Board member

Paul has recently completed a role as the Independent Chairperson of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs.  He is currently a strategic business advisor. Paul has previously held CEO and senior executive roles in the private, not for profit, central government, local government, and health sectors including, CEO of the Health Service Executive (HSE), from May 2019 until December 2022.  In this period, he led the health service through the Covid-19 global pandemic and a potentially catastrophic criminal cyber-attack. He led the implementation of a vaccination programme that had the best take up in the world. 

Paul was also Chief Executive of Fingal County Council from 2014 to 2019, one of the largest Local Authorities in the state. Prior to this his career was in the private sector as an Executive Director with eir. Paul holds a Masters in Business Administration from Trinity College and a BA in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the National College Ireland.  He has received honorary fellowships from the National College of Ireland and Griffith College.