Glyn Roberts has been Chief Executive of Retail NI since January 2008 after serving seven years as Head of the Federation of Small Businesses in Northern Ireland.
He was Chair of NI High Streets Taskforce Policy Committee and is a board member of Ashton Community Trust. Glyn was Chairman of Colleges NI from 2014-17 and previously was a member of the South-eastern Regional College Governing Body. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Business Trust (2011-12).
Previous positions held include Public Affairs Director with Weber Shandwick, Head of Communications for Cancer Focus NI and Manager of a Community Work Programme in West Belfast for the long-term unemployed.
Glyn holds a degree in Political Science from the Ulster University and is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Leaders for Tomorrow Programme (2008) and the US State Department International Leadership Programme (2007).