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he inaugural Ardlinn Executive of the Month has been named as Brendan Mooney, chief executive of Kainos Group Plc, the Belfast-headquartered digital giant employing 1,060 people in 13 offices worldwide. Selected for his contribution to the continued growth of one of the leading technology companies on the island of Ireland, Mooney is the first of 12 C-Suite executives who will be shortlisted for the Ardlinn Executive of the Year award in the coming months. Mooney joined Kainos in 1989, having graduated from Ulster University with a degree in Computer Science and progressed quickly through the ranks, taking on his current position at the company’s helm in 2001. “Brendan is an inspirational leader who has grown Kainos from a small company into a global business employing over 1,000 people across Ireland, Britain, Europe and the US,” said Áine Brolly, founder and director of Ardlinn, the executive search arm of Cpl Resources Plc. “Since taking the helm in 2001, he has demonstrated exceptional qualities, scaling a pioneering business to achieve outstanding commercial success. In the process, he has nurtured and developed local talent, which has supported the company’s
position as an innovator in announced at a special event the field of digital technol- in November 2018, with Ibec ogy.” chief executive Danny McShe continued: “We are Coy acting as external addelighted to recognise his viser. achievements and believe it “Brendan Mooney has is important that the busi- shown that scaling a business ness community supports that is both world class and and champions the signifi- achieving a global footprint cant contribution executives is possible from the island of like Brendan play in building Ireland,” said McCoy. a sustainable Irish economy.” “He and colleagues have The Ardlinn Executive of the combined talent with techYear Award aims to bring to nology to deliver strong addHi played Alison –edmy personal choice is no.5 – middle of the bottom value for customers whilst light the crucial role row, love it !! making substantial contriby top-level executives, like Brendan Mooney,Can in posibutions to the society you tweek a bit forwider me for looking at. Can you put a slight tioning the country as an FDI in which they operate.” white frame/box around leader on the global stage and Mooney began his career home to many high-growth at Kainos our logo and make in OFtechnical THE allroles lower case. Can you forward me before progressing intofor preindigenous firms. the both together as one PDF The overall winner will be sales and project manage- Elaine O’Regan (far right) interviewed the first Ardlinn Exec award winner Brendan Mooney, CEO of Kainos. Brendan is pictured with looking at ment side by side. Thanks inaadvance. Aine Brolly CEO of Ardlinn (centre) and Elaine O’Regan at the Kainos Offices in Belfast, Northern Ireland Arthur Allison/Pacemaker positions following move to the company’s Dublin office in 1994. Six years ceive the first Ardlinn Execlove with it. you build the culture of later, he returned to Belfast to utive of the Month Award on much more impressive orbegin preparing for his cur- behalf of the entire compaganisations than mine. You “I was in a class of 28 at an organisation is equally rent role as chief executive. ny,” he said. can learn so much from Ulster University and 24 of interesting. “We are an ambitious “Brendan Mooney is typyour peer group.” us had to emigrate in order “Support is important. ical of many of the leading company. We have grown Brendan tobeen get jobs. That’s very dif- Often as chief execuHi AlisonMooney, – No.2 tochief the right has chosen executives driving business a lot over the last few years ferent to today where there tive, you’re thought of as executive of Kainos Plc thanks. by all – many Can you make a Master up, as is, in employment growth in Ireland today,” said and, for me, there is an opis almost full knowing everything and and Ardlinn Executive ofof that Brendan is an colour and also a black & white with I see milElaine O’Regan, spokesper- portunity for us to double forversion graduates. having all the answers. the Month: blue door only inspirational son for The Sunday Business again in size to over 2,000 lennial graduates as better That’s never the case. “I studied Computer for the/my Ardlinn files. Thanking you in Post. “He has aligned his own people in a reasonably short versions of ourselves. They I’ve had a lot of help over Science at Ulster Uniadvance. leader who has career development with the period of time. When you versity and joined joined are coming out with a the years from Kainos strategic growth of the comhire talented ambitious peoKainos in 1989, two years good bit of knowledge and co-founders Frank Gragrown Kainos pany he now leads, building ple, you have got to give them ham and John Lillywhite. after it had been set up. a real desire to change the EXECUTIVE on his technical skills over the opportunity to develop I’ve also used professional My late father had bought world and make it a better from a small of the MONTH the years through valuable those talents and to see their coaches and I have done a computer for the house place. That’s something commercial and managerial ambitions realised. For us, it’s a number of executive in 1982 and that was really we as an employer look to company into a experience.” about continuing to grow and education programmes. I the point at which I went harness and develop. I’m global business Mooney himself sees fur- deliver to both our customers from playing computer not involved in technology always like to be in a room in partnership with ther growth in the pipeline and our staff.” where at least three-quargames to looking at how now as much as I used to employing over TheSunday for Kainos in the months ters of the people there you could go about creatbe. I still find the technolBusiness Post For more info on Ardlinn, log ahead. ing programmes. I fell in ogy aspect great, but how are much better and have 1,000 people “I am very pleased to re- on to ardlinn.com
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