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NORTHERN IRELAND 40UNDER40 LIST 2018
Northern Ireland 40under40 List 2018
John‑Ross Armstrong
Greentown Environmental, MD
I am a farmer’s son from Florencecourt
in Fermanagh. I couldn’t wait to get
out of school and left at sixteen and
completed further education at
Greenmount College and started
working for the same company for
nine years and in 2010 I was out of
work and I started a business in the
industry I had experience in.
Greentown has grown from a new
start up to providing 40 full time jobs
in eight Years. The second business
was formed in 2016 and has created
20 jobs in two years. I am very lucky to
have a great core team within the
businesses that have also been
responsible for the success of both
businesses. We have faced a lot of
challenges to get the business to this
stage but we always redirected
ourselves, and had a can do attitude.
Sheree Atcheson
Deloitte, Tech Outreach Leader
Listed as one of the UK’s Most
Influential Women in Tech ‘17, 27
yearold Sheree Atcheson is a
Consultantat Deloitte, founder of I Am
Lanka, and UK expansion director at
Women Who Code. As well as her day
today life in the industry, Sheree is a
tech outreach leader across the UK.
As a passionate advocate for gaining
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and retaining women in the tech
industry, in 2013, she brought Women
Who Code to the UK. Women Who
Code is a global nonprofit, working to
eradicate the gender bias through free
hack nights, tech talks and career
trainings. Sheree has featured in
several publications, such as HuffPost,
Wired, ComputerWeekly, The
Guardian, Marie Claire. The aim of
Sheree’s career is to ensure people are
aware of the fantastic opportunities
the tech industry has to offer, and that
everyone – regardless of gender, race
or social stature – is able to benefit
from these and reach their full
potential in their careers.
@nirushika
David Barnett
Wrightbus, Director
In addition to leading the commercial
team David is responsible for
identifying new technologies and
opportunities which shape the product
roadmap for Wrightbus’ continued
growth . David began his career at
Wrightbus 20 years ago working on
Wrightbus’ first allelectric vehicle.
David is graduate of Queens University
Belfast with both a Master's degree in
Mechanical Engineering and MBA,
David’s roles have focused on both
Product and Business Development.
Before successfully leading the New
Routemaster project David managed
the development of the StreetCar for
Las Vegas. His previous experience
includes working on the development
of the Opus midibus for the US market,
the Wright Bus for Hong Kong, and the
UK StreetCar. David is leading the
introduction of Wrightbus’ new zero
emission bus range, including the
recently launch hydrogen fuel cell bus.
Emma Boyle
Slice of Heaven, Director
Emma Boyle has worked with her
family at Slice of Heaven Ltd in
Newtownards. Her creative talents
have been a great advantage to her
within Slice of Heaven, designing
packaging and setting up dynamic
photo shoots for PR, ensuring the
company stood out from the
competition. Slice of Heaven has won
numerous awards in all aspects of the
business and hope to continue to lead
in the field in the future.In 2014 Emma
headed up the team creating the first
Dessert Cafe in Ireland to be located at
the derelict "Market House", in
Donaghadee. In October 2017, only 3.5
years later, this Cafe was awarded
"Best in Ireland".
@sliceofheavenni
Bernard Branagan
Branagan Construction Director
Father of three and owner and director
of (BCL). Self employed at the age of
just 18 with just GCSE’S behind him,
Bernard has grown BCL to what it is
today. Highly driven, opportunistic,
ambitious, determined are just a few
words to describe Bernard. BCL are an
experienced contractor who act as
both a main contractor and
Subcontractor to some of the biggest
names in the industry. BCL prides