Board Of Directors
Croí Board Of Directors
We are governed by a Board of voluntary non-executive Directors. The Board is advised by a number of sub-committees and is responsible for the overall good governance and direction of the organisation and ensures that all income is used effectively and in support of our mission and goals.
Meet the Board
Appointed 25/07/2023
Dorothy Creaven is Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder at Jentic, an AI agent infrastructure company with headquarters in Dublin City. She is an Electronic Engineering graduate from NUI Galway, and has 25 year’s experience in startups, enterprise software, management and leadership for SMEs and multinationals alike. Dorothy specialises in scaling technology companies from rapid-growth startups to global software R&D organisations. Prior to co-founding Jentic, Dorothy was Vice President, Managing Director and site lead at Rent the Runway’s European HQ in Galway, and also co-founded her own multi-award winning technology startup, an enterprise marketing automation company, Element Wave, in 2010. Her corporate background also includes multinationals such as Google, Abbott Vascular, and EPAM Systems, a US publicly-listed Forbes Fast 25 Tech company. Listed as one of Ireland’s top 25 women in engineering, Dorothy also sits on the Board of Governance for Ireland’s national supercomputing body, the Irish Centre for High End Computing (ICHEC) since 2024.
Medical Director
Appointed 26/04/2005
Professor Jim Crowley is a consultant Cardiologist at University Hospital Galway. He is the current Clinical lead in Cardiology for the Saolta group in the West of Ireland. He is a former president of the Irish Cardiac Society and former National Specialty Director of training in Cardiology. He has a particular interest in developing cardiology services in the West of Ireland. Prior to returning to Ireland in 2000 he was a consultant cardiologist at Duke University Medical Centre in North Carolina USA.
Appointed 24/09/2019
Pat is a native of Kilmeena, Westport. He spent his working life at Allergan Inc. and retired as Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing in 2018 after over 37 years of service. While working Pat served as President of IBEC West for two years.
After retirement Pat joined the Board of Croí where he is also actively involved as a volunteer.
He is also a board member of Global Heart Hub and Western Alzheimer’s and, in addition, does volunteer work with the Irish Cancer Society and the GAA.
Appointed 06/02/2024
Dr. Ruairi Waters is a Consultant in Geriatric & Stroke Medicine at Galway University Hospital. He has completed dual training in both geriatric medicine and general practice. He is currently the clinical lead for the Falls & Syncope service in Galway University Hospital. He is a Principal Investigator on a large Randomised Control Trial which is a community-based screening trial for atrial fibrillation (R-BEAT).
Chairman
Appointed 25/05/2021
Mark Gantly spent his career in the computer industry, most recently with Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he held the position of R&D Director. He was also site leader and Managing Director of HP Galway from 2009-2015. An active board member of the American Chamber of Commerce, he served as the Chamber’s national president in 2019. Since 2017 he has been Chair of the Western Regional Skills Forum, a government initiative aimed at improving the linkages between industry and education.
Since retiring from HPE in 2020, Mark has taken up an adjunct professor role at University of Galway’s School of Business. He was the founding chair of the Greater Galway Forum, which brings together private and public sector leaders from across the city. He also chairs the board of Music for Galway.
Appointed 20/07/2021
Laurence is the partner in charge of KPMG’s Galway Office, which services the Firm’s clients across the West of Ireland. Laurence has over 21 years’ experience at KPMG working with listed entities and privately owned businesses across a wide variety of sectors, including Manufacturing, Medtech and Software/Technology.
In addition, Laurence is also an Adjunct Professor in Accounting and Finance at University of Galway. Laurence lives in The Neale in Co. Mayo with his wife and three young children, where he has a small family farm that he farms part time.
Appointed 25/07/2023
Marie is a Partner in RDJ LLP, a law firm with offices in Galway, Cork and Dublin, and is a member of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Team. Marie’s role involves advising corporate and institutional clients on corporate transactions, company law and corporate governance matters. She also advises participants in the research performing community in Ireland on collaborative research arrangements generally to include advice on appropriate contractual frameworks for the establishment of research centres and advises on multi-lateral collaborative research projects taking into account state aid considerations and funding party requirements. Marie has also served as Company Secretary of Croí since 2018.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Mr. Mark Gantly – Chairman
- Prof. Jim Crowley – Medical Director
- Ms. Marie Gavin – Director
- Ruairi Waters – Director
- Lisa Small – Company Secretary
- Ms. Dorothy Creaven
- Mr. Pat O’Donnell
- Mr. Laurence May
SUB-COMMITTEES
- Medical Advisory Council
- Audit, Risk & Governance Committee
- Remuneration Committee
- Strategy & Development Committee
Croí is registered with Irish Charities Regulator (20016616)
The organisation adhere’s to the Code of Governance for Charities. Each year the organisation undergoes an annual independent audit and files accounts with the Companies Registration Office.