Our People

Niall Murray was appointed Managing Director in November 2015 having led a (MBO) Management Buy Out of Collins McNicholas along with fellow Directors Antoinette O’Flaherty and Michelle Murphy. Niall joined Collins McNicholas in 1998 to establish their Sligo office and was promoted to the position of General Manager in September 2010. Niall is a graduate of Dublin City University Business School...

In November 2015 Antoinette was appointed Director following a Management Buy Out of Collins McNicholas with fellow Directors Michelle Murphy and Niall Murray. Antoinette, a native of Sligo, joined Collins McNicholas in November 1998 as a Recruitment Consultant and recruited across IT, Technical & Engineering, Accountancy & Finance and HR/Training. She was promoted to Senior Recruitment...

​Michelle was appointed Director in November 2015 having completed a Management Buy Out of Collins McNicholas with fellow Directors Antoinette O’Flaherty and Niall Murray. She commenced working with Collins McNicholas as a Recruitment Consultant in 2000 and worked primarily in the Technical Engineering & Construction divisions. She was promoted to Senior Recruitment Consultant and took res...

​A native of Athlone, Mary joined the management team of Collins McNicholas in May 2015 as Regional Manager of the Midlands. She has over 20 years’ experience recruiting across the Accountancy & Finance, Technical Engineering and HR sectors, and has also managed many recruitment campaigns for national and multinational companies. Mary has a Diploma in HR Management and is CIPD qualified.

​A native of Cork, Rory joined the management team in May 2016 as Regional Manager for the South and South East regions. Rory has over 13 years’ experience in recruitment and managing recruitment teams. He specialises in technical appointments within the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical industries. Rory holds a Degree in Chemistry from University College Cork.

​A native of Sligo, Fiona joined the Collins McNicholas team in June 2016 having relocated back from the UK. Fiona is a Fellow of ACCA and holds a B.Comm from NUIG. Fiona commenced her career in Practice in 2002, moving to Industry in 2010 where Fiona worked as a Finance Manager within multinational organisations.

​Originally from Tipperary, Hollie joined Collins McNicholas as Marketing Manager in February 2018. Hollie holds a B.A. (Hons) Degree from Trinity College Dublin, where she specialised in Marketing. She is also a graduate of Smurfit Business School where she completed a Professional Diploma. She commenced her marketing career in 2012 working in various organisations within their marketing depar...

Currently on Maternity Leave. Emma joined Collins McNicholas as an Occupational Psychology Consultant in September 2016 designing and administering bespoke assessment solutions for Collins McNicholas clients. She was promoted to Senior Consultant in 2019 and appointed as Manager of the People Consulting Team in March 2020. Emma has previous experience working with a psychometric assessment pro...

​Caroline Macklin is currently an Interim Manager of the People Consulting Team at Collins McNicholas. She joined the team in 2011 and is responsible for designing and providing assessment services, ranging from volume recruitment to executive search support for a wide range of clients, providing recruitment project management, training and outplacement. Caroline holds an MSc in Occupational Ps...

​Ciara Holohan is an Occupational Psychology Consultant at Collins McNicholas. She joined the team in 2021 and is responsible for designing and administering bespoke assessment solutions for Collins McNicholas clients. Ciara has previous experience working with a psychometric assessment provider in areas of selection and development. Ciara’s background is in Organisational Psychology with a BA...

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​Colman Collins was one of the founders of Collins McNicholas in 1990 and served as Joint Managing Director with his partner Val McNicholas, until 2003 when Val retired. He was then sole Managing Director of the company until Niall Murray, Antoinette O’Flaherty and Michelle Murphy bought out the company in November 2015. Previously, Colman worked in executive-level roles in Human Resources and ...

​Padraic has been Chairman of the Collins McNicholas Group since 1998. He is Chairman of a range of SME companies and chairs the Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund managed by Kernel Capital. Padraic is Chairman of the Louth Economic Forum which is a pioneering local authority initiative bringing together representatives of the business community, State agencies, DKIT and local aut...