Barry Smyth

Managing Director

Barry’s vision is to build a different type of specialist recruitment business with a focus on customer excellence.

Louise Smyth

Managing Director

Louise heads up the Commercial side of MCS Group, guiding the company through its ambitious growth plans.

Sean Devlin

Associate Director - IT & Technical

Sean is one of NI’s few experts in IT recruitment bringing a wealth of experience and contacts to his role of Associate Director - IT & Technical

Brona Cathcart

Head of Professional Services

Brona has 15 years global HR and Recruitment experience and has supported the successful growth of many companies through the right approach to talent attraction.

Heather Trojan

Group Marketing Manager

Heather manages the MCS Group marketing function; promoting the brand and coordinating the company’s sponsorship, events and outreach activities. She moved across the water from Manchester and has established a strong network in Northern Ireland.

Aveen Stewart

Marketing Executive - IT & Digital

After completing a Masters at Queens University Aveen joined the MCS team. Working alongside Heather, she drives the IT & Digital marketing as well as graduate activities.

Fran Coyle

Office Manager

Fran runs the administration side of MCS, ensuring the business runs smoothly.

Hannah Fox

Senior Office Administrator

Hannah helps Fran run the administration side of MCS, looking after customers and ensuring the business runs smoothly.

Matthew Knight

Office Administrator

Matthew supports Fran and Hannah with the administration side of the business, he is usually based on the front desk greeting all visitors to the MCS offices.

Brendan Catney

Manager - Technical & Engineering Recruitment

Brendan gained significant experience recruiting in Central London for several years before returning to NI, he now works with the very best across Technical & Engineering sectors

Kirsty Dillon

Principal Recruiter - Technical & Engineering

An experienced recruiter, Kirsty has excellent working relations with leading organisations within the Industry in Northern Ireland.

David McCrisken

Technical & Engineering Consultant

David specialises in Construction and Built Environment Appointments, and has a strong industry knowledge in Northern Ireland.

Emma McQuillan

Consultant - Technical & Engineering

Emma recently returned to NI after working for a major public sector organisation in London. She has developed an excellent understanding of people and strives to provide outstanding customer service.

Chris Busby

Manager - FinTech

Known for his personable nature and positive outlook, Chris is a professional that delivers results, time and again to our customers.

Carla McCallan

Manager – Web, Cloud & Digital

Carla is the digital guru in MCS, with a background in ecommerce prior to making the leap into the IT recruitment sector.

Katie Walker

Manager - Security and R&D

Katie looks after IT security and software development roles, within US multinationals, indigenous software houses and local start-ups.

Rick Duffield

Manager - IT Contracts

Rick is the IT Contracting Guru covering Northern Ireland. In this role he works across Fintech, Software and Industry clients.

Jill Biggart

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - IT Contracting

Jill plays a key role recruiting the best candidates for some of MCS Groups major accounts within the contracting space. Working alongside Rick, the team cover Fintech, Software and Industry clients across Northern Ireland.

Ryan Mitchell

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Fintech

Ryan Plays a Key Role in the Fintech Team, Assisting Chris on Major contracts recruiting for Software and Infrastructure Engineers.

Tony Hutchings

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Big Data & Analytics

Tony graduated with a BEng Electronic Engineering from Ulster University and secured a role as a business analyst. He discovered a love for recruiting after gaining experience with a global pharmaceutical company where he worked alongside senior recruiters.

Colin McAlinden

Specialist Recruitment Resourcer - Fintech

After completing his MA in TESOL, Colin began working with MCS and is dedicated to assisting IT & Digital professionals find their next role, sourcing exceptional talent to fulfil the hiring needs of our clients.

Stephanie Clarke

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Digital

Stephanie works alongside Carla playing a key role in helping companies across the Digital & Web space recruit the most innovative designers and engineers in Northern Ireland.

Tighearnan McLaughlin

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Web, Cloud & Mobile

Tighearnan works closely with Carla recruiting for some of the coolest Technology companies in the Northwest sourcing Web and Software Professionals.

Sarah Armstrong

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Security and R&D

Sarah is working in the cyber security and R&D team alongside Katie, working with US multinationals, indigenous software houses and local start ups.

Karl Webb

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Sales, Marketing & Executive Appointments  

With more than 10 years’ in recruitment, in both NI and North America, Karl has vast experience in Specialist Recruitment and Executive Search

Alex Leitch

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Sales & Marketing

Alex is well placed to work with clients and candidates within the Sales and Marketing sector owing to her sales experience and degree in advertising.

David McCallum

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Legal

David specialises in Legal and previous to recruitment was in banking for over 12 years. He has nearly 10 years’ experience of working closely with some of the leading Solicitor firms in Ireland, managing and maintaining key stakeholder relationships.

Nadine Savage

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Accountancy Industry

Nadine works with qualified and part-qualified candidates providing access to great roles in Industry & Commerce across NI.

Caroline Gaughan

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Accountancy Practice

Caroline’s background in Psychology compliments her ability to source the best talent for Accountancy practices across NI and Ireland.

Clare Simpson

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Accountancy & Finance - Temp & Contracting

Clare manages interim and contract roles within Accountancy & Finance. She has great commercial awareness having spent many years working in the Banking industry dealing with personal and business clients.

Sara Mitchell

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Accountancy Practice

Sara has recently moved to Northern Ireland from the South East of England. She specialises in recruiting for Accountancy practices across NI and Ireland, networking with a mixture of qualified and part qualified candidates to fulfil the industry’s needs.

Claire McCarragher

Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Banking & Finance