Bernard is honoured to hold the position as current Chamber President in Castlebar since 2020 and has been involved with Castlebar Chamber in various roles since 2016. He strives to represent the members with a voice for business progress and development in Castlebar, which has proved an interesting challenge during Covid.  His vision for the Chamber is to support all Castlebar businesses working together to develop Castlebar as the ideal location to shop, work and live in.  Bernard is Sales Manager for the Connaught Telegraph newspaper and media, which is also part of the Celtic Media Group of newspaper titles. He holds BA Honours Degree in English from NUIG.

Wilson held the position of President of Castlebar Chamber in 2016-2018 and a number of roles prior to this within the Chamber since first joining in 2012. One of Wilson’s highlights during his presidency was successfully bringing the ice rink to Castlebar and increasing the footfall within the town. With an education in Hotel Management Wilson has over 2 decades of management experience in hotel management.

Chartered Certified Accountant & Certified Public Accountant

Caroline is the proprietor of Caroline Gordan Accountants based in Swinford. She joined the committee in 2015.

John served as President of Castlebar Chamber from 2018- 2020 and held several roles over 4 years prior to this. During John’s presidency Castlebar won the Rising Star Award in 2019 which is a prestigious award that is given to Castlebar for its outstanding town. With a degree in Business Management, John heads the Mulroy’s Londis group of Circle K Service Stations in Castlebar.

Since 2018, Anne has chaired the Castlebar Enterprise Town Committee and was honoured to be presented with the prestigious Rising Star Award in Kilkenny on behalf of the committee and town. She was President of Network Ireland Mayo from 2018- 2020 and held the National Sponsorship role for Network Ireland in 2018. With a Masters in Adult Learning & Development and a Masters in Science Digital Marketing and Media, Anne is a leading Sales Strategist working with businesses internationally.

John’s current consultancy business involved him in projects with a variety of national and international organisations. His most recent role was a second term as Interim CEO of the Road Safety Authority (RSA). His prior working career had been with Baxter Inc., a Global Healthcare company, where he held a variety of leadership positions in Operations and Human Resources Management at international level. He has extensive experience in business strategy, organisation design and development, business process re-engineering, employee engagement, mentoring and public relations. He is a Fellow of the CIPD and a member of the Institute of Directors. He has been actively involved in several volunteering initiatives with The Atlantic Economic Corridor (AEC) Business Forum, Mentor Mayo, the GAA, Mayo General Hospital and a number of charitable trusts. He is a member of the Enterprise Committee of the Castlebar Chamber.

Michael is a committee member and has been since 2017.

Kenny is the co-owner of Blue Property Sales & Rentals specialising in the sales, lettings, and the management of commercial and residential properties in the Mayo area. He is a serving member of the committee since 2015 and he served as secretary from 2015-2017.

Anne has worked across First Choice Credit Union in various roles to now serving as CEO. With assets of €228 million and five branches, First Choice, with Head Offices based in Castlebar, has over 30,000 members across Co. Mayo. First Choice Credit Union is a community based financial cooperative.

Anne holds numerous qualifications including QFA, CUA, CUG, APA and a Diploma in Financial Services and is currently a director of both Metamo, and the Credit Union Managers Association.

She joined the committee in 2015.

He is a business graduate of GMIT Castlebar. He has recently returned from Canada after spending two years working in International Banking sector.