Dame Rotha Geraldine Diane Johnston,
DBE (born August 1959) is a
Northern Irish
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entrepreneur
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in
commerce
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and
property
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. Johnston is chair of
Northern Ireland Screen
Northern Ireland Screen is the national screen agency for Northern Ireland. The agency's purpose is to promote the development of a sustainable film, animation and television production industry.About Us > Overview Northern Ireland Screen website, ...
, a non-executive director of
Northern Ireland Electricity
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (NIE Networks) is the electricity asset owner of the transmission and distribution infrastructure in Northern Ireland, established in 1993 when the business was privatised. NIE Networks does not gene ...
and an independent board member of the Department of Justice and
Belfast Harbour Commissioners
Belfast Harbour is a major maritime hub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, handling 67% of Northern Ireland's seaborne trade and about 25% of the maritime trade of the entire island of Ireland. It is a vital gateway for raw materials, exports and c ...
.
Johnston, a native of
West Belfast who attended
St Dominic's Grammar School, is a non-executive Director of
Allied Irish Bank and Deputy Chair of
Invest Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) is Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency. It is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for the Economy (DfE). According to DETI's website it; "supports business growth and i ...
. She is a non-executive member of the
Northern Ireland Office
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO; ga, Oifig Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: ''Norlin Airlann Oaffis'') is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. The NIO is led by the Secretary of State for N ...
and Pro Chancellor at
Queen's University Belfast.
BBC
On 1 November 2006 Johnston was appointed as one of the founding members of the
BBC Trust
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, which along with a formal executive board replaced the former
BBC Board of Governors as the governing body of the
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. Her term expired on 31 October 2010. Until late 2012, Johnston served as BBC National Trustee for Northern Ireland and chaired the
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