Goals Soccer Centres plc announced the appointment of Stephen Kirkpatrick as Senior Independent Director. He will join the Board and chair the Audit Committee with effect from 1 February 2019. He spent 15 years with Bank of Ireland Group in a variety of senior leadership roles including that of Chief Executive in Northern Ireland and Head of Retail Credit for the Group. Stephen currently chairs the Northern Ireland Investment Fund Scrutiny Board and is the Senior Independent Director of DLLNI Limited. He is also a Director of Corbo Group. Previously, Stephen was a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair at Wireless Group plc, and chaired the Audit Committee of Mutual Energy Limited.