Mairéad Duffy graduated from the University of Ulster with a BMus Hons and a PGCE in Music Education. As a member of the Belfast Harp Orchestra, she recorded and toured with The Chieftains. She was the featured vocalist in many of these performances, performing at Milwaukee Irish Fest and Carnegie Hall. She won the Nancy Calthorpe Memorial Prize for Irish Harp and Voice at Dublin Feis Ceoil.

Mairéad was Head of Music in St. Patrick’s Academy, Dungannon for twenty-four years. She holds an Artist Teacher Diploma in Choral Music Education with Choral Music Experience. She is a past chair of TOSINI-Teachers of Singing in Ireland and is in great demand as a vocal coach/leader and musical director. Following a successful fundit.ie campaign, and with support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, she released her debut album ‘Silver Tin House’ as a singer songwriter in 2016. She is artistic and musical director of Gathered Voices, a community choir based in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.

Mairéad currently works with the National Development Office of Music Generation as Quality, Support and Development Manager.

When not making music, she enjoys reading, the theatre, walking her sprollie Heidi, Crossfit and swimming. A great cup of coffee and a catch-up with friends rank highly too.

A chartered accountant with over 35 years’ experience (mostly in Price Waterhouse Cooper), John has been treasurer at WheelWorks for almost seven years. His responsibilities include financial control, financial reporting, and heading the audit and risk sub-committee. In his spare time, he’s rarely in the country, and gets away as much as he possibly can. It’s not all good news though as he’s also a Leeds supporter with all the associated disappointment that goes with it.

Urbi Banerjee is Senior Project Development Manager in AECOM, Belfast. As part of the architecture team, she is responsible for leading and managing project development activities across all sectors within the company. She has over 24 years of post-architectural experience, having worked as an architect in India and in the UK, including doctoral research experience and teaching activities.

Since completion of her PhD in 2015, Urbi has largely been involved in proposal management, technical writing, business development, research & project intelligence, and is a visiting lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University.

Hannah has twenty years’ experience in a variety of producing and curatorial roles. She has worked as a freelance creative producer with Off The Rails in Belfast, the Civic Theatre in Dublin, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and Dublin Theatre Festival. 

She was Creative Producer for the award-winning ANU Productions and WillFredd Theatre before leaving to work for VISUAL in Carlow and The Courthouse in Tinahealy. 

In 2023, she was awarded her second bursary from Arts Council Ireland’s Young People, Children & Education (YPCE) department to continue her research into the development of work for young audiences that reaches across both live and digital platforms.  

She has recently founded her consultancy and production company PLAYGROUND Productions, which produces work for young audiences and advises arts organisations and policy makers on best practice approaches to programming work for and with young audiences. In May 2024, PLAYGROUND was awarded the tender for the position of adviser to the YPCE department in Arts Council Ireland. 

Clair is a qualified actuary who spent the first decade of her career at multinational consulting firms, helping clients with their pensions and investments issues. For the last eight years, she has been leading on global transformation from within multinationals, focusing on strategy, operations and identity of growth opportunities.  

In her spare time, she pursues her passion for creative writing, and is currently publishing a series of children’s books. Clair is a fitness fanatic who loves running, yoga and lifting weights - a perfect stress-reliever for her busy family life! 

Shelley Jarvis is an American qualified attorney who has been operating an international consultancy since 2006, specialising in governance, data protection, privacy, and contract law.  She also volunteers in the community with a focus on women and children.  A lover of the arts, she is thrilled to be helping Wheelworks nurture the creative minds of the future generation