About Us | Alpha Housing NI

John Glass

Chair

John is Director of Infrastructure & Projects at Translink. He is responsible for the management of its estate including the rail network. John also leads the delivery of capital projects, such as the Belfast Transport Hub and Weavers Cross regeneration. Formerly John was NI Chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

Kieran Dempsey

Vice Chair

Kieran is an architect with his own practice, specialising in areas including housing for older people. As Chair of Newington Housing Association, he helped deliver the award-winning Parkside regeneration project at the Limestone Road interface in north Belfast.

Adrian Burke

Adrian is the Chief Executive of a Welsh housing association that he has led since 2016. He has been working within housing and homelessness for more than 25 years. Before commencing his current role, Adrian spent five years working as Assistant Director for The Salvation Army in London.

Nigel Carson

Nigel is a retired civil servant. During his career he held senior management positions in several departments and agencies and immediately prior to retirement was a Director in the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. He was a Trustee of Craigowen Housing Association for 10 years, including three years as Chair, until 2024.

Bronagh Goan

Bronagh is Head of Engagement for the Department for Transport in Northern Ireland. Her career started in communications and she has held various roles across agency, health and Government both in Stormont and Whitehall.

Lorna Hagan

Lorna is a Civil Engineer with 20 years of site engineering, quality management systems and leadership experience. She has worked on some of the biggest infrastructure projects in the UK. Lorna is a qualified instructor and provides training and consultancy services through her business ConstructTuition Ltd.

Glynis Hobson

Glynis is Director of Customer Services at Co-Ownership. Her role focuses on leading Co-Ownership’s customer facing teams. Glynis is passionate about service excellence and has led Co-Ownership’s work to become accredited ServiceMark members of the Institute of Customer Service.

Brendan Johnston

Brendan is a social worker. Prior to his retirement, he was Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and was responsible for establishing the regulation of social care workers in NI. Brendan has served on the boards of a number of voluntary organisations.

Stephen Kearney

Stephen is a Chartered Accountant and has been a principal in his own practice in Newry for over 25 years. He is also a Chartered Director and has a keen interest and understanding of leadership and governance.

Liz McKernon

Liz McKernon has worked in TransLink for 7 years and is currently Head of Organisational Development . She has had a career in HR spanning 36 years , working across multiple sectors, including Retail, Food Manufacturing and Financial Services.

Eamonn Sweeney

Eamonn is retired. He was formerly Chief Executive of Northstone, one of Northern Ireland's largest companies, with subsidiaries including Farrans Construction, Cubis Industries and Northstone Materials.

Board Members