Ms Caslin, who has over 12 years’ experience in public and regulatory law, is one of four new Council members appointed with effect from today until 3 November 2028.

The PSNI was established by the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Northern Ireland) 1925 and has been based at 73 University Street, Belfast since 1933. It is the regulatory and professional leadership body for pharmacists in Northern Ireland.

Its objectives include, amongst other matters, to advance chemistry and pharmacy and promote pharmaceutical education and the application of pharmaceutical knowledge, while safeguarding the interests of the members in the Society in their exercise of the profession of pharmacy.

The PSNI maintains a register of over 2,800 pharmacists, 140 pre-registration trainees and over 500 pharmacy premises across Northern Ireland.

Ms Caslin currently works as in-house counsel to the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), an independent subsidiary of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), where she advises on the governance and regulation of payment systems in the UK.

Prior to joining the PSR, she worked extensively as a case presenter for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), dealing with lengthy, complex, and high-profile fitness to practice cases.

She was elected a Scholar of Trinity College Dublin and graduated with first class honours in law. She also holds a first class master’s in law from Trinity, where she completed her dissertation on the human rights of Travellers, and a postgraduate diploma in professional legal studies (Bar course) from Queen’s University Belfast.

Ms Caslin was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2011 and the Bar of England and Wales in 2015.

She currently holds one other public appointment with the Department of Health as a Non-Executive Lay Member of the Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery.