People on the Move
Frances McMurray
Name: Frances McMurray.
Organisation: Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery (NIPEC).
Position: Chief executive.
Role: To assist NIPEC in helping organisations and practitioners meet demands of the modernising nursing and midwifery agenda.
Track record: Frances has had a distinguished career in nursing and midwifery, including senior management posts at Queen’s University.
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Keith Balmer
Monday, 1 December 2008
Name: Keith Balmer.
Company: PRG Specialised Recruitment.
Position: Consultant.
Role: Keith will be responsible for temporary finance vacancies across Northern Ireland.
Track record: Keith previously worked at Hays Recruitment.
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Hal Catherwood
Monday, 1 December 2008
Name: Hal Catherwood.
Company: Brewin Dolphin.
Position: Head of office, Belfast.
Role: Hal will lead the team of 17 investment managers and support staff to help develop its investment services to clients.
Track record: Hal joined Brewin Dolphin in 2005.
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Sean O'Neill
Monday, 1 December 2008
Name: Sean O’Neill.
Company: Osborne King Commercial Property Consultants.
Position: Operations director, estate resources.
Role: Managing estate resources personnel and providing technical facilities management advice to management department.
Track Record: Senior facilities manager with McLaughlin & Harvey in Mallusk and brancy manager for Carillion.
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Carmel Curran
Monday, 1 December 2008
Name: Carmel Curran.
Company: Osborne King Commercial Property Consultants.
Position: General practice surveyor.
Role: To help manage a major financial services property contract.
Track record: Former estates manager with United Group Services.
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Claire Henderson
Monday, 1 December 2008
Name: Claire Henderson.
Organisation: South Eastern Regional College.
Position: Head of faculty of creative technologies.
Role: Claire is responsible for business, health and care, performing and creative arts, applied science, sport, hospitality, hair and beauty.
Track record: Claire has 10 years experience working in various roles in the college.
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Pilar Perez
Monday, 24 November 2008
Name: Pilar Perez.
Company: Ion Online Marketing.
Position: Junior software developer.
Role: Pilar’s responsibilities will include managing and developing software packages.
Track record: Pilar graduated from the Technical University of Cartagena.
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Anna Greene
Monday, 24 November 2008
Name: Anna Greene.
Company: Ion Online Marketing.
Position: Marketing executive.
Role: Anna will develop and implement marketing strategies, and design and execute email marketing campaigns.
Track record: Anna is a graduate of the Invest NI export develop graduate programme where she completed a placement with a corporate clothing company.
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Aaron Weir
Monday, 24 November 2008
Name: Aaron Weir.
Company: Stena Line Freight.
Position: Area sales manager for Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Role: Aaron will maintain and develop existing and new clients on Irish Sea routes in the freight and haulier sectors.
Track record: Aaron worked for Montgomery Transport as transport operator and for Woodside Haulage in roles including senior traffic operator.
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Paul Gilchrist
Monday, 24 November 2008
Name: Paul Gilchrist.
Company: Gem contact centre.
Position: Technology director.
Role: Paul will be responsible for technology management and service delivery.
Track record: Paul has almost 20 years experience in information technology, the last 10 of which has been spent in contact centres.
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Martin Carroll
Monday, 24 November 2008
Name: Martin Carroll.
Company: PRG Specialised Recruitment.
Position: Executive resourcing consultant.
Role: Martin will be responsible for account development, professional networking, head hunting and retained recruitment projects.
Track record: Martin worked in the administration section of the Ministry of Defence for 12 years, specialising in recruitment and selection.
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Stephanie McNally
Monday, 24 November 2008
Name: Stephanie McNally.
Company: PRG Financial.
Position: Consultant.
Role: Stephanie will essentially deal with permanent vacancies in the accountancy support market.
Track record: Stephanie has five years experience in sales and customer service in the financial services and recruitment sectors.
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Bo Hu
Monday, 17 November 2008
Name: Bo Hu.
Company: SAP Research Campus-based Engineering Centre (CEC), Belfast.
