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NORTHERN IRELAND 40UNDER40 LIST 2017 Northern Ireland 40under40 List 2017 PETER ALLEN long term unemployed. I returned to the Recruitment industry in 2011 as a Manager within Grafton, taking an operational role within the technical teams. In 2014 I was approached to help establish a new business “Reactive Recruitment”. I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the finest leaders in recruitment and now, as a businessman, I continue to practise their philosophies and I still learn new things all the time that I try and pass on to my staff. www.reactiverecruitment.com @ReactiveRec PETER ALLEN, Deloitte Peter Allen joined Deloitte in 2010 to start its corporate finance department in Belfast. He has since recruited a team of 12 which he expects to become the leading Corporate Finance team in Northern Ireland. Recognised as a leading restructuring professional Peter has been responsible for leading a number of the complex multi­bank restructurings in Northern Ireland through the economic downturn and handling a number of high profile administrations, including Mivan, Greenstar and Care Circle. Peter has helped build Debt Advisory, M&A and Forensics offerings for Deloitte and holds a leadership role across audit, tax and corporate finance in Northern Ireland, and a risk role for Deloitte’s restructuring business across the island of Ireland. He is the Northern Ireland lead for Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 programme and a judge for its Best Managed Companies Awards. Peter started his career at PwC, spending 10 years working across Audit, Corporate Finance and Insolvency in Belfast, Edinburgh and London. www.deloitte.ie PAUL ARMSTRONG PAUL ARMSTRONG, Reactive Recruitment I started at the ground floor as a Trainee Vacancy Controller within Grafton Recruitment. I loved it, it was a real meritocracy. Through hard work I progressed from trainee to senior consultant, culminating as a Snr Account Manager. In 2009 I took a sabbatical from the industry and worked as a Project Manager to help communities within the Belfast Area Partnerships, creating & delivering “back to work solutions” for the 34 www.businessfirstonline.co.uk DECLAN BARRY DECLAN BARRY, HMC Global Declan has established himself as a business development leader, having made a significant impact on those organisations he has been a part of in terms of sales, the generation of new jobs and increased export sales for Northern Ireland companies. Specialising in assisting government and economic development agencies, Declan has 10 years experience in assisting the attraction of inward investment (FDI) and helping companies to export into new markets through coaching improvements in sales processes. Declan is also actively assisting local councils in establishing and growing sustainable entrepreneurship programmes, based on private sector activity rather than public sector hand­outs. Moving forward, Declan’s aim is to focus on the global presence of HMC Global’s business by constructing a sales and marketing platform and process which can influence prospective customers internationally in a quality way, whilst allowing the business to grow, employ and train talented graduates and sales professionals in Northern Ireland. www.hmcglobal.co.uk @declanjbarry ANNA BAXTER, Ulster Bank Anna is a Chartered Accountant having trained with KPMG and now currently works as the Regional Performance Manger in Corporate & Commercial Banking, Ulster Bank. Anna has experience working with a diverse range of customers, collaborating with others, implementing strategy and also ANNA BAXTER in leading a large team. Anna has been promoted recently into her current role and has been identified as future senior female talent within the organisation shortly to undertake an RBS female talent initiative to assist her accelerate her career. She has made a real difference to her team embedding change, establishing new structures whilst continuing to focus on team engagement and motivation. Anna has a positive attitude, driven and has high energy. www.ulsterbank.com @annabaxter84 GARETH BOYD GARETH BOYD, 2020 Architects Director and co­owner of 2020 Architects, Gareth’s hard work and determination has been fundamental to the success of Ireland’s fastest growing architects in Ireland. 2020 is an award­winning practice and one of just three Northern Ireland architect firms to appear on Channel 4’s Grand Designs. Gareth has advanced the profile of 2020 Architects, placing emphasis on growing the 2020 brand through his relentless dedication to social media and growing follower numbers to over 50k ­ which is extremely significant and uncustomary for a small, architectural practice in Northern Ireland. Gareth's creativity and dedication to the advancement of architecture and new, innovative concepts has enabled 2020 to secure Ireland's first Architectural Virtual Reality suite. Gareth is passionate about investing in his staff through training and development initiatives to enable them to confidently acquire skills to reach their full potential. www.2020architects.co.uk @2020architects