Meadhbha Monaghan was appointed CEO of the Patient and Client Council NI (PCCNI) in 2023. Her interests in advocacy, participation, and policymaking lie particularly at the interface where social injustice and the social determinants of health impact most profoundly. Meadhbha has over ten years’ experience in the homelessness, harm reduction, and refugee sectors in the UK, Ireland, and in the US as a Global Health Corps Fellow; providing frontline services to adults and families, and engaging at a strategic level in policy design and service development. Meadhbha holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.