Enda Young

Enda has over 20 years of experience in conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation.

He holds an MA in “Theory, Culture and Identity” and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast. He is an accredited Executive Coach with the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), a member of the Association of Coaching (AC), a certificated mediator with the International Mediation Institute (IMI) and the Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII). He is a Rotary Peace Fellow, a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International and an ambassador for the Institute for Economics and Peace.

He is contributor to: The BBC, The Irish Times, Psychologies Magazine. He has delivered talks and training internationally in: Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Thailand, Brazil, Romania, Turkey, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Canada and the United States. He has worked with some of the world’s largest companies and international NGO’s such as the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Development Programme.

Enda was named as one of the top 40 under 40 in Northern Ireland in 2019 by Business First. He is a Director and one of the co-founders of FactCheckNI, the first independent fact-checking organisation in Northern Ireland and a Director and Trustee of Lighthouse a suicide prevention Charity. He is also founder of OutdoorDadNI an initiative that focuses on the outdoors and positive mental health.