Meet Our Board

Robert Anderson was Head of the Social Policies unit at Eurofound, where he worked as research manager from 1988-2018 on a range of topics relating to living conditions and quality of life, including several international research projects exploring aspects of family care across Europe.

Prior to joining Eurofound, Rob worked as Programme Manager at the WHO European Office in Copenhagen, with responsibility for the European Regional Programme in Health Promotion. He studied human sciences at Oxford University and sociology as applied to medicine at Bedford College, London.

Rob served as President of Eurocarers from 2009 to 2012 and is chairperson of the Research & Policy Committee.

Angela is a mum to five wonderful children. Her daughter was born with physical disabilities and, apart from being her mum, she is also her full-time carer. Over the years, Angela’s daughter has struggled in accessing services of health care, education, transportation, mental health, operations, financial issues, and much more.

Angela has been and continues to be her voice and her advocate in fighting for her rights.

Barbara brings more than 25 years’ experience of business partnering, human resources and executive coaching both at consultancy and at senior leadership level across industries including professional services, digital technology, legal, construction, and tourism.

Currently the Chief People Officer at Dublin Bus (Bus Átha Cliath), Barbara holds a Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors, a Master in Business Practice from UCC, Post-Graduate Diplomas in both Leadership and Management from the Irish Management Institute and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Employment Law from the Law Society of Ireland.

Barbara is a member of the Finance & Organisation Committee. She has personal experience as a family carer with the support of home care workers and respite care.

Wendy is based in the Garden County and has been around family carers for the past seven years through her association with Netwatch and now as a board director.

Wendy has held both CEO and COO roles and has qualifications in business, lean practice and company direction. She takes a practical approach to most things in life from shovels to spreadsheets.

Richard Hammond S.C. is a Senior Counsel (being in the first coterie of solicitors ever to be elevated to that status by the Government of Ireland on 1 September 2020).

He practises as a solicitor with his spouse Joyce A. Good Hammond at Hammond Good LLP, Solicitors & Notaries Public, in Mallow, Co. Cork, where he is a partner. He is a self-described “succession law enthusiast” who also specialises in professional regulation, having served in roles with a number of regulatory bodies for different professions.

Richard teaches regularly at the Law School of the Law Society of Ireland. Both he and his spouse have experience of family care. Outside of professional activities and academia, Richard’s interests include country walks with his spouse and children, reading, current affairs, supporting Cork’s GAA teams, and Liverpool Football Club.

Dr John Healy is the Chief Executive Officer of Genio. Genio is a nonprofit organisation that works within complex, challenging systems to strengthen the voices of the marginalised and to scale effective solutions in Ireland and Europe. Genio has played a central role in the scaling to a national level service models across mental health, homelessness, disability, Travellers, and migration.

John also acts as an expert on scaling and mainstreaming social innovations for the European Commission’s Social Innovation+ Initiative. In addition, John is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Trinity Business School. His research and teaching interests focus on social innovation, institutional theory, complex systems reform, and co-design.

He has published in top ranking, peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of International Management Reviews.

Hugh is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, having qualified in 2004 following completion of an accounting degree at the University of Ulster. He has also completed the Executive Leadership Programme at Harvard Business School.

He is an Audit Partner and senior leader at Moore, a top ten accounting firm, where he leads the firm’s not-for-profit group. Hugh has developed extensive experience advising a wide range of clients.

An experienced audit professional, Hugh brings over 20 years of expertise gained from delivering audit and assurance services to clients ranging from owner-managed SMEs to large, multi-jurisdictional organisations with turnovers in excess of €2 billion.

Outside of work, Hugh has a keen interest in sport and competes as an age-group athlete in running and cycling events. He lives in Dublin with his wife, Joanna, and their four children, and can often be found on the sidelines of a GAA or rugby pitch at weekends.

Johanne cared for her daughter Siobhan from when she was born in February 1984 to her passing in August 2020. Siobhan was born with a rare chromosome disorder and was intellectually and physically disabled, requiring 24/7 care.

Johanne and her husband Alan were devoted to Siobhan, who was their only child, and spent years lobbying on her behalf for the provision of services to cater for her needs.