Position: Researcher.
Role: Bo will participate in EU-funded research projects aimed at changing how people acquire, capture and pass on knowledge in organisations.
Track record: Former researcher in University of Southampton, involved in Advanced Knowledge Technologies IRC, OpenKnowledge (EU) and HealthAgents (EU).
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Stephen Kelly
Monday, 17 November 2008
Name: Stephen Kelly.
Company: Spirit Marketing Group.
Position: Managing director.
Role: Stephen will manage Spirit's core business, providing marketing services for shopping centres in the UK and Ireland.
Track record: Stephen is a former chief executive of the Federation of Retail Licensed Trade Northern Ireland and also worked as chief executive of the City Centre Initiative in Derry.
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Dawn Bell
Monday, 17 November 2008
Name: Dawn Bell.
Company: Sellick Partnership, Northern Ireland.
Position: Recruitment consultant.
Role: Dawn will be responsible for public sector executive support recruitment across Northern Ireland.
Track record: Dawn is a graduate of the University of Ulster and has worked in a management position in the retail sector.
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Claire Donnelly
Monday, 17 November 2008
Name: Claire Donnelly.
Company: Grand Opera House.
Position: Hospitality events co-ordinator.
Role: Responsible for planning, organising and implementing all functions in the theatre.
Track record: Claire was employed in the Armagh City Hotel as conference and banqueting coordinator.
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Clare Rainey
Monday, 17 November 2008
Name: Clare Rainey.
Company: Grand Opera House.
Position: Food services manager.
Role: Managing all food areas in the theatre including Luciano's Café Bar and Restaurant. Also responsible for operational management of all events and functions.
Track record: Clare worked for Ramore Restaurants for 12 years, most recently as general manager of Ramore Wine Bar in Portrush.
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Francis Shields
Monday, 17 November 2008
Name: Francis Shields.
Company: BDO Stoy Hayward.
Position: Corporate tax assistant manager.
Role: Helping the management of compliance issues for corporate tax clients. Also working on tax consultancy projects.
Track record: Francis qualified as an accountant in February last year after training with an accountancy and tax practice in Newry.
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Marianne Hood
Monday, 10 November 2008
Name: Marianne Hood
Company: Grand Opera House
Position: Hospitality director
Role: Responsible for bars, the dining facilities, front of house sales, events and functions, housekeeping operations and customer service
Track record: Marianne worked for 11 years with Botanic Inns where her roles included general manager of The Kings Head
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Hilary Armstrong
Monday, 10 November 2008
Name: Hilary Armstrong
Company: Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank’s Business Centre, Belfast
Position: Business banking manager
Role: To manage increasing demand at business centre
Track record: A chartered accountant, Hilary is a former senior business banking manager at Ulster Bank
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John Young
Monday, 10 November 2008
Name: John Young
Company: BDO Stoy Hayward
Position: Senior manager
Role: Business restructuring
Track record: John has extensive specialist insolvency experience from previous roles at McCambridge Duffy LLP Insolvency Practitioners and Ernst & Young in London
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Columnist Comments
• Get going now ... there’s a major crisis to tackle
The Northern Ireland Executive is preparing its strategy to tackle the on-coming economic crisis.
• View From Dublin: Separate visions - reform the civil service and slice budget
Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan hit two very large nails on the head when he launched the latest initiative to make the public service more efficient and cost-effective.
Business Poll: Corporation Tax?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
| Yes |
 74% |
| No |
 26% |
ACADEMIC SELECTION
Which of these statements do you agree with
Which of these statements do you agree with
| The 11-Plus should be retained |
45% |
| The 11-Plus should be replaced by another form of academic selection |
29% |
| All forms of academic selection should be outlawed in Northern Ireland |
26% |
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Only feet on the street?
Should Belfast city centre be a pedestrianised zone?
President Obama
Do you think Barack Obama will be a good president?
Is the Beeb worth the licence fee?
Is the service offered by the BBC worth the cost of the licence fee?
