About Artemis

Sarah Orange

Sarah Orange is the founder and Managing Director of Artemis Human Capital and oversees both the Executive Search and Professional Recruitment divisions. Sarah specialises in private sector C-Suite appointments within scaling businesses and has a particular interest and expertise in Private Equity and Venture Capital back businesses or those wishing to embark on fund raising. This is due, in part, to her focus on succession planning and growth strategies.

Sarah works across the UK and the island of Ireland on retained appointments.

With an educational background in Psychology, Sarah places a huge emphasis on the grey area of cultural fit. An accredited user of personality profiling instruments and an associate member of the British Psychological Society, Sarah is uniquely placed to assist with business-critical assignments where ‘fit’ is paramount.

Sarah McGimpsey

Sarah is an Associate Director within Artemis Executive and has worked within the local recruitment market for over 20 years. A Graduate of the University of Glasgow Sarah began her career working for a large PLC recruitment company and specialised in all aspects of the local Construction and Property market before moving into Executive search.

Across a range of disciplines (Senior Contracts and Commercial Management, Architecture, Surveying, Civil Engineering, Facilities Management and Building Services) Sarah has worked with both Public and Private sector clients, Main Contractors/ Subcontractors and Consultants. Within the Manufacturing sector she has specialised in the Senior Operational Management and General Management space.

Working exclusively in a partnership with her clients she helps them source the best talent at a Senior Executive level. She collaborates with companies to fully understand their business, how it is now and how it will look when their future ambitions are realised.

Her partnership approach is mirrored with candidates as she seeks to understand key motivations and future ambitions whilst ensuring there is a good cultural fit for both parties.

Adam Myles

Adam is an Executive Search Consultant who has been working within the senior finance market for the last 6 years before making the move across to Executive Search, specialising in MD, Finance, HR & Marketing . Adam was a Management & Leadership Development graduate of the University of Ulster before making the move into the recruitment industry. With a passion for building long term relationships, Adam gets to the heart of what his clients both want and need; with an eye on the future, he assists them in finding the very best talent to drive their business forward.

Danielle McIlveen

Having joined the business in a newly created role, Danielle’s appointment is Executive Assistant to Managing Partner Sarah Orange. Danielle’s role will heavily support with the recruitment processes within the Executive Search team and the wider recruitment consultants.

Having previously worked in the recruitment sector as a Senior Recruitment Consultant within Business Services for over five years, Danielle brings a wealth of recruitment knowledge along with expertise within the Business Services sector.

Danielle comes from a background in Administration and Secretarial support in which she dealt with Senior Level directors across the board which she feels goes hand in hand with her new position as Executive Assistant within the Executive Search division.

Claire Gunn

Claire’s role in Artemis is to provide administrative support to Managing Director Sarah Orange, the Executive Search division and the recruitment team as a whole. Claire also supports the Operations Manager with auditing and day to day functioning of the office so the role is multi-faceted in nature. Having previously worked as a paralegal and legal executive and with years of experience providing secretarial and PA support in a variety of sectors to members of staff at all levels, Claire has brought
a broad range of transferable skills to her role in Artemis and is highly adaptable.

Claire’s background in Law has ensured she possesses a high level of organisation and attention to detail which is invaluable to the smooth running of any office environment.

Kirsti Doherty

Kirsti, is the longest standing member of the team at Artemis Human Capital and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of the business.

Kirsti is highly organised and extremely efficient, possessing a great eye for detail and offers vital support to the whole team. Kirsti comes from a diverse background, having gained a wealth of knowledge within both accounts and human resources (in which she holds a CIPD qualification).

Kirsti’s role at Artemis Human Capital is extremely fluid, and continues to evolve as the business progresses and enters new geographies.

Laura Haggan

Laura Haggan offers over 15 years of recruitment experience across a full range of disciplines – offering a specialist understanding of the Accountancy and Finance market in Northern Ireland. Laura is also a respected recruitment partner to her clients in Financial Services, Banking and Insurance.

Laura Heads up the Finance team and takes a strategic role in realising our ambitious growth plans. Laura is supported by Associate Director Nicola McCallum and a further three Recruitment Consultants within finance.

