A successful leader with a track record of developing and implementing strategy to deliver growth and high quality patient care, improving performance and leading transformational change. Considerable experience at Board and senior management level in both the UK and Ireland in both the Private and Public Sector.

Following numerous roles in industry I have developed considerable range of health service experience in Ireland and UK in both the Public and Private sector with roles in Mental Health, Secondary Care, Primary Care, Nursing Homes and Commissioning. A track record of success, delivering three stars (the highest award available) five years running for a UK Acute Trust and two years running for a Primary Care Trust. Committed to developing patient services in all organisations, setting and delivering high standards, striving for excellence and encouraging nothing less in others.

Following a move to Ireland in 2008, employed in a major Dublin Academic Teaching Hospital (St Vincent’s University Hospital) delivering consistent overall Green rating in Healthstat, securing the first JCI accreditation for a public hospital in Ireland, significantly improving efficiency and achieving financial breakeven for three years running despite significant reduction in funding allocation.

At request of Minister relocated to Galway to establish first Hospital Group as part of National Strategic Reform Programme, a forerunner for other Groups and move towards Trust status. Responsible for 7 Hospitals, with 8,000 staff, 2000 beds and a budget of €900 million. Established Board, management team, performance culture, corporate and clinical governance systems and delivered significant turnaround whilst restructuring services, integrating hospitals and managing transition towards Trusts status. Rebranded and launched the Group as Saolta. Directly managed the restoration of Letterkenny Hospital following flood in July 2013, the biggest natural disaster in Ireland’s Acute Hospital history.

Following successful establishment of Saolta requested by Minister to become Group CEO in Dublin to establish RCSI hospitals Group – 7 Hospitals, 7,500 staff and budget of €650 million.

Currently employed since 2016 as Group Chief Executive of Bon Secours Health System (BSHS), Irelands largest Private Hospital provider with over 1,000 beds, 3,500 staff and 450 consultants across 6 sites nationwide. I have developed BSHS 2020 plan which sets out our strategic goals for Quality, Integration, Efficiency and Growth and is underpinned by a €150m capital investment programme to deliver Advanced Medicine and Exceptional Care. Developed successful partnerships with Private Health Insurers and key suppliers to improve operating margin – BSHS has increased revenue from €230m in 2015 to €334 in 2020 and increased EBITDA to €38m.

Recently completed major acquisition of a Private Hospital in Limerick as part of BSHS Growth strategy and integrating it into BSHS

Commissioned €77million capital project in Cork to increase Bed, theatre and ICU capacity and introduce Radiotherapy, establishing €12million Joint Venture with UPMC.

Developed Employer of Choice strategy, introducing Leadership Programmes, staff surveys, Awards Scheme and innovative communication and Performance System.

Skill Profile:

Track record in delivering financial targets and managing extensive portfolios including development of Performance Assessment Frameworks, development of National Cancer Control Programme Strategy, development of Estates Strategy, Service and Bed Reconfiguration and personally leading on a wide range of specialty based projects aimed at improving efficiency, patient outcome and modernisation of patient pathways.

Extensive Project Management and Capital Management skills delivering a number of Estates projects in the Public Sector such as re-development of Inpatient Wards, new Theatres, development of a 2nd Cath Lab within budget and on time, as well as procurement and contract award of a new 120 single bed, en-suite ward block. Oversee BSHS €150m Capital Programme to fund acquisitions, estate development, clinical services development and growth.

Extensive entrepreneurial skills in acquisitions, mergers, culture, organisation and systems integration and driving margin improvement

I have strong people management and leadership skills, excellent network and partnership skills, creating sustainable organisations and strategies. I am passionate about building successful teams, developing others and encouraging innovation. I believe I have entrepreneurial flair and am extremely business and outcome focused.

I have formed effective relationships within the public and private sector and international partnerships to promote learning and share best practice.

Extensive background in IT and development of Clinical and Executive Information Reporting Systems to support corporate and clinical governance.

I believe in high quality, value for money services that are patient focussed, with an emphasis on care, and push boundaries, embracing leading edge thinking and practice.

Academic Profile:

I hold an MSc in IT and have considerable experience in project managing IT systems and procurement in a number of roles in the NHS.

I also hold an MBA with distinction

Recently completed a BA (Honours) in Law and currently studying (year 4) towards a BA (Honours) in Accountancy

Honorary Professor of RCSI, lecturing in Leadership Development, Change Management and Strategic Planning on various Masters Programmes.

General Manager and Country President of Novartis Pharma

Born and brought up in France, married, Audrey is a mother of two children, Olympe and James. A medical doctor by training, she was inspired by learning in Paris with internationally renowned health professionals. A family project led her to work also in Asia, where she lived for 3 years in Hong Kong. In 2013, she joined Novartis in particular for the richness of its portfolio and its big focus on innovative medicines. She was at the head of the medical department in Ophthalmology. In 2017, she moved into the commercial management of the marketing and sales of this unit. It is an extremely innovative sector with retina diseases such as wet Age-related Macular Degeneration and more recently with the 1st gene therapy approved in Europe for a rare hereditary retinal dystrophy. In early January 2020 she was appointed General Manager and Country President of Novartis Pharma and was delighted to move with her family to Dublin.

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HIHI National Manager, University College Cork | UCC

Dr Mulcahy is National Manager of Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI). In this role she is responsible for leading the national operations and strategic development of HIHI. Her key priority is to ensure that the objectives of HIHI; supporting companies as they navigate the healthcare system, supporting healthcare innovators to assess and develop their ideas and delivering education programmes to encourage innovation; are achieved across all partner sites of HIHI.

Tanya joined the Health Innovation Hub in December 2013 and has played a pivotal role in the advancement of HIHI from a pilot at one location to a national entity, now with 4 partner locations across the country. She has a extensive experience in the public and private sector; her previous role was Manager of the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, UCC. She has an honours degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Cancer Genetics from UCC and recently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Trials.

She has conducted postdoctoral research in population based Neuropsychiatric Genetics at Trinity College Dublin and has over 10 years’ experience in biotechnology based research and development industries – Schering Plough (NJ, USA) and start-up Biotechnology company Orchid Biosciences (Princeton, NJ). Dr Mulcahy returned to Ireland from the USA in 2006 and worked with Science Foundation Ireland before joining UCC in 2009.

Tanya has been a member of the Executive Management Board of Eureka Centre for inquiry based Education in Science and Mathematics and a member of the UCC Genovate team. She is the UCC co-ordinator of the BioInnovate programme led by NUIG. She is founder of the Women’s Ideas Network and mentors on the UCC Aurora programme.