Dr Denis Rooney, CBE, trained as a chartered quantity surveyor and is director of Rooney Smith Associates. He has held a number of Board and Chair positions, most notably as Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland, and a member of the NAMA Advisory Group. Denis was also chairman of the Nomadic Charitable Trust, where he was involved in overseeing the restoration and conservation of the SS Nomadic, and its subsequent transfer to Titanic Foundation in 2015.
And Allison Dowling is an experienced communications and corporate affairs director and is currently a Senior Consultant at Ulster University, specialising in Marketing and Communications. Prior to joining the University, Allison led Diageo’s communications and external affairs agendas across GB, as Corporate Relations Director for Diageo Great Britain and was also a former Board Director of the British Brands Group.
Titanic Foundation’s Board has 8 Trustees, the new members are joining Dr Sally Montgomery OBE, Denis Power, Marie-Thérése McGivern, and Mark Beattie.
Titanic Foundation has also celebrated its 10th Anniversary. Over the past 10 years the organisation has celebrated key successes including the delivery of Titanic Belfast, which has welcomed over 4 million visitors, taking ownership of the SS Nomadic and incorporating it into the Titanic Belfast experience, the restoration of the H&W Drawing Offices into Titanic Hotel Belfast and finding a new home for Mew Lighthouse Optic. One of the rarest lighthouse optics in the world, now located on the new Titanic Walkway, which has welcomed over 50,000 visitors to date.
Nicky Dunn, Chair of the Titanic Foundation, with Mary MacIntyre, Denis Rooney & Allison Dowling.
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