{"id":234385,"date":"2025-12-15T18:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/234385\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:30:10","slug":"anne-oconnor-to-be-appointed-as-new-hse-chief-executive-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/234385\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne O\u2019Connor to be appointed as new HSE chief executive \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Anne O\u2019Connor, a senior executive with health insurer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/vhi\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/vhi\">VHI<\/a>, is to be appointed as the new head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/hse\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/hse\">HSE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ms O\u2019Connor, who previously worked at a senior level in the HSE, will succeed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/bernard-gloster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/bernard-gloster\/\">Bernard Gloster<\/a> who announced earlier this year  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/health\/2025\/05\/13\/hse-chief-executive-tenders-resignation-with-plans-to-step-down-next-march\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/health\/2025\/05\/13\/hse-chief-executive-tenders-resignation-with-plans-to-step-down-next-march\/\">he would be retiring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">An occupational therapist by profession, Ms O\u2019Connor held a series of senior roles previously in the Irish health service, including HSE chief operations officer and national director for mental health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In 2018 she held the post of interim chief executive of the HSE for several months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/opinion\/2025\/12\/15\/the-chatbot-will-see-you-now-is-this-the-future-of-irish-medicine\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The chatbot will see you now: is this the future of Irish medicine?Opens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">From March 2020 she led the HSE\u2019s operational response to the Covid-19 pandemic and later to the cyberattack on the health service in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In August 2022 she was appointed as managing director, of VHI health and wellbeing, a subsidiary of the VHI group, and also served as part of the senior leadership team with the State-owned health insurer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Ms O\u2019Connor holds a diploma in occupational therapy from Liverpool University, an MSc in occupational therapy from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in management practice from University College Cork\/ Irish Management Institute. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anne O\u2019Connor, a senior executive with health insurer VHI, is to be appointed as the new head 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