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[ 1 ] Ciaran Rafferty has joined Danske Bank as Corporate Acquisition Manager. Ciaran is a Chartered Accountant with 20 years’ experience. After training in practice he worked in an investment bank in Asia for 5 years, before returning to Northern Ireland. He has spent the last 15 years in Corporate Finance, Restructuring and Private Equity.
[ 2 ] Danske Bank has announced the appointment of a new economist. Conor Lambe joins the local bank from PwC in London, where he also worked as an economist. The 27year old, originally from the village of Carrowdore in County Down, is a past pupil of Regent House School in Newtownards. He holds a firstclass honours degree in Economics from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
[ 3 ] John Mangan has been appointed by Ward Solutions as their Enterprise Account Manager. Ward Solutions is Ireland’ s leading information security provider, and John will play a crucial role in continuing to grow Ward’ s business. Prior to his appointment as Enterprise Account Manager, John was Business Manager for Irish technology company TEKenable, and before that he held the title of Business Development Manager for Information Security firm Espion. As such, he brings a wealth of experience to his new role.
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[ 4 ] Jonathan Gallagher has been appointed Director of Marketing at the five star Lough Erne Resort in Fermanagh. Ulster University graduate Jonathan has a Masters with distinction in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, is CoFounder HenorStag. com and previously held the role of Marketing Manager at Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel.
[ 5 ] Devenish, a leading agrifood technology business, has appointed Alan Gibson as Chief Commercial Officer. Alan brings with him 29 years of experience with leading European food company, Moy Park, where he most recently held the position of UK and Ireland Director. In his new position with Devenish, Alan will be responsible for leading the next phase of the business ' growth through building strategic partnerships with key consumer focused customers.
[ 6 ] Rebecca Russell has been appointed as Media Executive at ASG & Partners. Rebecca is a recent graduate of Ulster University’ s Communication, Advertising and Marketing degree course. She joins ASG & Partners with over a year’ s experience in the Marketing Communications industry, specifically within the IT sector.
Rebecca will be responsible for working alongside the Media Department to develop, deliver and manage client media activity.
[ 7 ] Ashleigh Allen has been appointed Group Financial Controller at ASG & Partners. Ashleigh joined the company in 2006 as Purchase Ledger Administrator and since then, has completed her CIMA( Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification, which she achieved in June. Ashleigh’ s role sees her preparing monthly management accounts for the Board of Directors, and overseeing the completion of annual statutory accounts. She also looks after all Client Services and PR billing, payroll, VAT returns and ad hoc financial analysis.
[ 8 ] Darrach Teague has been appointed to head up the Recruitment Team of Cpl NI taking on the role of Head of Operations. He has 14 years’ experience with extensive knowledge across the Accountancy & Finance sector. Darrach holds key relationships with many of the top 100 companies in Northern Ireland and has been responsible for leading the Accountancy &
Finance team in Cpl NI. Darrach will oversee the day to day activities in NI in addition to placing Senior Finance professionals into a range of roles with clients across all industry sectors, including large employers and locallybased SMEs throughout Northern Ireland.
[ 9 ] Jen Higgins has been appointed as PR Executive with Wilsons Auctions. Following recent business growth due to a number of government tender wins, Jen has been appointed PR Executive to provide her expert knowledge in the management of Public Relations across all of Wilsons Auctions branches in the UK and Ireland.
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