Movers & Shakers

TOM O’BRIEN

NEW TITLE: Managing Partner EMPLOYER: Mazars in Ireland PREVIOUS ROLE: Head of Advisory Services, Mazars

Professional services firm Mazars has elected Tom O’Brien as its new Managing Partner for Ireland. He will lead the continued growth and expansion of the firm, which employs over 500 people in Dublin, Limerick and Galway. A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, O’Brien joined Mazars in 2000 and has been Head of Advisory Services since 2014.

XAVIER DE BUSTOS

NEW TITLE: Director for Life Sciences and ERD EMPLOYER: Expleo PREVIOUS ROLE: Director of Life Sciences, Capgemini

Engineering, technology and consulting service provider Expleo has appointed Xavier de Bustos as Director for Life Sciences and Engineering, Research and Development (ERD). He will be responsible for bringing engineering excellence to digitally transforming businesses, while also expanding Expleo’s market share in Ireland’s life sciences sector. Previously, de Bustos ran his own innovation and management consulting firm for ten years.

NEW APPOINTMENTS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY NATIONWIDE

TREVOR COYLE

NEW TITLE: Chief Technology O icer EMPLOYER: Typetec PREVIOUS ROLE: Senior Technical Architect, Arkphire

Dublin-based managed IT and cyber security solutions provider Typetec has appointed Trevor Coyle as its Chief Technology O icer. Coyle brings more than 20 years’ technical and consultancy experience to this newly created position having worked with many leading Irish and multinational tech companies, including Vodafone, Dell and Microsoft. He holds a wide range of industry-specific accreditations from leading technology vendors.

MARTIN BREEN

NEW TITLE: Customer Care Manager EMPLOYER: Wellington IT PREVIOUS ROLE: Service Delivery Manager, Terex Corporation

Tech partner to the credit union sector Wellington IT has appointed Martin Breen to the newly created role of Customer Care Manager. He will be responsible for streamlining and standardising customer support processes and proactively managing the relationship between customers and the support team. In his previous role at Terex Corporation, he managed the IT support function for its European sites.

SALARIES ON THE RISE AS ‘THE GREAT RESIGNATION’ CONTINUES

Irish-based tech and finance salaries have increased by up to 20% in 12 months, according to the Hays Ireland Salary & Recruiting Trends Guide 2022, which surveyed a total of 1,500 Irish-based employers and employees. The report reveals that tech roles experienced some of the most significant salary increases in 2021, accounting for ten of the top 20 salary increases in the past 12 months. Accounting and finance roles and construction and property roles each accounted for five of the remaining top 20 positions.