IT

As Chief Operating Officer, Andrew manages many of our complex accounts and has responsibility for our IT and Public Sector divisions.  

His strengths lie in providing diverse recruitment solutions to match client needs and working in partnership to ensure positive outcomes. He is superbly networked and is committed to ensuring business growth through connecting the best talent with the best opportunities.

Andrew is dedicated to our community engagement and plays a key role in our community partnerships.

Starting his career with FPSG as IT Divisional Manager in 2002 and through continued development and promotion, Andrew became Managing Director in 2010.

Michael's role is to establish and grow our IT recruitment solutions capability across Scotland, the UK and beyond.

Having progressed through all the recruitment ranks from Resourcer to Regional Manager to Director in 2019, Michael’s style is to always lead by example in new business wins and being accountable for delivering on commitments.

Michael is responsible for multiple locations and Consultants and takes pride in playing a hands-on role in developing staff.

Michael has been providing IT and Technology & Transformation Recruitment Solutions since 2003. 

Ciaran Ahern has worked in Technology, Data and Transformation recruitment for over 22 years.

He started his career purely focused on candidates and their experience and grew into a much wider remit, where he was responsible for engaging, winning and delivering on a very wide range of clients, from start-ups and scaling organisations to large corporates.

Although Ciaran leads and motivates teams of individuals and is accountable for overall delivery he is also hands on in his role. Over his career he has covered all aspects of technology and change his current focus is on Development & Data with a particular interested in start-ups and scaling organisations, particularly in FinTech, Life Sciences, MedTech, BioTech and Pharma.

Ciaran’s focus is very much on client and candidate experience and ensuring both himself and FPSG delivery an outstanding service.

Greg specialises in all things Data focused, servicing our clients and candidates in the Data Science, Data Engineering and Analytics space.

He prides himself on his candidate experience, placing the best people within great organisations.

Greg enjoys getting involved in the Data community, organising and presenting at different events and meet-ups. He has also played professional rugby for a few years.

Originally hailing from South Africa, Greg has joined FPSG in November 2020 and brings with him over 2 years of experience in the Data recruitment.

Matthew specialises in Development & Software Engineering with a particular focus on the MedTech industry. He’ll usually be found working with candidates who are looking to hone their craft; whether that be across the Full-Stack or specifically within the Front or Back-End.

Having initially kick-started his recruitment career as a Trainee Consultant in 2017, he’s consistently strived to build strong, long lasting relationships with clients and candidates alike. Matthew has been responsible for engaging, winning and delivering for a variety of start-ups and SMEs as well as larger “technology first” organisations. 

Matthew understands that recruitment is multifaceted and always strives to find the best solutions for his clients – from headhunting exercises and candidate mapping to larger recruitment campaigns & projects. 

Joining FPSG in 2021, Matthew thoroughly believes in collaboration & will always look for ways to work with his team in order to achieve the best possible results for his customers. 

Scott currently specialises in the software engineering markets across the UK, Europe and USA with a strong focus on front end development. These candidates range from fresh hungry graduates to experienced heads of development looking to start a fresh new challenge.

Scott started his career in London at the end of 2017 working with large corporate financial services clients. After realising he couldn’t get Irn Bru in England he returned to Scotland at the end of 2018 and built himself a strong reputation in the Scottish technology market. He has vast experience working with technology industry leaders and rapidly growing start-ups. If you’re thinking of setting up a Scottish tech team or base, Scott would be able to provide excellent advice on how to do this successfully and quickly.

Having joined FPSG at the start of 2021, Scott believes in communication and solid partnerships as the key to excellent recruitment results for his customers.

Richard is part of the Office Management Team and responsible for all administrative processes, candidate payroll, contracts management and general office support.

Originally from Malta, Richard has brought with him his experience and knowledge of working in a family business. His strengths lie in attention to detail and problem solving.

Richard is an active member of the World Organisation of Scouts Movement where he has helped his community’s Scout Group in educating young people on how to be more active citizens.

Richard joined FPSG in 2017 and successfully guided our GDPR Team to full compliance.