Ciarán Devane

Sir Ciarán Devane
FRSA
Executive Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2021
Personal details
Born
Ciarán Gearoid Devane

(1962-10-25) 25 October 1962 (age 62)
Dublin, Ireland

Sir Ciarán Gearoid Devane FRSA (born 25 October 1962) is the executive director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) and associate pro-vice-chancellor for international relations at Coventry University (appointed April 2021). Previously he was chief executive of the British Council (appointed January 2015). He is also chairperson of the Health Service Executive.[1][2]

Education

Devane was educated at University College Dublin, where he read for a BEng in biochemical engineering.[1] He also holds a master's degree in international policy and practice from the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.[citation needed]

Career

Devane worked as chief executive at Macmillan Cancer Support from 2007 to 2014. He was appointed chief executive of the British Council in January 2015. As of 2015, Devane was paid a salary of between £185,000 and £189,999 by the Foreign Office, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[3] He also serves as a non-executive director of NHS England.[4] Devane was appointed to Coventry University in April 2021.[5]

Devane was knighted in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to cancer patients.[6][7][1]

Devane was announced as the first chairperson of the new board of the Irish health service, the Health Service Executive (HSE) by Minister for Health, Simon Harris on 18 September 2018.[8]

Arms

Coat of arms of Ciarán Devane
Notes
Granted 4 March 2021[9]
Crest
A demi Elk Gules holding between the forelegs an Owl Or. Mantled Vert doubled Or.
Torse
Or and Vert
Escutcheon
Per fess enarched Azure and Vert in chief issuant from the flanks a pair of dexter forearms fesswise the hands clasped that to the dexter Argent that to the sinister Or in base three piles reversed throughout Or.
Motto
Ar Scáth A Chélle
Badge
A pair of cubit arms fesswise the hands clasped that to the dexter Argent that to the sinister Or within and issuant from a chaplet of honeysuckle flowers slipped and leaved Proper.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Who's Who 2016 (2015). DEVANE, Sir Ciarán Gearóid. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 March 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "HSE Board Members". HSE.ie. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Who's who – the NHS England board". NHS England. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Former head of British Council joins Coventry University".
  6. ^ "Birthday Honours 2015: the Prime Minister's list". Cabinet Office. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  7. ^ "British Council chief executive Ciarán Devane among sector figures knighted in Queen's Birthday Honours". Third Sector. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Progress on HSE Board as Government notes the appointment of Mr Ciarán Devane as Chairperson". Department of Health. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  9. ^ "May 2021 Newsletter". College of Arms. Retrieved 20 May 2021.