• Finbarr Flood, Chairperson, formerly Chairperson of the Labour Court and Managing Director of Guinness
   
• Dr Ruth Barrington, CEO of Molecular Medicine Ireland; formerly Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and CEO of the Health Research Board
   
• Dr Edmond Molloy, Chairperson, Irish Mental Health Reform; Director, Advanced Organisation and member of Genio

Biographies

Finbarr Flood

Chairperson of the Genio Trust
Finbarr Flood is the inaugural Chairperson of the Genio Trust. Mr. Flood was Managing Director of Guinness, Ireland where he was at the centre of major change programmes and is credited with ensuring the ongoing presence of Guinness in Ireland. On leaving Guinness he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Labour Court and subsequently became Chairman, a post he held until his retirement in December 2003. Since then, he has worked in a consultancy capacity advising on change management and industrial relations matters. He has lectured extensively in Ireland, the U.K. and the U.S. on leadership and change management. He is a former Vice-President of the Employers’ Federation, an adjunct Professor of the National College of Ireland and is a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. He is also Chairman of the Members’ Advisory Council of the Voluntary Health Insurance. Mr. Flood was Chairperson of the Fatima Regeneration Board and currently chairs the St. Michael’s Estate Regeneration Board. He was a professional footballer in Wales, Scotland and Ireland and was Chairman of Shelbourne Football Club for many years. In 2006, he published his memoirs entitled “In Full Flood”, covering his 50 years in business and sport.

Dr Ruth Barrington

(also member of the research advisory group)
Dr Ruth Barrington is Chief Executive of Molecular Medicine Ireland. MMI is a charitable company that is mobilising the strengths of its five academic partner institutions and associated hospitals to build a sustainable system of clinical and translational research. Dr Barrington was Chief Executive of the Health Research Board from 1998 to 2007. She was previously Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Children. She is a member of the board of IPPOSI - the Irish Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science and Industry and is a member of the advisory board of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland. She was chair of the Monitoring Committee on A Vision for Change from 2006-2009 and is a director of TASC – think tank for action on social change. She is Chair of the Irish Times Trust and a director of the Board of Irish Times Ltd.  Dr Barrington is a graduate of University College Dublin and was awarded a Ph.D from the London School of Economics. She is the author of Health, Medicine and Politics in Ireland, 1900-1970. She was awarded an honorary degree in laws by the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in May 2005.

Dr Edmond Molloy  

(Also Genio Board member)
Dr Edmond Molloy is Chairperson of the Irish Mental Health Reform which campaigns for improvement in Mental Health Services, and is a member of Genio. He is Director Advanced Organisation and has operated for 35 years as an independent consultant specialising in strategy, large-scale organisation change and innovation. He has carried out assignments in all sectors, ranging from central banks to religious orders and from multinational corporations to NGOs and Universities. He has worked in many countries around the world and for four years was based in Barbados, West Indies. Dr Molloy’s academic background is in philosophy, clinical psychology, industrial psychology and organization behaviour. He is joint author of a number of books on improving productivity and quality of life. He is Honorary Consul for Barbados in Ireland.