Claire Kelly

Head of Business Consulting at Sigmar Recruitment

With over 10 years’ experience working within the recruitment sector across UK and Ireland, Claire specialises in consulting with businesses who are setting-up or ramping up their operations across the Irish market. This involves partnering closely with local FDI agencies to carry out research reports into Talent Availability, Salary benchmarking and market trends on behalf of new market entrants.

Claire has over 10 years experience working across Business Development with 8 years recruiting specifically within the Big Data, Analytics and Data Science market with a specific focus on Fintech. Claire’s recruitment experience stretches from large MNC’s to SME’s. She has experience working in Managed Services as well as contingent recruitment, and was the ERF Recruiter of the year in 2016 and shortlisted in 2019.

Claire holds a BSc in Business Studies with a Diploma in InterEmployment which she gained from the University of Ulster, Jordanstown and she also carries a Diploma with commendation from the University of Mount Union, Ohio. Claire has previously spoke at Talent Summit in 2021 where she gave her insights on the Global Competition for Local Talent. She is also passionate about bridging the gap between men and women in the world of Tech and has spoken at the ‘Women in tech conference 2019’ and she is an active speaker at the Her+Data meet-up events.

Claire is also a non-executive director for NOW Group (ROI) which is an award winning social enterprise supporting people with learning difficulties and autism get into jobs with a future.