Mike McDonagh

I am Mike McDonagh, Chief Operating Officer of Sigmar Recruitment. Originally from the UK, I have been based in Ireland for 20 years and joined Sigmar in 2020. Prior to this, I was the Managing Director of Hays Ireland.

I have experience leading large teams of specialist recruiters across a range of specialisms, including Accountancy, Construction, IT, Life Science, Office Administration, Banking and Financial Services, Multilingual, and Executive.

I have been a regular commentator on the jobs market in national media, having appeared on national radio and in the press on numerous occasions. I currently serve on the executive committee of the Employment and Recruitment Federation, where I look to continually raise the standards in the recruitment profession in Ireland.  I'm involved in organising our industry-leading event, Talent Summit and I am a passionate advocate of more diversity in the workplace and have undertaken a number of charity challenges to raise over €100k in funds for various charities over the last eight years.