Meet the Team
Simon Devlin
Managing Director
Simon is the founder and managing director of Full Circle and comes from an export development background. During his time as export sales manager with Sperrin Metal Products Ltd, the Company won 3 Queens Awards for Export Achievement and was exporting to over 90 countries worldwide. In the 20 years that he has worked in consultancy, Simon has worked with > 3,000 businesses locally, nationally and internationally.
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Ruth Robinson
Director
Ruth has a Masters in Business Development and Innovation from University of Ulster. and is an expert in Project Management. In addition, she has worked with a number of very successful hospitality businesses on a consultancy basis. Ruth brings all her experience together to help SME’s in specific areas such as Strategy, Business Improvement and Management and Leadership.
Denise Murphy
Director
Denise is a Director at Full Circle with a Masters of Business Administration and more than 20 years experience in Management Consultancy. Denise joined Full Circle in 2006 and has played a key role in building and growing the Company to what it is today. Denise has worked with hundreds of businesses locally and nationally. Areas of expertise include: Strategy, People, Export, and Marketing, she has also led on a wide range of sectoral reviews and strategy projects for public sector clients.
Leah McStravick
Director
Leah has over 25 years industry experience in finance, operations, people and change management including specific expertise in coaching and mentoring.
She has led and supported transformational business change for large scale and medium sized enterprises. She has consulted and helped new starts to grow successfully through the early years of business.
Garrett Harty
Director
Garrett has been a member of the Full Circle since 2013. He has over 20 years’ experience in consultancy, having previously worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (Export Marketing Division) and OCO Global.
Garrett is commercially focused with a specific track a record in export marketing – developing / executing practical business growth projects, marketing plans, sales training, content marketing, etc. – working with countless small and large businesses across the island of Ireland.
Sandy England
Head of Business Programmes
Sandy has been with Full Circle since January 2018. Sandy is Head of Business Programmes at Full Circle, and works extensively across most of the large scale SME support programmes delivered by Full Circle.
Sandy also mentors businesses on a one to one basis specialising in Sales and Marketing support and Social Media Marketing. Sandy also supports the senior team with his key areas of expertise.
Patricia Owens
Head of Digital Consultancy
Patricia Owens is our head of digital, delivering group skills development workshops and one to one mentoring.
Patricia’s key areas of expertise are sales and marketing, with particular focus on digital marketing and business strategy. Her approach centres on analytics, understanding customer behaviours and implementing focused and tangible changes.
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Jordan McCuaig
Digital Consultant
Jordan is a Digital Consultant at Full Circle and comes from a background in hospitality and the arts.
Jordan has devised 360 marketing strategies for the launches of a number of bars and venues, and delivered campaigns for large scale events.
At Full Circle, Jordan delivers workshops and one-to-one mentoring for SMEs to help them tell their unique story and increase their brand visibility. From social media and content creation to launching e-commerce platforms,
Jo-anne Doran
Digital Consultant
Jo-anne joined Full Circle in 2022 as a Digital Consultant. Jo-anne comes from a sales orientated background and has used this commercial knowledge to advise and assist the growth in many SME’s in various industries.
Jo-anne has helped businesses develop their digital interface with strategic planning and management. Utilising social media, advertising, website design, email marketing and e-commerce to grow brand awareness, increase engagement and deliver real time results.
Antoine Hirschland
Senior Consultant
Antoine has over 10 years’ experience in Business Development and Management Consultancy, having previously worked with EY and local consultancy firms in Belgium. He is qualified with a Masters of Business Administration and a second Masters of Applied Economics. He is fluent in both French and English and proficient in Dutch.
Antoine joined Full Circle in 2021. His area of expertise lies within Finance, Organizational Design, Process Optimization, Change Management and Business Development particularly within the EU market.
Karen McDowell
Management Consultant
Karen joined Full Circle in 2021 as a Management Consultant. She has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Ulster and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Karen has more than 20 years experience in International Marketing in a range of sectors including pharmaceutical, medical devices and manufacturing. Karen works on one-to-one mentoring with SME’s and specialises in Marketing, Branding, Export and Strategy.
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Andrew McAllister
Consultant
Andrew joined Full Circle in October 2018 as a management consultant. Andrew has 8 years' experience consulting and to date he has worked with over 200 businesses across Northern Ireland and further afield, advising and implementing change with them on a number of key areas such as social media marketing, business development, website design, photography / videography, branding and overseas sourcing. Additionally, Andrew is highly skilled on Adobe Photoshop and a qualified WIX website partner.
