Eamonn McLaughlin
Role: Court Housing Advisor Company: Housing Rights Service Track Record: Helping people in court who are facing the threat of losing their home due to mortgage or rent arrears What does your job entail? Along with my colleague Maria McNally, I provide advice and assistance to people at risk of losing their home due to...
Michael McCrudden
Role: Golf Professional Company: Roe Park Resort Track Record: DAY IN THE LIFE Michael grew up playing a lot of golf and after studying in Manchester he returned home to the Assistant Professional Job at Royal Portrush Golf Club where he worked for five years. From there he has worked hard on taking coaching into...
Samantha Drummond
Role: Funeral Planning Advisor Company: Funeral Services Northern Ireland Track Record: Funeral Services Northern Ireland has 19 funeral homes across Northern Ireland, including James Brown & Son, established in 1904. The business employs 140 staff and is part of The Co-operative Group. What does your job entail? My role is wide ranging and very interesting....
Laurence Lord
Role: Corporate Services Director Company: InterTradeIreland Track Record: Laurence Lord sees his main challenges as ‘keeping things fresh’ and being proactive What does your job entail? I am the corporate services director for InterTradeIreland – a unique all-island organisation which supports SMEs across the island to identify and develop North/South trade and innovation opportunities. I’m...
Corinna Armstrong
Role: Proprietor Company: Auld Tat Track Record: Out with the new, in with the ‘auld’! Entrepreneurial flair and a desire to create beautiful furnishing from ‘auld tat’, is what spurred on Ballymoney-woman, Corinna Armstrong, to start her own business – Auld Tat – at the start of 2012. After just 11 months’ trading,...
Brian Commins
Role: Managing Director Company: Citybeat Radio Track Record: He believes in staying ahead of the game in terms of creativity and “super serving” listeners and clients What does your job entail? I head up a team of 25 very talented, creative people that produce, present and sell great commercial radio! Day to day I am...
Florence Findlay White
Role: National Care Advisor Company: Diabetes UK Northern Ireland Track Record: What does your job entail?My role at Diabetes UK Northern Ireland has several elements. I am the primary link between Diabetes UK and healthcare professionals in Northern Ireland and I sit on several steering groups and networks with multi-disciplinary teams involved in diabetes care....
Paul McGovern
Role: Manager Company: James Street South Bar & Grill Track Record: East Belfast man, Paul McGovern, 36, is the manager of The Bar & Grill at James Street South, a cool restaurant based in Belfast’s city centre where the emphasis is on serving locally produced food with flair and passion. Tell us about your day:...
Allison Chambers
Role: Director Company: SSAS Solutions (UK) Limited Track Record: Allison Runs her own pensions consultancy business after working her way up through the financial sector. What does your job entail? Most days it’s a combination of client meetings and paperwork in the office. My firm establishes and administers a specialist type of pension arrangement known...
Jeremy Lewis
Role: Manager Company: Riverside Theatre, University Of Ulster, Coleraine Track Record: What does your job entail? Heading a team of five full-time staff and 130 volunteers who, together, provide and present the annual programme of events for the Riverside, Northern Ireland’s oldest-operating regional theatre. My job can be anything from marketing and public relations...