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People on the Move
Valerie Meek
Name: Valerie Meek
Company: Eircom Northern Ireland
Position: New business development manager
Role: Valerie joins eircom Northern Ireland as a new business development manager with responsibility for the growth of the local enterprise market.
Track record: Valerie has over 17 years experience of the ICT/Telecoms market, acquired through the roles of account management and business development manager for a blue chip organisation and major systems integrator
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Inside People on the Move
Martin Daly
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Name: Martin Daly
Company: eircom Northern Ireland
Position: Service manager
Role: He is responsible for the service management for a number of key customers in the eircom Northern Ireland portfolio. This includes contractual management, service delivery, continuous service improvement initiatives and ensuring the delivery of high levels of service
Track record: Martin has over 15 years’ experience in the IT sector, comprising service management experience for public and private sector customers
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Billie-Jo Armstrong
Friday, 5 February 2010
Name: Billie-Jo Armstrong
Company: Western Group
Position: Active Families Coordinator
Role: Billie-Jo’s core responsibility is to plan, prepare and oversee the delivery of the Active Families Role Modelling Programme across the five District Council Areas of Limavady, Derry, Strabane, Omagh and Fermanagh. The initiative aims to use physical activity and role-modelling to address the issues of coronary heart disease including alcohol abuse and misuse
Track record: Billie-Jo previously worked as Community Sports Officer for Omagh District Council
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Joy Bond
Friday, 5 February 2010
Name: Joy Bond
Company: Lyric Theatre
Position: Head of marketing and |communications
Role: With ultimate responsibility for audience development, marketing, media and branding Joy's post will involve managing the marketing and communications, box office and development functions for the theatre. Her post will form part of the Lyric's senior executive team in preparation for opening the refurbished £18m theatre on Ridgeway Street in 2011
Track record: Prior to her appointment Joy spent over three years in Belfast Zoo developing its marketing and communications strategy
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David Porter
Friday, 5 February 2010
Name: David Porter
Company: Rivers Agency (an agency within the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development)
Position: Director of Development
Role:Rivers Agency has promoted David Porter to Director of Development. David will be responsible for implementing the EU Floods Directive within Northern Ireland as well as directing the Agency’s mapping and modelling requirements and planning advisory function
Track recordDavid was previously the Western Regional Engineer with responsibility for the Agency’s Fermanagh, Omagh and Coleraine offices
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Maeve Fox
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Name: Maeve Fox
Company: Ulster Cancer Foundation
Position: Development officer
Role: Maeve will be responsible for organising community and special events, focusing on helping schools and community groups to organise fundraising events for the charity.
Track record: Maeve workedk as a marketing officer for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and then corporate fundraising assistant for Action Cancer, where she was responsible for managing corporate partnerships.
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Liz Lemon
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Name: Liz Lemon
Position: Programme manager
Role: Seconded from Northern Bank, Liz is responsible for delivering the Work Inspiration Campaign in Northern Ireland. This national campaign aims to help schools and colleges bridge the gap between classroom and the world of work.
Track record: Liz has been employed in the Financial Services sector with 20 years experience in customer relationship management, training and personal development.
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Grania Crawford
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Name: Grania Crawford
Company: Siemens
Position: Healthcare sales manager
Role:She will be responsible for building new customer relationships in Northern Ireland
Track record: Grania worked as a computed tomography product specialist for over four years with Siemens in England. She began her career in radiography at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals in London, where she worked in interventional, accident and emergency and CT.
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Nick Carson
Friday, 29 January 2010
Name: Nick carson
Company: Serious PR
Position: Senior consultant
Role: In his new role Nick will be responsible for internal operations and the provision of strategic counsel to Serious PR's clients
Track record: Nick has more than 25 years' consultancy experience in both the public and private sectors. In the public sector he ran the press office in the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland for five years, providing communications advice and support to a total of three NIO Ministers. As a PR consultant in the private sector he has worked with several high-profile clients, handling media relations and public affairs, preparing communications strategies and conducting internal communications audits
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Colm McMullan
Friday, 29 January 2010
Name: Colm Mcmullan
Company: Harbinson Mulholland
Position: Assistant manager in tax department
Role: In his new role, Colm will be managing the tax compliance and planning issues of a wide range of personal and corporate tax clients
Track record: Colm originally joined Harbinson Mulholland in 2003 after graduating from Queen’s University Belfast and has worked for the company in other roles until his recent promotion
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Dave Seaton
Friday, 29 January 2010
Name: Dave Seaton
Company: Resource
Position: Chief executive
Role: Mr Seaton succeeds Paul Bean who stepped down as CEO last month to pursue a venture of his own
Track record: Formerly the group’s chief |finance officer, Mr Seaton joined the company last year, prior to which he had been chief finance officer of Armor Designs Inc., a US-based ballistic armour designer and manufacturer. He had previously been chief executive officer and chief finance officer of the British-based company ArmorGroup International plc., the listed security services group sold to G4S in early 2008. He has extensive commercial and operational management experience within complex multinational organisations
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John McMillen
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Name: John McMillen
Company: Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Position: Chief executive
Role: Overseeing all aspects of NIEA’s work
Track record: John was deputy secretary in Office of the First and Deputy First Minister and worked in the Department of Finance and Personnel. Previously he had been the director of development in Northern Ireland Water Service, where he had worked for 29 years.
