communications and strategic planning at Ireland’s largest university SU and has also chaired the student council and electoral commission across in DITSU/TUDSU. His campaigning, communications, and organising experience spans the corporate communications world to the trade union movement. His approach blends political instinct with practical experience and a clear-eyed focus on power, purpose, and member engagement.