Mr Tony Canavan

Tony Canavan, Regional Executive Officer, West and North West, HSE and former CEO of the Saolta University Health Care Group

He has worked in the Health Services in the West for over 30 years. Over that time he has held a number of appointments with the Western Health Board in the Mental Health Services, the Department of Public Health, Primary Care Services and Acute Hospitals Services.

In 2012, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the first Hospital Group in the country known then as the Galway Roscommon University Hospitals Group, which subsequently became the Saolta Group and was extended to include Letterkenny and Sligo. 

In  2015, he became Chief Officer of Community Healthcare West before returning to the Saolta Group four years later as CEO. Since April 2021, Tony has held the position of President of the Health Management Institute of Ireland (HMI). 

Mr Canavan took up his role as Regional Executive Officer, West and North West, HSE in March 2024.