Anne O’Connor
IrelandexecutiveFemale5.3Global Dominance: 0.00%Anne O’Connor is a seasoned health executive who has recently been appointed as the new chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland. With a professional background as an occupational therapist, she has held several significant positions within the HSE, including chief operations officer and national director for mental health. O’Connor briefly served as interim chief executive of the HSE in 2018 and led the organization’s operational response to the Covid-19 pandemic and a cyberattack in 2021. Before her current appointment, she was the managing director of VHI health and wellbeing, a subsidiary of the VHI group. She holds multiple degrees in occupational therapy and management from prestigious institutions.
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HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor said it had introduced a new policy under which consultants would have to submit claims for additional work carried out within a three-month period.
Scrapping private practice in public hospitals to cost HSE €140m this year, PAC told – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-09-24
Anne O’Connor is the HSE chief executive who will need to authorize spending on non-clinical items over €5,000.
Patients would contribute more for drugs under proposed policy – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-09-23
The agency’s chief executive Anne O’Connor placed three regions in what is known as 'tier three escalation'.
Four HSE regions to lose power over day-to-day spending – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-09-10The decision by its national chief executive Anne O’Connor to place three regions under escalated measures, where greater financial controls were applied.
The HSE was broken up into six regions two years ago to deliver better care. Is it working? – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-08-10
The report was sent to chief executive Anne O’Connor and HSE director of access Sheila McGuinness on April 20th.
HSE decision ‘could add 4,000 patients per month’ to waiting lists – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-07-22
Anne O’Connor is the successor to Bernard Gloster and has placed HSE South West in tier three escalation due to financial concerns.
Former Labour Court chief engaging with top management in HSE South West after concerns raised – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-06-27
HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor announced the details of the new autism assessment and intervention pathway protocol.
Psychiatrists’ body ‘cannot endorse’ new State autism protocol – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-06-02
Anne O’Connor is to be appointed as the new head of the HSE.
Anne O’Connor to be appointed as new HSE chief executive – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-12-15