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NMH | 2024 34 Governance Mairéad Butler (to May) Mairéad Butler is a Chartered Accountant and has spent most of her career in financial services in Dublin and Sydney, working in risk, compliance and communications roles. She is also a Director of An Cosán, a charity focused on education as a pathway out of poverty. Dr Ingrid Browne (to Oct) A graduate of RCSI medical school, Ingrid Browne has been a Consultant Anaesthesiologist since 2004 to National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent's University Hospital. She is a fellow of the College of Anaesthesiologists and holds a Masters in medical science. She completed post graduate fellowship training in obstetric anaesthesia at Columbia University NYC. She is involved in Clinical Governance and is a member of the QRPS committee. Prof Shane Higgins Master Shane Higgins, is a Consultant Obstetrician/ Gynaecologist and the current Master of The National Maternity Hospital. He is an Associate Professor at UCD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and has a special interest in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Shane has a broad range of clinical and management experience gained within Ireland, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia. Executive Committee (The Board) Sarah Claxton Sarah is an Engineer with over 24 years' experience in the energy industry. Having worked in technical engineering and line management roles, she completed an MSc in Work and Organisation Behaviour and has worked in the area of Strategic HR & Organisation Development for the past 10 years. She currently leads People and Organisation Capability at ESB Networks as that business transforms to enable wide-scale electrification of society in support of the National Climate Action Plan. Denise Cole Denise Cole has 25 years of experience working in Human Resources and combines a wealth of strategic and operational HR and organisation development experience in both the private and public sectors. Her career includes KPMG in London and Dublin, the Beacon Hospital as Head of HR and St James Hospital as Head of HR Strategy. Denise is currently Head of HR for the Courts Service where she leads a People & Organisation Transformation programme. Ms Jill Beck (from Sept) Jill Beck graduated from Trinity College with a Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics Degree. She has been working as a Commercial Manager in the Construction Industry for the past 20+ years. She has been involved in such projects as semi-conductor plants, pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, Data Centres, Hotels, College and many more.She is a mother of 3 children, all of whom were born in the National Maternity Hospital. Cllr Emma Blain (to Dec) Emma is a councillor on Dublin City Council, having previously served on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council from 2016-2024. She is also an Irish delegate to the European Committee of the Regions, representing the interests of Dublin City at the European Union. An experienced media and communications professional, she is also the editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette. Emma is the mother of 2 children, both of whom were born at the NMH. She was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in Dec 2024. Pat McCann Deputy Chairman Pat has over fifty years' experience in the Hotel business. He started in 1969 in Ryan Hotel Group plc before joining Jurys Hotel Group plc in 1989. He retired from Jurys Doyle in 2006 and founded Dalata Hotel Group in 2007. Pat served as President of IBEC from September 2019 to September 2020. Pat was Chairman of Whitfield Hospital in Waterford from 2011 to 2018. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Glenveagh and a number of private companies. On March 2nd 2021, Pat announced his retirement from Dalata Hotel Group plc. William Johnston Honorary Secretary William Johnston is an economics graduate of Trinity College Dublin, a solicitor and the external examiner in banking law for the Law Society; he is a member of the Governing Body and chair of the Finance and Property Committee of Technological University Dublin; he is a Board member of the Port of Waterford. Michele Connolly Michele Connolly is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years commercial experience. She is currently a partner in KPMG Ireland and Head of Corporate Finance. She specialises in supporting State, Semi State, not for profit and commercial companies in development of new infrastructure, fund raising and general financial matters.

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