Harry Jones
Management Consultant
Harry joined Full Circle in August 2021 as a Management Consultant working with SME’s across a wide range of sectors. Previously Harry worked as a Sales Consultant assisting SME’s with their sales and export efforts to Europe and North America. Prior to that he spent 10 years working for Invest Northern Ireland most recently as Associate VP, Business Development and as a Business Development Manager in New York and Silicon Valley. Harry began his career as a Trade Project Manager in Boston.
Áine McGurk
Marketing and Programme Coordination Manager
Áine is a Marketing and Programme Coordination Manager at Full Circle.
Having studied and worked in Communications and Marketing for both private and public organisations, Áine has gained extensive knowledge in this sphere. Áine works closely with the senior team in Full Circle to ensure the seamless delivery of programmes ran by Full Circle.
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Patrick McCormack
Junior Consultant
Patrick joined Full Circle in June 2020 as a Junior Consultant. He studied Business Management at the University of Dundee which helped to develop his interest in the world of business. He supports the Senior consultant team in a variety of projects including database development, the creation of customer feedback surveys and administrating SME programmes. Having previously worked in an accountancy practice, he enjoys working in the field of accounting and finance. Patrick is keen to develop his skills in assisting SMEs to develop their businesses through organisational and marketing assistance to create tangible results.
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Alex Magee
Practice Manager
Alexandra joined Full Circle in Summer 2016. She is qualified with a Bachelor's degree in Business Management.
As practice manager, Alexandra manages all of Full Circle’s internal operations, including finance, HR and administration. She works closely with the administration team to help with the management of SME programmes.
Mairéad Bell
Programme Co-ordinator
Mairead is a Programme Coordinator at Full Circle with a background in Event Management, Marketing and Administration.
Since completing a Bachelor of Business, Mairead has gained fundamental knowledge and experience within these fields and is keen on further developing her skills.
Mairead’s role at Full Circle involves working closely with the senior team to support the success of SME programmes delivered by Full Circle.
Stephanie McMaster
Programme Co-ordinator
Stephanie joined the Full Circle team in March 2022 as a programme coordinator. A Drama graduate of Queens University, Stephanie has strong communication skills.
She previously worked as a Youth and Schools worker in a charity which gave her experience of project management, organisation of events and coordination of teams of people. Stephanie’s role within Full Circle will involve co-ordinating business support programmes for small and medium enterprises and supporting clients through their support applications to help them achieve the best results for their business.
Carter King
Graduate Trainee
Carter joined Full Circle in August 2022 as part of our graduate programme and is mid-way through a bachelor’s degree in Business Information Technology at Queens University Belfast. He is completing a placement year with us and hopes to get a real understanding of how SME’s grow and develop through the success of the programmes.
Having completed two years of his degree, he has discovered a great passion for a wide variety of disciplines including digital marketing, web development, databases and finance.
Ultimately, he is looking forward to utilizing and improving his skills while working closely with the team at Full Circle to help assist with the success of the SME programmes.
Courtney Weatherall
Junior Consultant
Having completed a Bachelor’s degree in Management and Leadership, Courtney joined Full Circle in March 2022 as a Junior Consultant. Throughout the completion of her degree, Courtney has obtained knowledge and experience in Marketing, Sales and Digital Enterprise. Courtney’s role at Full Circle will involve providing consultancy support to other members of the team on a wide range of SME projects.
Courtney has just recently completed a Digital Marketing course on Google Drive and is passionate about assisting SME’S to develop their businesses further.
David McComb
Associate Director
David has over 30 years’ experience in aerospace, telecommunications, printing, food and consultancy. In the last 15 years David has been exclusively involved in business consultancy, programme management, coaching, and programme design/delivery activities. David has been the Programme Manager and Lead Consultant on a number of business consultancy and organisation development interventions as well as being a senior manager himself for over 20 years.
Martin Magennis
Associate Director
Martin is an experienced Consultant Trainer who specializes in the design and delivery of management and leadership development solutions on behalf of our core clients. Martin is a certified Coach and is qualified with the International Coach Federation (ICF) as well Genos International. Martin is also a licensed Practitioner with Insights Discovery. He is our ILM Centre Manager and is a qualified assessor and internal verifier. In recent years, Martin has worked across the world - global clients in 9 countries in mainland Europe, USA and the Caribbean.