Board member
Sheila McClelland was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Republic of Ireland Office of the Police Ombudsman in September 2024. She was previously the Chief Executive of Health and Social Care Professional’s Council, The Nursing and Midwifery Council, Carrickfergus Borough Council, and Director of the Council of Curriculum, Examination and Assessment.
Sheila was appointed as a Board member of CRC on 1 June 2013, and her current term ends on 30thNovember 2025. She does not claim remuneration for her work on the Board. Her workload on CRC’s Board is approximately 20 days per annum, including Council meetings.
Sheila had been a career public servant with previous roles in the Northern Ireland Assembly in which she held a number of positions including Head of Outreach and Education, Keeper of the House, Head of Corporate Services and Clerk to the Finance and Personnel Committee during the period 2001 to 2011. She was Private Secretary to the Minister for Regional Development in the period 1999 to 2001, and prior to devolution, was the Departmental and Travelling Private Secretary to the Minister for the Environment.
Ms McClelland has recently been appointed a member of the Maynooth University Governing Authority (National University of Ireland).