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Northern Regional College has announced the appointment of Mel Higgins as its new Principal and Chief Executive. Mr Higgins, who has held the role of Chief Operating Officer at Northern Regional College for the past six years, secured a BTEC National Diploma in Business & Finance at the College’s Magherafelt campus before progressing to Higher Education and embarking on a career as a chartered accountant. In recent months he has served as Acting Principal and Chief Executive at the College. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr Higgins has been responsible for overseeing the College’s annual budget in excess of £40million and 700 staff. He has also led on an £85million campus redevelopment – funded by the Department for the Economy – to redevelop the College’s campuses at Farm Lodge in Ballymena and Union Street in Coleraine, consolidating its provision across six campuses to four. Mel Higgins commenced his career in PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he trained as a chartered accountant, subsequently held various senior positions in industry and the Northern Ireland Civil Service before being appointed Chief Executive of the urban regeneration company Ilex in 2012. In this role, he redeveloped the former military site at Ebrington in Derry-Londonderry, managed City of Culture programmes, completed the £13.5million Peace Bridge project and oversaw the co-ordinated regeneration of the City. He was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer at Northern Regional College in 2015. Mel Higgins, who grew up in Maghera and now resides in Coleraine, is committed to adopting a “collaborative and outward-looking approach” in his role as Principal and Chief Executive. Mel Higgins is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and an alumnus of Northern Regional College and of Ulster University. He resides in Coleraine with his wife Heather and has two children, Oliver and Eloise. An active cyclist, Mel was part of the peloton that cycled around the six Northern Regional Campuses to raise funds for a local charity. |
Previous Principals/CEOsTerri Scott
Professor Terri Scott took up appointment as Principal & CEO of Northern Regional College in September 2014. Prior to her current post, Terri was President of the Institute of Technology, Sligo (2008-2014). She has held senior posts at Dublin City University, University of Ulster and also visiting appointments at Carnegie Mellon University and MIT in the USA. Terri completed her undergraduate studies at UU, Coleraine and later joined the University, initially as a researcher and subsequently, became Head of School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (1996-1999) and Dean of Regional Development (2000-2002). She was Managing Director of Invest NI (2002-2006), responsible for entrepreneurship and regional development. Terri is an experienced Non-Executive Director having held various Ministerial and Board appointments in the UK and Ireland. http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07edl6u76p2d643b76&llr=6k4yu5wab |
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