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NMH | 2024 36 Governance Cllr. Cat O'Driscoll (to June) Cat O'Driscoll represents the Cabra Glasnevin LEA and chairs the Arts and Culture Strategic Policy Committee in Dublin City Council. A native of Cork, Cllr. O'Driscoll has been a board member of Quality and Qualifications Ireland and The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning. Dr Michael Robson Michael Robson is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and former Master of the NMH. Dr Robson is the National Clinical Director of the Maternal and New-born Clinical Management System (Maternity, neonatal and gynaecology electronic patient record for Ireland). He also developed the methodology behind the perinatal and caesarean classification system used world wide known as the Ten group (Robson) Classification System. Cllr. Naoise Ó'Muirí Naoise Ó Muirí has served as a Dublin City Councillor since June 2004 and is a former Lord Mayor of Dublin. Naoise studied Engineering at the National University of Ireland, Galway and runs a technology company. He was elected to Daíl Éireann in November 2024 Nóirín O'Sullivan (to May) Nóirín O'Sullivan most recently served as United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Safety and Security based in New York. Nóirín served as Garda Commissioner from 2014 – 2017. She holds a Masters in Business Studies from UCD Smurfit Business School. She has served two terms on the Governing Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland and chaired the Inspection and Enforcement Committee. She is a member of the North American Advisory Board of the UCD Smurfit Business School. Nóirín is the recipient of numerous awards including an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Ulster for Distinguished Public Service. Prof Peter McParland (to May) Peter McParland is a retired Consultant Obstetrician/ Gynaecologist at the National Maternity Hospital having worked there for over 30 years. He previously worked in Bristol, London and Toronto. He was Director of Fetal Medicine for over 20 years with a special interest in ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis and high risk pregnancies. He is the author of several National guidelines. Ms Patricia O'Shea Patricia O'Shea is a law graduate of University College Cork and is Group Head of Legal Affairs & Secretariat for a semi-state company. She was formerly General Counsel of a US multinational company serving as Company Secretary and a Director of a group company. Prof Jennifer Walsh A graduate of UCD, Jennifer Walsh is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and Maternal and Fetal Medicine Subspecialist at the National Maternity Hospital. She was appointed to NMH in 2016 following completion of postgraduate subspecialty training at Columbia University NYC. She is the Director of Fetal Medicine at the NMH. Jennifer sits on both the Project Team and Project Board for the move to SVUH cam- pus at Elm Park and chairs the Digital Health Steering Group for the future hospital. She is also Mum to three children, all of whom were Holles Street babies. Dr John Murphy (to May) John Murphy is a Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric & Neonatal Clinical Lead with the HSE in Clinical Strategy & Programmes Directorate. His is also editor of the Irish Medical Journal. Tom Murphy Honorary Treasurer Tom Murphy is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of financial and commercial experience while based in the UK, the US and Ireland. He served as CFO of Fyffes Plc. for 14 years. Now retired, he is a non-executive director of several companies. Ms Alison Quinn (from Sept) Alison graduated from UCD with a BComm degree and then completed a Masters in International Business from Smurfit Business School before qualifying as a solicitor. Alison is an experienced commercial lawyer and litigator with more than 12 years experience advising multinational companies, Irish corporations and semi-state bodies on a range of commercial, consumer, data protection (GDPR) and technology matters. Her work has included secondment to a large tech organisation and representing clients before the Irish Commercial Court, the Irish High Court, and the European Court of Justice. Alison is a mum of 5 children, all of whom were born in Holles Street. Dr Roger McMorrow Roger McMorrow is a graduate of The Queens University of Belfast and he has been a consultant anaesthetist at the National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent's University Hospital since 2009. He has served as Clinical Director of the NMH since January 2018. He has a specialist interest in high risk obstetrics, clinical risk and high altitude mountaineering. In 2007 he was part of an expedition that reached the summit of Mt Everest. Ms Deirdre Sweetman (from May) Dr Deirdre Sweetman graduated from UCD School of Medicine and began her training in Paediatrics and Neonatology in Ireland. She completed a PhD in neonatal brain injury in the NMH and moved to Melbourne where she undertook a neonatology fellowship in the Royal Women's Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital. Deirdre returned to Ireland and took up a Consultant Neonatologist post in Holles Street in 2015. Deirdre is the Director of Neonatology at the NMH and continues to have a strong interest in neonatal neurocritical care".

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