Name: Brian Parkes
Position & Organisation: People & Culture Director, Queen’s University Belfast
Number of Employees: 3,400
Time in Post: 2 years+
Previous Job: People & Culture Director, CurrencyFair.
Tell us about your business in a sentence
Queen’s University is a member of the prestigious research-intensive Russell Group. We employ almost 3,500 people locally and contribute almost £1billion to the UK economy in terms of our economic impact.
What was your first ever job?
My first paid job was working in the kitchen of a local Chinese restaurant in Enniskillen. It started a lifelong love of cooking and a lifelong hatred of peeling onions.
What are the key challenges you face in your role?
I joined on the back of
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