The new CEO of the HSE has been announced as Bernard Gloster, who is currently CEO of the state Child and Family Agency, Tusla.

Mr Gloster, who is expected to take up the role in spring 2023, succeeds Paul Reid, who finished in the position in early October.

Mr Gloster is a social care worker by profession, holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University in the UK and an MSc in management practice from University College Cork.

Before joining Tusla as CEO in September 2019, he spent over 30 years working in the health services, in both hospital and community settings. He has held a number of senior management positions including chief officer of HSE Mid West Community Healthcare.

Announcing the appointment, HSE board chairman, Ciarán Devane, said that Mr Gloster’s track record and commitment to public service “will be invaluable as the HSE, like health services elsewhere, enters a period requiring great change and development”.

The appointment was welcomed by the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, who described Mr Gloster  as “a public servant with a track record of innovation and reform across health and social care services over many years”.

Mr Gloster said he is “very privileged” to have been selected for this position.

“Working with such a large and diverse workforce committed to providing the best in health and social care brings many opportunities for continuous improvement in how people access and experience services. I look forward to working with the board, my HSE colleagues, partners across the wider system, as well as with the Minister and the Department of Health, on the health reform agenda,” he added.