Fionnuala Franey has a diverse background which spans over 25 years in the health and social care industries. Her roles have included health service development and management, not-for-profit leadership and advocacy. Originally from Ireland, Ms Franey has a clinical background as a Registered General Nurse and has combined this with her strong academic base to carve out a career path in the management of community and health services in Ireland and Australia. Since coming to Australia, Ms Franey built her not-for-profit experience as executive officer for the Motor Neurone Disease Association of WA before joining HBF in 2015, where she spent 3 years leading HBF’s health programs and services provision and developed a reputation as someone whose calm and empathetic approach led to success in leading organisational change. Ms Franey is a graduate of University College Dublin (Masters of Development Studies and Diploma in Economic Science) and the National University of Ireland, Galway (BA in English and Economics).
