
He was first appointed to the Board on 1 February 2021. Mr Maskey has been nominated to the Board by Sinn Féin. He is a member of the Board of Directors in Newstart Education Centre, Belfast, a member of the Board of Governors of St Genevieve’s High School, Belfast, and Member of the Executive Committee and Chairperson of the Strategic Steering Group (Education) of the West Belfast Partnership Board. Prior to these positions he was a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. Mr Frank Maskey is a former Principal of Corpus Christi College, Belfast and former Vice Principal of St Patrick’s College, Belfast.
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He is paid £8,800 per annum plus travel and subsistence expenses based on a time commitment of approximately five days per month. Mr Lundy has been appointed to the Board to represent the interests of the Northern Ireland Commission for Catholic Education (NICCE). He was first appointed to the Board on 13 November 2017 and has been reappointed for a second term, commencing 1 April 2020 and ending on 31 March 2024.

He was appointed to the post of Deputy Chief Executive in CCMS in September 2011. He moved to CCMS, firstly as a senior adviser before joining the senior management team as Head of Planning and Development in 2001. During that time, he also worked in the FE and Voluntary Youth sectors. Gerry spent 20 years in a range of post-primary schools in the selective and non-selective sector, first as a modern language teacher and then as a senior manager with particular responsibilities for pastoral care. He currently works as a self-employed education adviser.

Mr Gerry Lundy retired from CCMS as Deputy Chief Executive in September 2016 after a career spanning almost four decades in the education service. Mr Hassard has been appointed to the Board to represent the interests of the Governing Bodies’ Association. He was first appointed to the Board on 1 April 2021. He is paid £8,800 per annum plus travel and subsistence expenses based on a time commitment of approximately five days per month. Mr Ronnie Hassard is currently a Director of the Governing Bodies’ Association (GBA NI) representing the voluntary grammar sector and is a member of the Board of Governors of Campbell College. He has over 40 years’ experience in controlled and voluntary post-primary schools. Mr Hassard brings to the Board experience of corporate governance and, as a former Principal of Wellington College and Ballymena Academy, he has substantial experience of budgetary management and applying financial management principles in an organisation. He has experience of meeting and negotiating with Trade Unions as the GBA representative on the Management Side of the Teachers’ Negotiating Committee and represents the GBA on two Area Planning Local Groups and on the Project Board reviewing suspensions and expulsions. He was also a member of a ministerial expert group considering the future of qualifications. Mr Mulholland has been appointed to the Board through the public appointments process. He was first appointed on 1 January 2021 and his term ends on 31 December 2024. He is paid circa £50,000 per annum plus travel and subsistence expenses based on a time commitment of three days per week.


Mr Mulholland has also served in a voluntary capacity on a wide range of public and community based committees, including BBC Children in Need (NI), BBC Appeals Committee (NI), the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Lurgan Credit Union and the Chief Executives’ Forum (NI). When the Education Authority came into operation in 2015, he assumed the role of Regional Managing Director taking responsibility for the Western and North and Eastern areas. He previously served as Chief Administrative Officer in the Belfast Education and Library Board and subsequently as Chief Executive of the Western Education and Library Board. Mr Barry Mulholland is the Chairperson of the Board of the Education Authority (EA), effective from 1 January 2021. Mr Mulholland was most recently the Chief Executive of the Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC).
