A highly regarded senior recruitment specialist and leader, Ed has an exceptional track record partnering with global brands and SMEs to deliver a professional, insightful and quality service. Prior to establishing Phoenix, Ed worked for leading professional services and recruitment multinationals, and specialises in hiring mid to senior level finance professionals for professional services, pr...

As Group CEO, Ruth is responsible for Phoenix’s strategic vision and continued growth. She is also a Big 5 trained Solicitor and responsible for Phoenix’s Legal and Compliance recruitment service offering. This includes legal (qualified fee-earner & legal support) and compliance roles in both practice and industry. Having graduated with 1.1. B.Corp Law and LLB degrees from NUIG, Ruth spent ...

​Kurt has over 30 years of experience in the executive search industry in the United States and has been a hands-on leader in every facet of the business. During his career, Kurt has been instrumental in the successful placement of candidates across a diverse range of industries and locations throughout the world. Kurt is passionate about serving the needs of both candidates and corporate clien...

​Paul is a highly regarded Recruitment Specialist that has an exceptional track record of partnering with global brands and SMEs to deliver professional, insightful, and quality service.Paul began his career in Commercial Insurance before making a career change to recruitment in 2015. He has worked for both a leading professional service and recruitment multinational in Europe and a specialist ...

​David is our Managing Director for Ireland at Phoenix. David is an experienced recruitment professional who has helped both large and small organisations find accounting and finance professionals from part-qualified up to senior level appointments. David graduated with a Bachelor of Law & Economics from the University of Limerick and then qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor from the Irish...

Breen is a Team Lead within our  Technology Sales division, specialising in Technology Sales and Marketing roles to Director level within the US market. He has spent the last number of years working in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Sales Industry. Breen has an honours degree in Sales, Marketing, and Management from Limerick Institute of Technology.In his free time, Breen also runs his o...

James is a Recruitment Consultant within our Technology Sales division, specialising in Technology Sales, Account Executive, Customer Success and Marketing roles within the US market.Prior to joining Phoenix in September 2021, James worked in the hospitality sector.He holds an honours degree in B.A. in Liberal Arts in Mathematics & History. In his spare time, James also runs his own e-comme...

Amy is a Recruitment Consultant within our Technology Sales division.  Specialising in  Technology Sales, Business Development, Account Executive, Customer Success and Marketing roles within Ireland and EMEA. Prior to joining Phoenix Amy worked in support and sales within the telecommunications industry. She is a member of the CIPD, she holds a Bbs.Hons in Marketing and Management and recently ...

Holly is a Talent Acquisition Coordinator within our Internal Talent Acquisition Team. Holly holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business with Event Management as well as a qualification in Fashion Retail and Design. With her outgoing and relationship-focused personality, Holly has found recruitment, and Phoenix,  a perfect fit.​

Matthew manages our Accounting & Finance division focusing on senior (qualified) appointments across a variety of sectors within the Irish Market.Like many of our senior team here at Phoenix, Matthew is a qualified ACCA professional and expert in his specialist area. Prior to becoming a recruitment expert, Matthew worked as a qualified accountant for over 8 years where he worked within Avia...

Michail is Recruitment Consultant within our Accounting and Finance division. Specialising in  Finance Support and Part Qualified Accountant roles. Michail holds a Degree in Accounting & Finance from Maynooth and has spent the first three years of his career specialising in tax.  Early in 2022 he decided he needed a new challenge and made the switch to recruitment and Phoenix.Michail has a ...

Paul is Team Lead of our Financial Services division. Specialising in senior qualified financial services accounting roles within the FinTech & Aviation industries on a national basis.Having a strong entrepreneurial background, Paul previously owned and operated several small private limited companies before venturing into the world of talent search, where he had also worked for two large t...

Dale is a Principal Recruitment Consultant in our Finance & Accounting division, focusing on advising recently qualified accountants on their next career move. A career search professional, Dale specifically trained in accountancy recruitment and has helped to build finance teams across Ireland, working with both small and large organisations, from part-qualified to senior positions. Prior ...

Amy is a Recruitment Consultant within our Taxation division, specialising in both newly qualified tax consultants and more senior tax professionals, helping them make the next step in their career.Amy holds a BA in Civil Law from the National University of Ireland, Galway. After graduating Amy worked part-time in a small practice in Limerick while studying for the FE1 Law Society Entrance Exam...

Stephen is Senior Recruitment Consultant within our Accounting & Finance division.  Specialising in qualified and senior accountant  roles within the Irish Market. Prior to joining us, Stephen spent a number of years working within the finance industry working as a client accountant for a global financial services firm based in Vancouver, Canada.Stephen holds his Bachelor of Business Honour...

Gavin is a Recruitment Consultant within our Financial Services-Accounting & Finance division. Specialising in supporting his team on part qualified financial services accountant roles within the FinTech & Aviation industries on a national basisGavin holds a Bachelor of Arts from University College Cork. After doing some in-house recruitment for a construction company, he realised recru...

​Emir Allen is a highly regarded leader and a recruitment specialist with an unrivalled track record. He leads Phoenix UK where he is building out our core offerings with a highly professional team. Emir has worked on numerous specialisms which has helped him gain a unique view of the front to back set-up of professional practice and financial services institutions. He is based in London but op...

Michael is a Senior Recruitment Consultant within our M&A and Advisory division,  specialising in all experience levels of recruitment across Advisory, Investment Banking and M&A. Mike's focus is UK wide, with substantial European and pan-Asian experience. His five year track record in this space is a testament to his credibility and specialist approach to the Investment Banking, Corpor...

James manages our Legal division focusing on senior legal appointments in both practice and in-house across a variety of sectors within the Irish Market.James has an LLB in Irish Law and is also a qualified solicitor, having trained and worked in the commercial and business team of one of Ireland’s top 20 law firms.In 2018, James made the switch from legal practice to legal recruitment and hasn...

Grace is a Senior Recruitment Consultant within our Legal division. She specialises in Associate to Senior Associate Solicitor Roles in Practice and Junior In-House Roles and Senior Company Secretary roles.Grace holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and has a number of years of experience in customer service, working in both Ireland and Wales within the area of banking as well as telecommun...

James is a Recruitment Consultant within our Financial Services division, specialising in Regulatory Risk and Compliance roles within the Irish market.  James focuses on AML and Fincrime roles across various industries including Fintech, Banking, Asset Management, Insurance and Consulting.​James holds a Bachelors’ degree in Business Studies from the University of Limerick, majoring in Risk Mana...

Aaron is a Senior Consultant within our Financial Services division, focusing on Compliance, Risk and Regulatory opportunities across industry and professional services, on a national basis.Aaron holds an honours Degree in International Management with German from Dublin City University,  completing the last two years of his degree in Germany. Following his return to Ireland in 2015, he began a...

Sinéad joined Phoenix in September 2021 as Office Manager looking after office operations for both the Limerick and Dublin offices.Prior to joining Phoenix Sinead lived in London working for the global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles and the smaller boutique firm The Miles Partnership.  More recently she’s worked for Parsons Talent Consulting, a consultancy specialising in develo...

​Jean joined Phoenix in 2021 as Learning & Development & Talent Acquisition Manager to lead Phoenix's Learning and Development Programme and internal Talent Acquisition Programmes across the Group.​Jean brings a unique blend of 15+ years experience hands-on Recruitment, Learning & Development and HR experience in both leading global and boutique recruitment agencies, as well as reta...