Employment Law Seminars - HR Appointments

Emma has been appointed managing director of Belfast-based Grafton ESP (Employment Solutions Portfolio) with responsibility for delivering recruitment process outsourcing and human consultancy services to companies in Ireland and internationally. Grafton ESP is a new division of the Grafton Employment Group.

Role: Tina will manage all aspects of the firm’s HR strategy and procedures in her new job
Track record: Tina was previously employed by Grant Thornton in Dublin as an HR specialist and before that worked as part of the Northern Ireland Health Service’s HR team. Tina is a graduate of both Queen’s University and the University of Ulster.

Paul Moran has joined LG Electronics as HR director, UK and Ireland. He will be responsible for creating, implementing and driving forward the people strategy, with an emphasis on raising the quality of the company's HR service and delivery. Moran joins LG from Rockwell Automation, where he was HR director for North EMEA.

Stephanie Bird has joined the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) as director of HR capability. Bird joins from BP, where she was HR vice-president, talent and organisation capability. She will be responsible for helping the CIPD develop its professional standards, qualifications and routes to membership.

In her new role: Coochey will be responsible for corporate and commercial HR functions across the UK and Republic of Ireland.

She moves to Indesit Company's Peterborough head office from Rolls-Royce, and will report to managing director Enrico Vita. Coochey began her career at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in New Zealand and, after moving to join Deloitte in Auckland, gained experience in a number of different roles in both line and corporate HR activities. In 2005, she relocated to the UK, undertaking a range of HR roles before joining the Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace HR department where she was involved in leading change activity, focusing on leadership development.

Ms. Siobhan Harte has been appointed Group Human Resources Manager with O'Flaherty Holdings Limited, whose interests include Motor Distributors Limited, importers and distributors of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and commercial vehicles and Motor Services Limited, whose dealerships include Ballsbridge Motors, Grange Motors, Park Motors and MSL Cork.

From Clonroche, near New Ross, Ms. Harte has held the post of Group Human Resources executive with the company for the past ten years. Educated at Holy Faith Convent, New Ross, she is a Batchelor of Business Economics and Social Studies graduate of Trinity College, Dublin

Recently appointed Laura Whyte is responsible for setting the personnel strategy for the John Lewis division including recruitment, retention, personnel policy and procedure, learning and development and driving high performance.

Stephen Kelly has joined Logica as group HR director and executive committee member. He joins from the BBC where he was director, BBC people. Kelly will be responsible for rolling out the people element of Logica's new strategy, ensuring cultural integration across the business.

Jayne joined Legal-Island in early 2008 returning home from a few years working in Scotland.

She is reponsible in Legal-Island for quality of every single event in the Republic of Ireland as well as numerous development projects within the company.

Radek came to Northern Ireland when Poland joined the EU in 2004. He was made a Director of ITC at Legal-Island on 10 January 2009 and became the first Polish member of the IOD in Northern Ireland (and quite possibly the whole of the UK).

As well as speaking Russian and some Bulgarian he is also an accomplished pianist.