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Fabian Charles Monds, CBE (born 1 November 1940) was a BBC Governor with responsibility for Northern Ireland. Appointed in 1999, in June 2003 his term of office was extended until 31 July 2007. He has contributed to economic development and inward investment initiatives, particularly in Londonderry, Fermanagh, Omagh and West Belfast.

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Monds was director of the Institute of Mathematics, becoming Dean, and later, Pro-Vice Chancellor, of the Magee Campus of the University of Ulster. Until 2006, he was the Chairman of Invest Northern Ireland, the province's main economic development organisation. His research interests include telecommunications and entrepreneurial studies. He is Chair of Northern Ireland's Centre for Trauma and Transformation in Omagh, County Tyrone. [ citation needed ] He is the former Northern Ireland co-chair of the U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership Steering Group. [1]

His grand daughter is the singer SOAK whose full name is Bridie Monds-Watson. [2]

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References

  1. Halpin, Killian; Kerri-Ann Jones; Fabian Monds (7 April 2014). "A Trilateral Partnership for Supporting Research and Relationships". Science & Diplomacy. 3 (2).
  2. "Derry singer Soak" . Retrieved 28 January 2018.