Lowe Corporation Announces New CEO and

NEWAPPOINTMENTS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

AIDAN LYONS

Director at Grant Thornton Belfast

AISLING WOGAN

Solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin

JUDE COPELAND

Associate at Cleaver Fulton Rankin

LAUREN AGNEW

Solicitor at Cleaver Fulton Rankin

ELLEN DICKSON ANDREW MCKIBBIN KEITH DUNN KEVIN HOLLAND

Strategic Director of Health at Telefónica Tech UK&I Partner at Deloitte Digital Associate at A&L Goodbody Chief Commercial Officer at Norbrook

KEVIN KINGSTON

Non-Executive Director at Norbrook

DEBORAH ARCHER

Banking and Finance Partner at Eversheds Sutherland

LISA FENNER

Group Procurement Manager at AG

LUCY MARSHALL

Community Manager at Workplus

RACHEL BLACK SIMON FAHY SIMON WEST TARA HARRINGTON

Associate at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Director at EY-Parthenon Production Manager at Kilwaughter Minerals Creative Lead at Lighthouse Communications

Fergus McIlduff, Rodney Lowry, Rachel McCausland and Neil Gamble.

Lowe Corporation Announces New CEO and Strengthens Board

Refrigeration, commercial catering equipment and kitchen rental company, Lowe Corporation, has appointed Rachel McCausland as its CEO. In her new role, Rachel will set about bringing on the next exciting phase of growth at Lowe, focusing on expanding the company’s resilient rental service lines, building out the world-class teams that run them and guiding the business successfully into the climate tech industry. Rachel is a graduate of Ulster University and has been working with Lowe since 2008, most recently serving as the awardwinning company’s chief commercial officer.

The company has also announced a further two new appointments, Neil Gamble (CFO) and Fergus McIlduff (CTO).

Outsource Appoints New Head of People and Culture Flexibility ‘Key to Recruitment and Retention’ As Cost of Living Soars

Susan Hill and Eamonn Bunting from Outsource Group.

Fast-growing Outsource Group has appointed one of the leading HR professionals in Northern Ireland’s tech sector to help it immediately recruit 30 new people and ultimately double its workforce.

Susan Hill becomes the IT company’s head of people and culture following roles with Decision Time and Novosco, where she worked for 13 years. During her tenure with Novosco she played key roles in helping the workforce grow from 35 to 300 people. In March 2022, Outsource Group announced a merger with ANSEC IA, one of the most highly regarded IT security consultancies in the UK & Ireland. The deal will see ANSEC IA become part of Outsource Group, creating a ‘powerhouse in security-focused IT managed services’. The latest ‘NIJobs.com Job Report with Ulster Bank’ indicates that the job market is rebalancing following the unprecedented surge in recruitment of the last 12 months. The number of people looking for new opportunities is on the up, with NIJobs recording a 20% rise in applications for roles in the first three months of 2022, compared to the same period last year. Listings on the NIJobs. com platform in Q1 2022 eased back 4% relative to the previous quarter and 14% below Q3 2021’s high water mark which coincided with last summer’s ‘Great Reopening’. Despite the slowdown in job postings, the level of demand was 61% above Q1 2021 levels and 68% higher than the corresponding quarter in 2019 (which pre-dated the pandemic). Although there are signs of stabilisation after a record surge across the recruitment market, demand for skills and certain roles is still exceeding supply in some sectors. The top in-demand professional roles that companies have been seeking throughout Q1 include software engineers and developers, project managers and business analysts. The first three months of the year have also shown renewed jobseeker activity with more people looking for new jobs. As well as a post-pandemic re-evaluation of their career choices, the current cost of living squeeze may also be a factor in driving the increased interest in job hunting. It’s time for employers to adapt, rethink and be more flexible in their approach in order to attract the best candidates.