TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I’m Ruairidh Morrison and, along with my wife Melanie, I run North Coast Smokehouse on the beautiful North Coast. I was born and raised on the Scottish island of Islay and, after roaming the world for many years, I settled here in my wife’s hometown of... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF My name is Louis Ludik and I am a South African who has been playing professional rugby for Ulster over the past five and a half years. I am also the co-owner of Hellbent, which has developed South African Boerewors sausages and spicy burgers and meat... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I’m Bernard Sloan and, along with Kerry, we set up Whitewater Brewing Company in 1996. It was established on my family’s fifth generation farm in the heart of the Mourne Mountains until 2017, when we moved to our new premises just outside Castlewellan. WHAT DOES A... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I’m a graduate of Harper Adams University, where I studied a BSc in Food, Nutrition and Wellbeing and an MSc in Food Industry Management. After living in England for five years, I recently returned to Northern Ireland where I’ve taken up a post with the Livestock... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I live in Harrogate with my husband Nick and little boy Alfie. I love to socialise and be around family, friends and colleagues. I enjoy travelling and experiencing different cultures. After university and before settling into working life, I spent a couple of years travelling around... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I’m 32, married to Hannah and we have three children together. I started my career in retail management and spent a decade at Lidl NI, including seven years as part of the senior management team. Recently I’ve joined McKee’s based in Maghera as managing director. We’re... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I’m the commercial director at Glenisk, which means I head up the division responsible for sales, marketing, insight and innovation, corporate and social responsibility and customer care. That’s the HR bit but effectively my job is about keeping Glenisk customers happy and growing their number. I’m... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I have just turned half a century and am married to Judith. We have two teenagers keeping me on my toes: Emma, 18 and James, 16. I am originally from Rostrevor and now living in Warrenpoint for the last 23 years. I have worked for O’Reilly’s... View Article
WHAT DOES A TYPICAL DAY INVOLVE? When I am not in my production unit in Derry, where I make granola from spent grain from my brother’s Walled City Brewery, a normal day would involve checking emails and social media for customer enquiries and/or following up orders. I’ll also search for... View Article
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF I started life out in the world of marketing agencies where I worked with many high-profile brands across many different countries. It was great fun; however, after nearly 10 years of working within this world, I decided to jump ship and go client side to work... View Article
