WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE? I am the founder and co-owner along with my wife Claire of the Cookiebox, which was started in December 1998 and now has five shops in and around the greater Belfast area with a sixth one due to open before the end of June at... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE, WHEN DID YOU TAKE IT UP AND WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? I am the Brand Manager for Harp Lager, since July 2016. I work on everything for the brand from the marketing and advertising strategy to working with the commercial teams – essentially I am... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE, WHEN DID YOU TAKE IT UP AND WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? I have been Director of the Business Institute at Ulster University Business School, since August 2014. Our objective in the Business Institute is the development of people and through them, the development of organisations,... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE AND WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? My current job is Accounts Manager at the Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel in Enniskillen. I started there in June 1980 and my job involves looking after the accounts for the whole hotel. My role also means that I have the pleasure... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE, WHEN DID YOU TAKE IT UP AND WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? I’ve been the Head Chef of The Armagh City Hotel for more than 12 years now. I oversee one of the largest hotel function operations in Northern Ireland and often cater for over 1,000... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE? I am the financial director of Diamond Systems, a specialist fire and security alarm company founded by my father in 1987. I joined the business in 2008, having qualified as a chartered accountant with Grant Thornton, and I am responsible for finance, personnel and marketing.... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE? I am a founding director of Taste and Tour NI and a food, drink and hospitality marketing consultant. My business partner Caroline Wilson and I started Taste and Tour NI in April 2016. Caroline had been running Belfast Food Tour since 2014 and we decided... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE? I am the business development manager for Hastings Stormont Hotel and have been in post from January 2016, with responsibility for sales, and developing business growth in all revenue streams throughout the Stormont Hotel. My key responsibilities include forging strong relationships across all sectors, prospecting... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE? I have had my own hotel revenue consultancy business for over 10 years but, 18 months ago, I came up with the idea of designing revenue software to help hotels make rate decisions when I wasn’t onsite to help them. Right Revenue was launched in... View Article
WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT ROLE? As director of Business Support and Events at Tourism Northern Ireland, I am responsible for three key areas of development work centred around enhancing the Northern Ireland tourism experience and driving competitiveness of businesses and the destination. The first key area is events organisation and support, including major events such as this... View Article
