Maureen Edmondson chairs the Advisory Board of the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Nutrition at Ulster University and is a member of the Board for the Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin.

A scientist by training, she had a 20 year career with Mars Inc initially in research but progressing to become Director of International Scientific Affairs from 1992 to 2000. She was chair of Postwatch NI Regional Committee and on the NI Member of Postwatch Council from 2006 until 2008. She served on the Council of Ulster University from 2000 until 2004, on the Board of the Northern Ireland Office from 2002 until 2006 and as the NI Board member at the Food Standards Agency and Chair of the Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee from 2004 until 2010.

 REGISTER OF CURRENT INTERESTS

• Chair, Advisory Board of the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Nutrition (NICHE)
• Chair, Patient Client Council of Northern Ireland
• Member, Board for the Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin
• Governor, Edgehill Theological College
• Member, Academic Board of Masters in European Food Regulatory Affairs (Univesity of Ulster)