Todd Kelman has been full-time General Manager of the Belfast Giants for three seasons, officially taking over as GM in April 2007. In his three seasons in charge of the organisation, the Giants have won three championships; the Challenge Cup and British Knock Out Cup in 2009 and the Playoff Championship in 2010. Kelman’s vision has been to create a championship attitude throughout every aspect of the organisation, from the game day operations, to the off-ice commitment to the community and to the on-ice performance of the team.

Now in his fourth season as General Manager, Kelman has his mind set on winning the Elite League Championship, the only trophy he has not won as a GM. Prior to moving into the front office, Kelman played seven seasons for the Giants, winning two league titles and one playoff championship. He served as an assistant captain for his final three seasons and retired as the franchise’s all-time leader in games played appearing in 419 games and as the top scoring defenceman of all time.

Kelman was born and raised in Calgary, Canada and has grandparents from Scotland and Northern Ireland, which was the original reason why he wanted to play in Belfast. He graduated from Bowling Green University in Ohio in 1997.

Doug Christiansen is now in his second season as Head Coach of the Belfast Giants after totalling a franchise record 86 regular season points in his first year in charge.

Christiansen joined the Giants after three seasons as Coach of the Edinburgh Capitals, and in 2009-2010, after guiding the Capitals to their best season in franchise history, was named EIHL Coach of the Year by the British Ice Hockey Writers’ Association.

Previously, Christiansen played 8 seasons professionally in the AHL, ECHL, UHL, Italy, and the UK. His best season was in 2005-2006 when he played for the Reading Royals in the ECHL, where he was named team MVP and finished 4th in the ECHL goal scoring stats.

Christiansen graduated with honours from Union College in 2002 and has since graduated with a Masters in Sports Business Management from the University of Edinburgh.

Rob Stewart rejoined the Belfast Giants in 2008, after spending two seasons as head coach of the Romford Raiders. No stranger to Belfast, Stewart played for the Giants for 3 seasons before becoming player/coach in 2003/04, the first season in the Elite League. The following season he coached in Sheffield and a year later he returned to playing with the Giants helping them to a League Title in 2006.

Jason “Taff” Ellery is the full-time Equipment Manager with the Belfast Giants. Taff plied his trade initially in his native Wales with the Cardiff Devils and then the London Knights. He has also been Equipment Manager with the GB team for the past 15 years and is involved with mentoring trainee Equipment Managers at IIHF Development Camps in the Middle East and Scandinavia.

Often first to arrive at the rink and last to leave, Taff plays a key role in the team’s preparation for games and training sessions, ensuring each player has the equipment needed in order to compete and that it is properly maintained at all times.

James has grown up playing Ice Hockey in Northern Ireland and has recently represented Great Britain as coach of the Under12 national team. Having graduated from the University of Ulster in 2006 with an Honours in Interactive Multimedia Design, James has worked with the Giants on all aspects of Web, Print and Graphic Design, and is also responsible for merchandising and the day to day running of the office.

Louise came on board with the Belfast Giants in November 2009 as part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Ulster. Louise’s role is to develop the Community Foundation activities of the Belfast Giants throughout the Northern Ireland community at large.

Louise previously worked for Cooperation Ireland where she was Project Co-ordinator over the past two and a half years on their largest cross-community and cross-border reconciliation initiative, the CORE Project. Before officially joining the Giants, she co-ordinated the summer Giant HEROS Camps in 2008 and 2009, which brought together ‘at-risk’ young people from Finglas (Dublin), East Belfast and Short Strand.

Gordy is a retired school teacher who takes responsibility for the coordination and implementation of our school visits throughout the season. The Giants visit over 100 schools each year, meeting on average 3000 primary school children. The team talk to the children about Healthy Eating and Exercise to promote good health from an early age.