Dawn McLaughlin

Dawn is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland having trained and qualified with PwC. In 2005 she established Dawn McLaughlin & Co, a practice located in the North West City Region. For the past 37 years, Dawn has specialised in advising start-up companies and small to medium size enterprises throughout the UK and Ireland.

She is a past President of the Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Institute of Management - North West Ulster Branch and member of the Regional Board for Northern Ireland. She was also on the Member Services Committee of the Ulster Society of Chartered Accountants Ireland as the North West representative and a member of the Board of the local Leadership Team of Business in the Community.

Dawn was a member of the steering group established by the Ulster Society of Chartered Accountants which produced the report Financing for Growth, examining the financial structures and products available for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Northern Ireland.

She was founder member of the Support My Business NI Initiative providing mentoring and workshops on a pro bono basis to Northern Ireland businesses and was awarded the Derry City Council 2014 Woman of the Year Award for her contribution to Enterprise.

Dawn is a Trustee on the Board of Governors of St John’s Primary School in Derry having previously served for twelve years as the Department of Education NI representative.

She holds no other public appointments.