Innovation City Belfast has confirmed the appointment of Eileen Montgomery as the new Digital Innovation Commissioner to drive forward its mission to develop the city as a globally significant destination for innovation.
With almost three decades experience as a senior leader at some of the world’s leading manufacturers, such as Ford Motor Company, Eileen has extensive experience as an Executive across the automotive and oil and gas industries and has held a number of roles at leading companies, most recently as Vice-President of Engineering at US industrial products giant Crane.
Still an Engineer at heart, Eileen is also a former guest lecturer in Product Design at Queen’s University, Belfast.
Commenting on her appointment, Professor Ian Greer, Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University, Belfast and ICB Chair said:
“It’s a pleasure to welcome Eileen as the new Digital Innovation Commissioner for Belfast.
“With her incredible breadth of experience both here in Northern Ireland and across the globe, holding a variety of senior roles at successful companies, she truly is an industry leader in innovation.
“Eileen brings to ICB a unique skillset which will be extremely valuable to support our shared vision of better collaboration between industry, academia and government to drive inclusive innovation and growth, creating more and better jobs and improving quality of life.
“I look forward to working alongside her and the wider ICB partnership as together we deliver tangible benefits for the city and region, underpinned by investment secured through Belfast Region City Deal.”
ICB comprises a partnership of six anchor institutions in the partnership including Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour, Catalyst, Queen’s University, Belfast and Ulster University, with Invest NI as advisory partner.
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