Alan Hanna has held several senior management positions in the voluntary sector. He is currently a freelance Consultant working primarily in the voluntary sector. He has also served on a number of public boards as a Non-Executive Director including the HSC Business Services Organisation and the NI Fire and Rescue Service. Much of Alan’s work has been in the area of learning disability and he has long personal experience of supporting a close family member with autism and learning disability.

Alan has an honours degree in Modern History and an MSc in Organisation and Management. For the past several years he has undertaken a range of interim Executive appointments with voluntary organisations including Diabetes UK, Children’s Heartbeat Trust and Belfast Community Circus.