Appointments and Re-appointment to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland - 10 June 2021
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The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD has, following a PAS competition, appointed Ann Horan and Patrick Knight to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Their appointments are from 2 June 2021 to 1 June 2024. He has also re-appointed Mary Cullen to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Her re-appointment is from 15 June 2021 to 14 June 2024.
Ann Horan is a former Chair of the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA).
Her executive roles included the positions of Chief Executive of the DCU Ryan Academy, Managing Director of Bank of Ireland Finance and Bank of Ireland Commercial Finance and Head of Group Risk & Compliance at Bank of Ireland. She has served on several boards including Dublin City University, the Institute of Bankers, South Dublin Chamber of Commerce, and chaired associations including the UK based Factors & Discounters Association and the International Women’s Forum. In addition, she chaired the audit committees of the HPRA and South Dublin County Council.
Through her successful career, Ann developed expertise in the areas of leadership, strategic planning, financial control, and corporate governance. She has proven ability to operate in both the public and private sectors and has direct experience in the areas of regulation, finance, education, and public health. Ann is a Chartered Certified Accountant with a Masters in Finance from DCU.
Pat was An Post Group HR Director / Chief People Officer from 2004 – 2019, prior to that he was General Manager HR with Waterford Crystal (1986 – 2004) and prior to that he was Personnel Officer with Bord na Mona. He is currently working selectively as an HR and Change Management Consultant.
Pat has over 30 years Management Executive / C-Suite experience, and he also has many years experience as a full Board member.
Pat has a proven HR track record of business transformation including; developing, negotiating, and implementing strategic, operational, cultural and organisational change, establishing and maintaining high standards of corporate governance – including ethical behavior at senior management level, sourcing top talent and building leadership capability at all levels of management.
Pat has a Masters degree (M.Sc Mgmt) from Trinity College and is a Chartered Follow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Ms Mary Cullen is a chartered accountant. She attended Trinity College Dublin, where she studied Business, Economics and Social Studies (BESS), following which she joined Price Waterhouse, now PwC. She held a number of senior executive roles with PwC, including responsibility for partnership and company secretarial matters and partner affairs. She is a Trustee of the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) Pension Funds and is a former member of the Foundation Board of the RDS. She is a board member of Charter Medical Private Hospital and a member of the Audit Committee of The Office of the Attorney General.
Previously she was a Board Member of Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin, Chairperson of the Board of Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin and a Board Member of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
She has served as a Board Member of The Food Safety Authority of Ireland since June 2016 and as a member and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.