The Right Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Brian Bloomfield MBE Councillor Brian Bloomfield MBE is the Mayor of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council and he was elected to office on the 14 th June 2016. As the Mayor of the Council for 2016-2017, Councillor Bloomfield will represent the Council as First Citizen across all parts of the Lisburn and Castlereagh area. The Mayor is best-known to many as the former Vice Principal of Wallace High School. He held this post from September 1988 until his retirement some years ago in June 2008. Over those 20 years he has worked with hundreds of students, parents, educational professionals, voluntary organisations, sporting and statutory bodies and maintained his life-long interest in rugby football. Councillor Bloomfield has been married to Rosalind since 1973. She is a former Special Needs teacher. The couple have two children, Jonathan and Clare, and became grandparents in October 2015 with the arrival of their grandson, Conor. Councillor Bloomfield was elected to the former Lisburn City Council in May 2011 and was successfully re-elected in 2014 to the new Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council. He served on several Council Committees and was Chairman of the Environmental Services Committee in the Shadow Council period (2014-2015) as well as holding the position of Chairman of the Lisburn City Council PSCP (2014- 2015). The Mayor has had a long and distinguished career in the field of education, and has maintained his keen interest in rugby from his early years in school and club competitions, to his coaching work with the IRFU Coaching Committee. Councillor Brian Bloomfield was awarded the MBE for services to Rugby Football in Northern Ireland, an honour he treasures. A Snapshot Profile of Councillor Brian Bloomfield MBE Councillor Bloomfield was elected to the former Lisburn City Council in May 2011 and was successfully re-elected in 2014 to the new Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council. He served on several Council Committees and was Chairman of the Environmental Services Committee in the Shadow Council period (2014-2015) as well as holding the position of Chairman of the Lisburn City Council PSCP (2014- 2015). Academic Career Educated at Limavady Grammar School, Queen’s University Belfast and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 1968 Appointed Teacher of Geography in Methodist College Belfast 1977 Promoted to Head of Year, Methodist College Belfast 1981 Promoted to Head of the Geography Department, Methodist College Belfast 1988 Appointed Vice Principal (Pastoral) Wallace High School, Lisburn 2008 Retired Personal Achievements Winning the Medallion Shield on 4 occasions with Methodist College Belfast, 1970s. Leading Wallace High School to two rugby Schools Cup Finals in 1993 and 2003 Coaching the Ulster Senior side rugby team in 1993-1995 (pre-professional era) Representing Ulster on the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) Coaching Committee; initiating and delivering rugby coaching courses and assessing coaches. .