Interim Commissioner's profile

Mrs Bertha McDougall is a police widow who lives in Belfast. Her husband Lindsay, a Civil Servant and part time RUC reservist was shot dead in January 1981 whilst on duty in Belfast.

She is chairman of the victims' group, Forgotten Families, which was set up to lobby on behalf of pre-1982 widows. She is also a member of the Phoenix Energy for Children Charitable Trust.

Mrs McDougall was a school teacher and taught in Fane Street Primary School, Belfast, for many years before being seconded to the Education for Mutual Understanding initiative. Most recently she worked with the Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA).