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Barry Smyth

Barry Smyth

Group CEO

Barry set up MCS Group in 2008, with a view to raising standards, improving delivery and bringing a different ethical approach to the specialist re...
Louise  Smyth

Louise Smyth

Chief Commercial Officer

Louise is an experienced commercial recruitment professional and trainer with 29 years’ experience in the people and talent industry. A fellow of t...
Mairead Scott

Mairead Scott

Managing Director

Our Managing Director, Mairead Scott, has over 25 years’ experience in delivering recruitment solutions to client partners across the private and p...
Sean  Devlin

Sean Devlin

Group Sales Director

As Group Sales Director, Sean works with clients throughout the UK & Ireland to solve the challenges of engaging and recruiting with the best t...
Chris  Busby

Chris Busby

Associate Director - IT & Digital

Chris heads up Permanent IT Recruitment for the UK and Ireland within MCS Group. Having joined in 2013, Chris has spent his whole recruitment caree...
Kirsty  Dillon

Kirsty Dillon

Commercial Manager- Technical & Engineering

Kirsty has been specialising in the Engineering and Manufacturing recruitment sector since 2004, making her extremely knowledgeable and a true expe...
Ryan Calvert

Ryan Calvert

Head of Human Resources, Sales and Marketing Recruitment

As a Psychology graduate with a CIPD Level 5 qualification, Ryan brings a strong foundation to his role in the HR and legal recruitment field. Lead...
Ryan Quinn

Ryan Quinn

Vice President at MCS Group US

Ryan leads our US operations, as MCS continues to expand its global footprint. Based in Boston, with years of national recruiting experience from N...
Sarah McCann

Sarah McCann

Head of IT Recruitment

Sarah has a first-class bachelor’s degree in Primary Education. After working for a year as a primary school teacher Sarah decided she wanted to tr...
Adam  Macklin

Adam Macklin

Head of Accountancy & Financial Services

Adam transitioned into the recruitment industry upon his return to Northern Ireland from Houston, Texas, where he had a successful career in profes...
Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Group Financial Controller

Jill  Johnston

Jill Johnston

Head of IT Contracts

Jill is Head of IT Contracts at MCS and recruits for Contract Software Engineers and Testers, across a range of technologies including Java / .Net ...