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12 Governance Rep ts 2020 | NMH Annual Rep t Executive Committee (the Board) Mr Nicholas Kearns was re-elected as Deputy Chair at the first Board meeting following the 2020 AGM. At the AGM, Ms Denise Cole and Ms Gráinne Hennessy were elected to the Board: the outgoing members of the Board were re-elected save for Ms Eugenée Mulhern who did not go forward for re-election. Ms Eugenée Mulhern was a member of the Board for nine years and assisted in the work on corporate governance: we thank her for her time and commitment to the Board of the Hospital. Cllr. Catherine Stocker who was appointed by Dublin City Council in June 2019 resigned from the Board and we thank her for her time. Corporate Governance Members of the Board and the EMT had discussions with the Department of Health regarding corporate governance with a view to restructuring the statutory requirements concerning the Board of the Hospital. The Department put a hold on these discussions following the onset of COVID 19. Nevertheless, within the constraints of the Charter and its amending Act, ongoing work has been undertaken in not only aligning the Hospital's Corporate Governance Codes and their implementation with that of the Code of Governance for Semi-State Bodies, but in ensuring terms of reference for Committees are reviewed regularly and on-going education from external advisers to the Board on corporate governance. Board Work At each monthly meeting of the Board, reports from members of the Executive Management Team (the EMT) are discussed and where considered appropriate, further direction is given by the Board to the EMT. Clinical aspects of these reports are covered elsewhere in the Annual Report. Aside from the normal business which includes corporate governance compliance and consideration Executive Committ Rep t Prof Shane Higgins, Master and Mary Brosnan, Director of Midwifery & Nursing with Councillor Hazel Chu, Lord Mayor of Dublin (centre, from June 2020) who visited the hospital to thank all staff for their hard work and dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic.