Gordon Parkes
Executive Director, People & Culture
GORDON PARKES, Executive Director – People & Culture, has worked for NIE Networks for 24 years and was appointed to the Board in May 2019. He has over 40 years’ experience in Human Resources across several organisations and sectors.
He is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Grand Opera House Trust and of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He is currently Chair of the Green Skills Delivery Group established by the Department for the Economy. Since 2013 he has been a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and, in 2019, was awarded Chartered Companion status by the CIPD Board. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration, is a member of the Institute of Directors and holds a Diploma in Company Direction (DipIoD).
In 2023, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building Fellowship Programme.