Annette Kennedy, RN, RM, DipMgt, BNS, RNT, DipHRM, MSC, FFNMRCSI, D. Phil. honoris causa, was elected 28th President of ICN in June 2017 after serving four years as Vice President. Annette was a Commissioner on the WHO Independent High –Level Commission on NCDs (2017- 2019). She previously held the position of President of the European Federation of Nurses Associations and was the Director of Professional Development for the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation for 19 years and established the INMO’s very successful Education, Research and Resource Centre.