Regional Director (Northern Ireland) for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the governing body of the recruitment industry. In 2017 McKenzie was appointed the Honorary Consul to Finland in Belfast. Her consular roles include promoting economic, political, academic and cultural relations between the Nordic region and Northern Ireland, and monitoring the rights of Finnish citizens in the area. In this role, McKenzie introduced Irish President Michael D. Higgins when he delivered the Harri Holkeri Lecture at Queen's University Belfast in 2018. Personal life McKenzie is married and the mother of three children. References 1973 births Living people Business executives NI21 politicians Politicians from Belfast Women in the politics of Northern Ireland Catholic Unionists 21st-century politicians from Northern Ireland 20th-century politicians from Northern Ireland