Mary Caddell has been a regional officer for the NI Board of the RCM since June 1998. She was previously employed as a midwife at the Mater Maternity Unit in Belfast where she returned to work following her midwifery training in Liverpool. She still practices as a Bank Midwife in the Delivery Suite in the Royal Jubilee Maternity Service, Belfast where she has a particular interest in intra partum care and where she has practiced for most of her midwifery career.

Mary has a particular interest in risk management and legal issues involving midwifery and maternity services. She is the RCM representative on the Regional Trade Union Groups in NI and holds a BSc Honours Degree in Midwifery from the University of Ulster.