OUR TEAM
At Noviqa, our team is comprised of highly skilled and experienced professionals who are dedicated to helping our clients achieve their goals. Get to know some of our team members below:
DAVID McCALLUM
Chairman
David McCallum is Chairman and co-founder of Noviqa. He brings over 25 years of leadership experience across the housing, facilities management, and professional services sectors.
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In 2018, David was awarded an MBE for his outstanding contribution to housing in Northern Ireland. He previously served as a Director of Co-Ownership Housing and was instrumental in the setting up of Northern Ireland's shared ownership housing provider, which to date has helped some 32,000 individuals and families to achieve home ownership.
David is a Chartered Director, a Fellow of both the Institute of Directors and the Chartered Institute of Housing. He serves as Chairman of the National House Building Council (NHBC) in Northern Ireland and on its UK Council. He is also a former Chairman of Lisburn City Centre Management Ltd and of Asset Skills Northern Ireland.
David utilises his extensive leadership experience to assist Noviqa's clients in becoming award-winning, industry-leading organisations.
David guides companies on implementing best practices in:
Corporate Governance - David advises boards and executive teams on governance structures and processes that drive accountability, transparency, and ethics. His counsel helps organisations operate to the highest standards.
Risk Management - Drawing from governance expertise, David provides risk mitigation strategies and auditing protocols to identify and address vulnerabilities.
Compliance Management - David has an extensive knowledge of regulations and standards bodies requirements. He ensures organisations have systems to monitor and maintain full compliance.
Leadership Development - David designs leadership training and succession planning to help clients build high-performing, principled management teams.
With David's senior counsel, Noviqa's clients gain the strategies, frameworks, and training needed to become recognised industry leaders and achieve external validation through prestigious awards.
PAULA QUIGLEY
Managing Director
At the forefront of business transformation and change management Paula has over two decades in Senior Management roles across both the private and third sectors, Paula is an embodiment of deep-seated expertise and a driving force behind numerous successful strategic planning initiatives.
Paula's neurodiversity grants her a distinctive perspective, enabling her to dissect systems, diagnose problems, and envision processes in a unique light. This innate ability, combined with her extensive background, allows her to craft innovative solutions, ensuring organisations not only work smarter but also optimise their resources to their fullest potential.
With a sterling record of assisting many companies to reimagine their futures and adopt novel approaches, Paula's mastery in people strategy, talent development, and leadership development is uniquely valuable to the organisations she supports. Her prowess in strategic facilitation, paired with her knack for aligning management teams with overarching goals, makes her an invaluable asset to any change-driven mission.
Paula's academic background is a testament to her commitment and depth in the field. Holding a BSc Hons in Housing Management, a Diploma in Professional Practice, a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management, she is well-equipped to tackle challenges from a multi-dimensional perspective. Moreover, her insights on organisational development, community regeneration, systems thinking, and supply chain management have made her a sought-after speaker or judge at national events.
As an integral figure at Noviqa, Paula champions the cause of helping businesses transform, utilising a blend of traditional methodologies and modern techniques. Her reputation precedes her, making her not only a magnet for clients seeking top-tier service but also a beacon for those aiming for sustainable growth.
In collaboration with Paula, businesses are not merely adapting; they are evolving, setting new paradigms, and achieving unparalleled success. Your transformation journey begins here. Join Paula and the team at Noviqa, and be a part of this transformative odyssey.
STUART PORTER
Executive Director
Stewart has a wide background of valuable, practical, private and public sector business experience gained initially from having worked for two large multinationals, and subsequently through establishing, managing, successfully growing and ultimately selling his own businesses.
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In recent years he has used these operational skills and managerial experience to assist with the development and growth of a number of start-up businesses.
He brings 30 years management, operating, and Board level experience in the logistics, shipping, general warehousing and specialist storage Industry, providing services across Private Companies and Public Bodies, throughout the UK and Ireland, and associated networks in USA and Europe.
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He was a founding Shareholder and Managing Director of the Oasis Group and subsequently a main board member of www.oasisgroup.eu, a leading Data Storage and Information Management Group.
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Stewart has been involved for many years working and operating in partnerships across National, and Local Government, The Civil Service, Health, Financial Institutions, Security Services, and many Blue Chip Companies driving expansion, modernisation, change, increased turnover, share value, and Ebitda. He is also experienced in identifying potential mergers and acquisitions with investors and other Venture Capital Groups and seeing them through to completion.
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He is also a founder of Natural Heat NI Ltd a renewable industrial heating and cooling company, providing large scale District Heating solutions, and has experience in the wind turbine and Solar sectors.
NADINE McCALLUM
Director
With an honours degree from Manchester Metropolitan University and over 10 years of experience in the retail industry, including running her own independent retail business, Nadine brings a wealth of expertise to the table.
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Due to previous positions in customer facing roles within SMEs and major high street companies across the UK and Ireland and her experience in operating a successful retail business, she has honed her skills in identifying and pursuing business opportunities, building and maintaining relationships with clients, and driving growth and profitability through strategic planning and execution.
As the first point of contact for customers, Nadine's interpersonal communication skills come into play for business enquiries, generating new business leads, and identifying and assessing customer needs to achieve a high level of satisfaction.
On an internal level her knowledge of the latest research methods to evaluate company performance, the analysis of internal operations (including KPIs), and the planning and implementation of budgets enables her to suggest resources to create new initiatives thereby increasing productivity.