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Lois Stirling
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Name: Lois Stirling
Company: Davis Langdon Banking Tax and Finance
Position:Associate
Role: She is the local point of contact for clients of the specialist Banking Tax & Finance team providing advice on any capital allowances issues relative to property transactions and developments
Track record: Lois has gained a wealth of experience within the capital allowances field of property taxation over the past 11 years.
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John Glackin
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Name: John Glackin
Company:Rainbow Telecom
Position: Director
Role: John will lead Rainbow's Mobile division. This follows Rainbow's acquisition of the mobile specialists Red Sky Communications
Track record: John has significant experience in the industry having previously held roles with Orange Business and Carphone Warehouse
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Stuart O'Brien
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Name: Stuart O'Brien
Company: Rainbow Telecom
Position: Sales manager
Role: Stuart will be responsible for the leading of the sales team on calls and lines, broadband and systems
Track record: He joins the Rainbow Telecom with more than a decade of experience in telecoms sales
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Cormac Harty
Friday, 15 January 2010
Name:cormac Harty
Company:Hughes Insurance
Position: Commercial business development executive.
Role: Cormac is responsible for the Commercial & Credit Insurance in the Newry and South Down area
Track record: Cormac has 10 years’ experience in both Dublin and Belfast in the commercial insurance sector |including credit insurance
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Dorothy Murdoch
Friday, 15 January 2010
Name:Dorothy Murdoch
Company:Hughes Insurance
Position: Commercial business development executive
Role: Increasing new commercial business
Track record: Dorothy started her career at Hughes Insurance before |working in various other aspects of the insurance industry. With 11 years experience Dorothy returned to Hughes Insurance in February 2009 as Commercial Business Development Executive
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Heather Major
Friday, 15 January 2010
Name:Heather Major
Company:Business in the Community
Position: Business development manager
Role:Heather is responsible for |delivering a new three-year mentoring and support programme to help small businesses, funded by ESB Independent Energy. The |programme, Connections, aims to support local economic growth by matching up small business owners with mentors from larger, successful
companies in order to nurture the sharing of best practice and responsible development
Track record: Heather has over 20 years’ experience in |international sales, marketing and business development within the private, public and voluntary sectors. She has worked in retail, publishing, education, training and the language travel industry, run a business of her own and has also been a volunteer business mentor for the past 10 years
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Ian Hunter
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Name:Ian Hunter
Company:Stratagem
Position: Public affairs analyst.
Role: Responsible for supporting and providing political analysis to clients. Writes and works on the company’s breaking news services.
Track record: Ian has a degree in English and History from Queen’s University. He spent a year at the College of Wooster, Ohio. Joined Stratagem as an information officer before he took his current role.
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Duncan Smillie
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Name:Duncan Smillie
Company:Douglas & Grahame
Position: Managing director of UK business
Role: Full operational responsibility for the company’s business in the UK, including brands Remus Uomo and Douglas
Track record:Over 20 years experience. He previously worked as the sales director for Psion Teklogix Inc before becoming the company’s managing director in 2002.
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Gareth Walls
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Name:Gareth Walls
Company: A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland
Position: Partner
Role: Specialising in employment law Gareth represents local, national and international brands in business support and high profile tribunal matters.
Track record: Over 10 years experience as a specialist employment lawyer who has built a good reputation. Also a commercial litigator.
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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 |
 72% |
| No |
 28% |
ACADEMIC SELECTION
Which of these statements do you agree with
Which of these statements do you agree with
| The 11-Plus should be retained |
46% |
| The 11-Plus should be replaced by another form of academic selection |
29% |
| All forms of academic selection should be outlawed in Northern Ireland |
25% |
