Douglas McIldoon

Education

Born in Belfast, McIldoon studied at Methodist College Belfast, Queen"s College, Oxford and the London School of Economics.

Career

From 1967 to 1969, he undertook research at the Oxford Centre for Management Studies. As the NILP lost members, McIldoon focused on his career at the Department of the Environment. Foreign three years from 1990, he was seconded to the European Commission.

He retired in the 2000s, but was commissioned to produce a report on Northern Irish energy prices in 2008.

Achievements

• In 1995, he was appointed head of The Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland, a role in which he adopted a high profile and was credited by the Belfast Telegraph with achieving lower prices for electricity users.

Politics

An activist in the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), he was appointed Party Secretary in 1969, and held the post through the 1970s.