Annette Kennedy

Annette Kennedy is an Irish nurse and nursing leader. She was President of the International Council of Nurses from 2017 to 2021. She was awarded a WHO Director-General’s Global Health Leaders Award in 2021, and has received honorary degrees from the University of Toronto and Dublin City University. Women in Global Health and WHO named Kennedy as one of more than 100 most influential nurse leaders in 2020.

Biography Annette Kennedy is an Irish nurse and nursing leader. She completed her BA in Nursing Studies and followed it up with an MSc in Public Sector Analysis. Kennedy was given an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Kennedy was on the board of the Nursing Now Challenge, a global campaign established in 2018 to improve health by raising the status and profile of nursing.

She has also received an honorary degree from Dublin City University in 2021. Women in Global Health and WHO named Kennedy as one of more than 100 most influential nurse leaders in 2020.