Our Senior Management Team

As Managing Director of VANRATH, Barbara is committed to building the strongest team of experienced recruitment specialists in Northern Ireland. Prior to her move into an operational business role, Barbara has 15 years' experience recruiting Senior Finance professionals and has an extensive track record placing talented individuals within Northern Ireland’s leading commercial businesses. Barba...

​Ryan has worked in VANRATH since 2004 and specialises in Software recruitment, from Senior Development Engineers to STEM graduates. With a Masters Degree in Computing, and having previously worked in the IT sector as a Java Developer himself, Ryan is ideally placed to help candidates take the next step in their IT career. Ryan has worked in partnership with many FDI clients as they set up in N...

​Damian is head of our Temporary Recruitment Division in VANRATH and has specialised in senior interim accountancy appointments in Northern Ireland since 2006. The roles he recruits for range from Newly Qualified up to Finance Director level, and his client base spans across the private and public sectors. Having joined the team in 2010 to set up the Temporary Division, VANRATH now stands as th...

​Phil has worked as an IT Recruitment Consultant since 2005 and has consistently delivered on challenging IT recruitment campaigns across Northern Ireland. Phil gained a 2:1 BSc in Management and Information Systems and obtained invaluable industry experience working with Microsoft before moving into the recruitment industry. He covers all areas of the IT sector, working as a specialist technic...

​With 15+ years' experience in the HR recruitment sector, Richard has placed HR professionals from Officer to Director level across Northern Ireland and the bordering counties. Richard is CIPD Qualified and now looks after internal recruitment with VANRATH. Richard is always keen to hear from anyone who would be interested in joining VANRATH. We have experienced teams across a range of discip...

​Having worked at VANRATH for over 10 years, Julie is responsible for managing business operations and large scale projects within the business. Julie also looks after the Marketing and Administration teams whilst establishing relationships with key groups and contacts within our specialist sectors and ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the business.