Croi, the heart and stroke charity has announced the appointment of Mark Gantly as chairman of its board of directors.
Mr Gantly succeeds Tuam native, Kevin O’Reilly who has stepped down after serving two terms, plus one additional year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A native of Dublin, Mark Gantly has spent his entire working life in Galway. His career has been wholly within the multinational sector, and he played a leading role in developing the R&D function in what is now Hewlett Packard Enterprise Galway. He also served as site leader for HP in Galway from 2009 – 2015.
As a board member of the American Chamber of Commerce he was active in developing the multinational base in Ireland, and served as President of the chamber in 2019.
Since retiring from HPE in 2020, Mark has taken on a portfolio of work including an adjunct professorship at NUI Galway and non-executive director roles at a number of tech startups. He is chair of the Western Regional Skills Forum and a member of the governing authority of NUI Galway. He is also a board member of Music for Galway.
Mark is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Management Institute, and he is a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering.
Having previously served on the board of Croi from 2013-19, his appointment as chair sees a return to an organisation with which he has had a long association. Mark has also been appointed as Chairman of the National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health which was established by Croi as a separate not-for-profit foundation
Croi is governed by a board of directors who act in a voluntary capacity to oversee the governance and management of the organisation. Neither the Chairman nor any director receives any remuneration or reward for their time. They all serve entirely as volunteers.
