Commonwealth Sport in Northern Ireland
Our History
The TeamNI Board
Dr Stephen Martin MBE OLY / Chair
Stephen is a double Olympic Medallist with Team GB Hockey, competing in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games (Bronze Medal), 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games (Gold Medal), and the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games (6th place). Stephen has been Chef de Mission and Deputy Chef de Mission for Team GB and Team Ireland, which he led performance and operational planning for both the Summer and Winter Olympics. He was involved in the following Olympics; 2000 Sydney, 2002 Salt Lake City, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2010 Vancouver, 2012 London, 2014 Sochi, 2016 Rio, and in 2018 PyeongChang.
He was a member of the UK Sports Institute Board and later Irish Institute of Sport, who were established to provide world-class high-performance systems through a collaborative approach with Olympic Governing Bodies and Government Agencies in UK and Ireland. In November 2023 he became chair of Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland, previously he was TeamNI manager during the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
He now runs his own Leadership and Management Consultancy business alongside his role as training coordinator with encompass a new digital medical records system for NI Health and Social Health Care Trusts.
Anthony Mitchell / Secretary General
Alan Strong
Catherine Dolliver
Catherine has been involved in playing the sports of Camogie and Basketball for many years through school, university and club systems. More recently she has become involved in the administration and coaching within Basketball.
Catherine’s background is Finance, Corporate Governance and Wellbeing. She has a keen interest in forging closer links between Business and Sport in Northern Ireland to further increase levels of professionalism and high performance in Northern Ireland sports. Catherine joined the Board of CGNI in December 2023.
Fionnuala Toner
Lisa Bradley
Mark Montgomery
Stephen Cuddy