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Reappointment to the Tallaght Hospital Board - 31 March 2023
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On his nomination by the Health Service Executive, the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has reappointed the following as a member of the Tallaght Hospital Board for a period of three years with effect from 2 March 2023.
Mr John Hennessy has been Chairman of the Board of Ericsson Ireland, Higher Education Authority, Killarney Telecommunications Limited, Screen Producers Ireland, several Dublin acute hospitals and has spent more than 40 years in the telecommunications industry, holding senior international positions across Swedish multinational telecommunications company Ericsson.
Mr Hennessy was Managing Director of Ericsson Ireland from 2003 to 2011 and Board member and Chairperson from 2003 to 2013. Mr Hennessy has been a member of various Government Advisory Boards and a member of the governing body of Irish Business and Employer Confederation (IBEC) between 2006 and 2014.
Mr Hennessy was also a non-executive Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) from 2008 to 2016, Deputy Chairman and non-executive director of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin from 2011 to 2019, Director St. James’s Hospital 2013 to 2016, non-executive Director Children’s Hospital Group 2013 to 2016, Chairman Chartered Directors’ Network from 2009 to 2012, and an advisor to a number of start-up companies in Ireland.
Separately, Mr Hennessy has been a Director and Chairman of Killarney Telecoms from 2011 to 2018 and Director of Screen Producers Ireland from 2014 to 2017. Mr Hennessy has also provided consulting services in Strategy, Change Management and Governance to various private and public sector bodies. Mr Hennessy also provided mentoring to business start-ups and, through the IDA, to US multinational corporation subsidiaries in Ireland.
Mr Hennessy is an engineer and a graduate of Trinity College, NUI Galway, Kevin St. College of Technology, University of Navarra and Columbia University. Mr Hennessy is also a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering and a Chartered Director.