Our Associate Team

Director of McWilliams Associates, professional trainer, coach and mediator. I have 25 years experience in designing, delivering and evaluating high impact leadership and organisational development programmes.

I am accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and Investors in People (IiP). Our programmes are custom designed to meet your organisational needs.

I am also a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Mediation Northern Ireland (MNI).

• Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism
  Robert Schuman Institute, Brussels
  (1991)
• BA Honours Degree in Communication
  Dublin City University
  (1987-1990)
• Diploma in Education
  Physical Education College, University of Ulster
  (1971-1974)
• Practitioner Licence in Mediation
  Mediation Northern Ireland, Belfast
• EQ-i Certification
  (BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory)
  Multi-Health Systems Inc., Dublin

• Director of McWilliams Associates, we design and deliver training and consultancy in leadership and management development.
  (2001 - present)
• Management Skills Specialist in the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin.
  (1996 - 2000)
• Training Specialist in the Aer Lingus cabin-crew training centre in customer care and communications.
  (1977 - 1994)
• Teacher in St. Mary's Secondary School, Clady.
  (1974 - 1976)

Professor Monica McWilliams is a highly skilled consultant with over twenty years’ experience in human rights, negotiation and conflict resolution and extensive overseas experience with national human rights institutions and international organisations.

Monica was a visiting Professor in Human Rights at the University of Chicago for the Spring Semester 2014. She has been involved in Training and Capacity building on gender based violence with civic society organisations in a range of conflict societies.

Monica advised the Irish Ambassador in Uganda in developing the work of the Ugandan Human Rights Commission and delivered presentations to foreign diplomats and delegations on the Northern Ireland peace process. She has also been involved in UN and EU meetings on gender based violence and human rights and she has published widely on human security and the role of women in peace negotiations such as the article in the Solutions Journal.

She has been instrumental in the development of the first government strategy on domestic violence in Northern Ireland.

• BSSc Honours
  Queen's University, Belfast
  (1975)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Town and Country Planning
  Queen's University, Belfast
  (1977)
• Masters in Urban Planning (MUP)
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
  (1978)
• Doctor of Humane Letters
  Lesley College, Massachusetts, USA
  (1998)
  Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, USA
  (2001)

• Commissioner, Independent Reporting Commission for the Disbandment of Paramilitary Organisations in Northern Ireland
  (Jan 2017 - present)
• Professor and Associate Researcher, Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Belfast, United Kingdom
  (2011 - present)
• Oversight Commissioner for Prison Reform, appointed by Minister of Justice, Northern Ireland Assembly
  (2011 - 2014)
• Chairperson Interpeace, Geneva, Switzerland
  (2018 - 2020 years)
• Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
  (Sep 2005 - Sep 2011)
• Member of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly
  (Jun 1998 - Nov 2003)
• Founder, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, elected to Northern Ireland Forum and the Multi-party Peace Negotiations
  (1996 - 1998)
• Appointed by the Home Secretary to the Board of the National Lottery Charities.
  (1994 - 1998)
• Appointed by the Taoiseach to the National Economic and Social Forum
  (1994 - 1996)

Anne McCallum is an associate trainer for McWilliams Associates, experienced in designing, delivering and evaluating high impact leadership and organisational development programmes.

• Postgraduate Diploma in Education
  (2007)
• BA Honours Degree in International Business Management
  University of Newcastle upon Tyne
  (1989 - 1993)
• Ecole Superieure de Commerce
  Grenoble, France.
  (1990 - 1991)

• Trainer in Leadership and Management skills for McWilliams Associates, in Private and Public sector organisations.
  (2006 - present)
• Lecturer NRC-Northern Regional College.
  I deliver levels 2-5 - Level 5 IATI (Institute Accounts Taxation for Ireland Examinations); Level 5 HND (Higher National Diploma) in Business, Business Strategy and Internet marketing; Level 3 BTEC (National Diploma in Business Marketing and Economics); Level 3 ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management; Level 2 BTEC First National Diploma and ECDL (European Computer Driving License).
  (2000 - present)
• Export Sales Manager, Desmond & Sons clothing company, responsible for selling £2m excess stock.
  The first woman from Northern Ireland to take part in the largest ever trade mission to the Middle East with the IDB.
  (1994 - 2000)