Reappointment of Ms Fiona Ross as Chairperson to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB)

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has reappointed Ms Fiona Ross as Chairperson of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board with effect from 31 July 2023 to 30 July 2024.

Fiona Ross is an experienced public and private sector Chair and Non-Executive Director, having served on 17 Boards in Ireland and the UK over the past ten years. In 2018 she was appointed by the Government to Chair Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) and was re-appointed for s second term in June 2021. Fiona was also a member of the Board of the HSE where she served on the HSE audit and risk committee. In the UK Fiona serves as a Non-Executive Director at The Scottish Government and in May 2020 Fiona was appointed by the UK Government to serve on the Board of Network Rail. Fiona also has Central Bank of Ireland authorisation and serves as a non-executive director at JK Funds, Tilney Smith and Williamson Europe where she chairs the Audit and Risk committee and Sphere Invest.

Fiona began her career as a stockbroker in the City of London and spent 25 years working in all areas within Capital Markets in Dublin, London, Eastern Europe and the United States.

In 2010, Fiona was appointed by the Minister for Arts to run Ireland’s National Library. Subsequently, Fiona continued her interest in the Arts and joined the Heaney family as a Non-Executive Director of the Heaney literary estate.

Fiona is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and the Institute of Art and Design (IADT). In 2012 Fiona was awarded a fellowship in Governance at George Washington University in the United States.

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