Maurice O Connor

Maurice retired as a Board member on 30th September 2024 but continues in his role as Company Secretary. Maurice has twice experienced MS in his immediate and extended family.  His brother Kieran (RIP, 2008) was diagnosed with MS in the early 1990's and as a child his family often visited a cousin of his father's who also had MS.

Since taking voluntary severance from a senior management position in ESB in 2012, Maurice has worked as a volunteer with MS Ireland in its South East Regional Office in Kilkenny before joining MS Ireland's Governance Committee and being elected to the Board in 2015. Maurice is also a Board member of Ossory Youth and is a presenter and Chairperson of the Board of Community Radio Kilkenny City. Maurice is also a volunteer with Victim Support at Court.

While in ESB, Maurice, a Civil Engineer by training, held down a wide variety of roles such as IT project management, commercial and property portfolio management, health and safety management and procurement strategy. Maurice also trained and practiced as a business coach in ESB. 

Maurice is MS Ireland's Company Secretary, a member of its Remuneration and Nominations Committee and Chairperson of MS Ireland's Move Working Group overseeing the move of its Head Office from Northumberland Road to Bushy Park.