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Reappointment of Ms Fiona Ross as Chairperson to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) - 31 July 2024
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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 2024 to 30 July 2026.
Fiona Ross is an exceptionally experienced public and private sector Chair and Non-Executive Director. She has Central Bank of Ireland authorisation (UCIT and MIFID) and serves as a non-executive director at JK Funds, Evelyn Partners (where she is Vice Chair chairs the Audit and Risk committee) and SphereInvest. In November 2023 Fiona was appointed by the Irish Minister of Finance to serve on the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA). At the NTMA Fiona Chairs the NTMA Investment Committee which has responsibility for over 8 billion euro invested through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund which has a statutory mandate to invest on a commercial basis in a manner designed to support economic activity and employment in the State.
Fiona also holds a number of Irish Government and UK Government board appointments including Chair of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. In the UK Fiona was appointed to Non-Executive Director roles at The Scottish Government, Network Rail and the Northern Ireland Office.
In May 2022 she assumed the Chair role at Natural Capital Ireland.
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.
Fiona is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and the Institute of Art and Design (IADT) where in 2017 she completed a MSc in Cyber Psychology. In 2012 Fiona was awarded a fellowship in Governance at George Washington University in the United States.