Minister Stephen Donnelly T.D. appoints two members to the board of the Health Service Executive

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly T.D. has appointed the following members, following a Public Appointments Service campaign, to the board of the Health Service Executive. The appointments are for a period of three years from 12th March 2021 to 11th March 2024.

Anne Carrigy

A nurse by profession, having specialised and worked in Intensive Care, she moved into nursing management as Director of Nursing and Head of Corporate Affairs at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin. She then joined the HSE as Director of the Serious Incident Management Team and subsequently became National Lead, Acute Hospital Services HSE. She has served on both National and International Boards and Committees over many years including serving as President of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; Board Member of ENDA (European Nurse Directors Association); President of FEPI (European Federation of Nursing Professions); Council Member of the Medical Council of Ireland; Board Member of HIQA (Health, Information and Quality Authority); and Member of the Governing Body of Letterkenny Institute of Technology. She is passionate about patients and has advocated for patient centred care, having dedicated her life to improving patient care services.

Brendan Whelan

Brendan Whelan is CEO of Social Finance Foundation, an organisation which provides loan funding to organisations in the social sector which typically do not meet the credit criteria of mainstream lenders. Prior to this role, he was part of the Senior Management team in Bank of Ireland responsible for Operations, IT and HR. He is a graduate in Commerce from University College Dublin, a graduate in Management from Stanford University and a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland.

He has a passion for helping individuals with additional needs. This is reflected in his Chairmanship of Special Olympics (SO) Ireland and his involvement in two local SO clubs. He is also Chair of St. Catherine’s Association, a Section 39 social care organisation in Wicklow and Patron of the related St. Catherine’s Special School.