Fintan Foy

Over thirty-five years, Fintan’s career has been spent in medical education and training in both Ireland and overseas. He worked from 1993 – 2011 in RCSI in a number of senior posts including Project Lead for overseas projects in the Gulf and Malaysia.

From 2011 to 2017, he was CEO of the College of Anaesthetists in Ireland. This was a young organisation and within which he put in place a strong governance structure, a clear identity and established a strong overseas base.

For the last seven years he has been CEO of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) with the College seeing growth across all its key domains in Ireland and overseas.

Fintan has completed an MBA from the Smurfit Business School in addition to a primary degree and postgraduate qualifications in HR, Accountancy, Teaching, etc. Fintan has served on the Board of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland for eight years and was appointed as a Director to the Dublin Dental University Hospital in December 2023. 

Fintan has extensive experience of engaging with the HSE, Department of Health and other medical and health related bodies both nationally and internationally. His areas of professional interest are in Business Growth Strategies, Corporate governance and developing and empowering senior members of staff.

Fintan was appointed to the Board as a Board Nominated Director in 2019 and currently serves as Company Secretary and Chair of the Governance & Compliance Sub-Committee of the Board.