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Dr Alan McIlmoyle, McIlmoyle & Associates, based in Lisburn, has been elected a Fellow of British Institute of Agricultural Consultants (BIAC), with effect from 1st January 2009. Having completed 20 years this year as an independent Animal Nutrition & Agricultural Consultant, and been a Member of BIAC since 1992, Dr McIlmoyle is thrilled with the accolade.
To achieve this distinction, Dr McIlmoyle had to have 2 existing Fellows of BIAC vouch for the standard and professionalism of his work as a Member of BIAC. This was not particularly easy, since there are currently no other BIAC Members or indeed Fellows, in Northern Ireland. Attendance at various conferences and seminars in the UK over many years, run by BIAC for members, provided an ideal opportunity for networking, getting to know other Members and Fellows within BIAC. This also ensured that BIAC members in the UK realised that a BIAC Member was based in N Ireland.
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In addition, a recent copy of a substantial piece of work had to be submitted to the Membership Committee of BIAC for their consideration.
The deliberations of the Membership Committee were communicated to Dr McIlmoyle just before Christmas, with the outcome being election to Fellow within BIAC.
Dr McIlmoyle has a wide portfolio of clients, ranging from farmers, feed compounders, feed raw material store auditing, the legal profession, and over recent years, providing Agricultural Impact Assessments to multi-national civil engineering contractors involved in the design of new dual carriageways planned for the Province. He is a Director of the Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association (NIGTA), a member of the NIGTA Scientific Committee and the Technical representative on the AgriSearch Dairy Committee. |
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