Meet the team
Philip Clarke
Head of Accounting & Financial Services at MCS Group
Phil started his recruitment journey in England, specialising in finance & accountancy and progressing quickly to Regional Manager. Having returned home to NI, Phil now leads the Accountancy & Financial Services team at MCS and is focused on ensuring outstanding service delivery for all of our customers
Jordan Duffy
Trainee Marketing Executive
Jordan has just completed his postgraduate at Queens University and joined the MCS team in June 2018 on a 12-week internship. He is now working alongside the marketing team as a trainee marketing executive, where he drives Professional Services Marketing as well as graduate activities.
Kerry Tosh
Talent and Development Manager
With over 20 years of experience in recruitment and a recently qualified Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist, Kerry is taking the lead as the talent and development manager at MCS Group. She focuses her time on designing and implementing programs for performance management, leadership development, employee assessment, health and well-being and succession planning.
Chris Busby
Manager - Software Engineering
Known for his personable nature and positive outlook, Chris is a professional that delivers results, time and again to our customers. He heads up the Software Engineering recruitment team; recruiting software professionals across all sectors and industries across NI.
Jennifer Curran
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - IT Contracts (Infrastructure)
Jennifer has over 8 years’ experience in B2B sales, 3 of which she managed an outbound telesales team for ones of NI’s leading digital solutions providers. Jennifer specialises in Contract and Temporary assignments within the IT Infrastructure space.
Christian Campbell
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - FinTech
Christian specialises in IT recruitment within the FinTech and Software space. He comes from a Management background and finds it useful to draw from his experience to understand individuals’ goals when approaching career choices to help them best stand out in the local market.
Daryl Crothers
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - IT
Daryl studied business information technology at queens university and went on to open a few companies around Northern Ireland. He was the Mid-East Antrims Young Businessman of the year 2017 and won the celebrate success and invest NI growth awards. He is now looking forward to bring his skills and expertise to the recruitment industry and MCS.
Con Lam
Senior Specialist Recruitment Consultant - C++ / Python / C
Con is an experienced recruitment specialist that has 8 years overall professional experience, 5 of which spent working in one of the world’s largest telecommunication providers while completing his Computing Technologies degree. 3 years spent in recruitment, Con specialises in IT recruitment within the FinTech and Software space.
Paula McCalmont
Candidate Resourcer – Software Engineering at MCS recruitment
Paula is working within the IT and Digital division at MCS Group, specialising in the Software Engineering space. She has graduated university with a degree in Communication with PR and comes from a background in sales, marketing, employee training.
Tighearnan McLaughlin
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - IT Infrastructure
Tighearnan is the IT Infrastructure Specialist here at MCS Group. Tighearnan works with candidates and roles within the IT Infrastructure space, including Infrastructure Engineers, Systems Administrators, IT Support, IT Helpdesk and DevOps to name a few.
Karl Webb
Manager – Marketing, Commercial & Sales
Karl brings a wealth of experience in helping organisations recruit Marketing, Commercial and Sales professionals who drive business growth. One of NI’s most experienced recruitment specialists, with local and international recruitment experience, he is passionate about driving the local economy and has strong networks across all industry sectors.
Ryan Calvert
Manager | Human Resources, Legal and Compliance
Ryan completed a Psychology degree before carving a successful career in Recruitment particularly within the HR Market. As part of the growing Professional Services Team, Ryan will be managing HR, Legal and Compliance roles. His approach is highly personable and customer service focused, building sustainable working relationships with both candidates and clients at all times
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.
Catherine Rushe
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Legal
After gaining her degree in Law and French from Queens, Catherine worked and gained experience within the Legal industry. Now working in recruitment for Professional Services, Legal – she is using her great experience and knowledge on the current market.
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
Claire specialises in Banking & Finance Recruitment. With over 5 years as a Corporate Negotiator & Private Consultant, Claire has worked closely with some of the leading Financial Advisory Firms, High Street Banks, Private Lenders & Insurance Firms across Northern Ireland
Stephen Turkington
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Accountancy & Finance
Stephen has joined the Accountancy I&C team specialising in permanent Part-Qualified and Transactional. With a clear passion for recruitment Stephen has successfully established long term relationships by gaining trust and confidence in this market.
Natalie McWillams
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Banking & Finance
Natalie specialises in Banking & Finance Recruitment. With 5 years working in Retail banking in Northern Ireland, over 2 years working in Corporate banking in Dublin and a degree background in Accountancy, Natalie brings her experience to recruiting in the Banking industry.