We are proud to have the most experienced recruitment team in the local market and the culture that we have created within Artemis.

Laura and her team work to help clients make the most of their investment in people through growth strategy planning, skills identification, remuneration advice, succession planning, identifying training needs and talent maximisation.

Nicola McCallum

Nicola McCallum is an Associate Director, leading Part Qualified and Transactional Accountancy recruitment for Artemis right across NI.

Nicola, a Law Graduate from Queens University Belfast, has a recruitment career spanning over 15 years in the local Accountancy market. She is passionate about people, with a naturally consultative nature and unrivalled knowledge of the Northern Ireland Accountancy sector.

Nicola works closely with her candidates placing them in roles that launch and continuously develop their Accountancy careers. She works in close partnership with businesses, helping them to make the right hire, as well as assisting with building succession planning & talent pipelining into their Finance teams.

Stephen Cunningham

Stephen Cunningham is a Recruitment Consultant who specialises in Senior/ Qualified finance appointments within Industry. He has a demonstrated history of working in fast paced sales environments before moving into Recruitment. Skilled in Negotiation, Sales, Recruiting, Financial Services, and Finance, he has developed key relationships with some of the top companies in Northern Ireland by focusing on cultural fit and emotional intelligence, and therefore often gains exclusivity on some of the latest jobs to market.

Beth Gault

In 2020, Beth graduated from Queen’s University Belfast with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Beth then went on to pursue & achieve her Masters of Science in Marketing from the University of Ulster in 2021. Beth started her recruitment career in the Summer of 2021, initially looking at part qualified & transactional finance within Industry.

Since joining Artemis in February 2022, Beth has changed specialism and now focuses on accountancy practice & financial services recruitment. Working with accountancy practices and financial services firms across Northern Ireland, Beth enjoys the more consultative approach to this area of recruitment. Beth recruits at all levels across- Audit, Accounting, Assurance, Tax, Corporate Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring, Transaction Services, Deal Advisory (M&A), Financial Services, Transactional Finance, and finance professionals within the Private Equity/Venture Capital industries.

Kelsey Rouse

Kelsey Rouse began her recruitment journey within the Accountancy and Finance market and is continuing to focus on both qualified finance and transactional support roles in Artemis Human Capital.

Kelsey is originally from Strabane but is now based in Belfast and enjoys assisting clients with those hard to fill finance roles across the province, specifically concentrating on the counties of Tyrone, Derry/Londonderry, Armagh, Down and Fermanagh.

The accountancy and finance market in Northern Ireland is buoyant and Kelsey is delighted to continue to work in partnership with candidates and clients across the province.’

Ciara O’Connor

Ciara is from Dublin but has been recruiting in the local market for a few years across Healthcare and Professional Services and is now transferring her skills to the legal market. Ciara will be specialising in Legal Recruitment across NI and ROI.

Ciara is recruiting for various legal roles across Northern Ireland, from qualified to support roles. Ciara is working closely with both leading global and smaller local Law Firms, helping them to attract the top legal talent in Northern Ireland

Paul Wright

Paul joined the Artemis team in 2023 to head up our Technology Recruitment division. A self- confessed ‘tech recruitment veteran’ Paul has been a part of the local IT community for over 18 years and is proud to have experienced and participated in Northern Ireland’s emergence as a global tech hub. Over his recruitment career Paul has helped hundreds of technology professionals start, build and enhance their careers and he has valued relationships with software houses, consulting
and professional services companies and industry clients across NI.

Leon McHugh

Leon McHugh began her recruitment journey within the Accountancy and Finance market back in 2015 and has now made the move across to focus on HR Recruitment in Artemis Human Capital. Leon has made strong relationships with the HR business community in N. Ireland over the years so this was a natural transition for her which she is thoroughly enjoying.

Leon, a blow in from Dungannon has been living in Belfast for 18 years and enjoys assisting clients with those hard to fill and niche HR roles across the province.

Leon understands HR plays a key role in developing, reinforcing, and changing culture in an organisation, the importance of finding the right candidate for the right role is always at the forefront of her mind.