Appointments to St. James’s Hospital Board:

The Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD has appointed the following as members of St. James’s Hospital Board.

Professor Paul Browne

Professor Paul Browne is a medical graduate of Trinity College Dublin with four decades of clinical and leadership experience in healthcare service, research and education. Following general medical and early specialty haematology training in Dublin, he spent 5 years at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA, as clinical research fellow in Haematology, and then as faculty. He was appointed to St. James’s Hospital as Consultant Haematologist in 1996, where he focused on treatment of blood cancers, in particular leukaemia and myeloma, and led the development of the clinical programme in autologous stem cell transplantation.

He has a long-standing interest in leadership, education and quality within the healthcare system. He was the founding director of the national haematology specialist training programme. He has led multiple clinical trials and investigational programmes, including a four-year term as Chair of the HRB-funded ICORG Cooperative Oncology Research group (now Cancer Trials Ireland). He was appointed as Professor of Haematology at Trinity College Dublin in 2010 and served as Head of Trinity School of Medicine for five years from 2012 to 2017.

He was the first Programme Director for the joint hospital-university initiative to establish Trinity St. James’s Cancer Institute, which recently received designation as an OECI-accredited comprehensive cancer centre. He has held a number of leadership and governance roles, including serving on the Advisory Committee for Human Medicines of the HPRA, and as Board member of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. He maintains an active interest in healthcare innovation, education and research, and continues to work also with the voluntary patient charity sector.

Professor Paul Browne is appointed following nomination by the University of Dublin with effect from 24 November 2025 to 23 November 2031.

Ms Geraldine Ruane

Geraldine Ruane is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Director with extensive executive and non-executive experience spanning the public, corporate, education, and healthcare sectors.

She has served as Chief Executive of the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), Chief Operating Officer of Trinity College Dublin, and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey Ireland. In these roles, she led major financial transformations, governance reforms, and large-scale infrastructure programmes. In the private sector, Geraldine has held senior executive positions with leading global pharmaceutical companies — Novartis, Mallinckrodt, and Chanelle Pharma Group — bringing deep insight into regulated industries, innovation pipelines, and international governance frameworks.

Her current and previous board experience includes Science Foundation Ireland (Board Member and Member of Finance, Audit & Risk Committee), Chartered Accountants Ireland (Council Member and Chair of Governance Sub-Committee), Horse Racing Ireland, and Genio, a not-for-profit healthcare and social innovation body. She also chaired the Steering Committee for Trinity’s €1 billion Technology Campus masterplan.

An alumna of Trinity College Dublin, Harvard University, IMD Lausanne, and UCD Smurfit, she is passionate about governance, innovation, and enabling organisations to deliver lasting impact for society and the economy.

Geraldine Ruane is appointed following a Publicjobs campaign with effect from 21 October 2025 to 20 October 2031.