We are delighted to announce that Áine Lynch has been elected as Vice President of the NMBI Board.

Áine was first elected to the Board in January 2021 as a representative of the Health Service Executive (Director of Nursing or Director of Midwifery). She also serves on the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee.

Áine is a registered general nurse and is currently Interim Chief Director of Nursing and Midwifery at Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

She has a long and distinguished career in the health service, having worked predominantly in the acute hospital setting in Dublin, following a number of years practising in the UK and Saudi Arabia. Prior to her current role, she was the Director of Nursing and Integrated Care at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH). She worked in a number of roles in TUH including ward manager, Clinical Facilitator, Nurse Practice Development Advisor and Coordinator. She also had an opportunity to work as Project Officer and Interim Director at the Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit at Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow, HSE.

Áine’s appointment follows the announcement that Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride was elected as NMBI’s President in January. They will both lead the Board in overseeing the organisation as it works to implement its new Statement of Strategy 2023-2025.