Frank Dolphin

Frank Dolphin (born January 1959) is an Irish psychologist and businessman. He was chairman of the Health Service Executive (HSE). He was also chairman of Temple Street Children's Hospital. He helped start the companies RigneyDolphin Ltd. and RelateCare.

 Early life and education 
Dolphin was born in Birr. He went to Presentation College in Birr.
He studied at University College Dublin. He earned a PhD in psychology.
His research on speech and stuttering won a Young Psychologist award from the British Psychological Society.

He taught at Trinity College Dublin while he worked on his PhD and worked at Temple Street.
After that, he moved to Waterford. He helped start the psychology department at the Waterford Institute of Technology.
He also worked as a consulting psychologist at St Joseph's Industrial School in Clonmel.

 Business career 

 RigneyDolphin Ltd. 
In 1990, Dolphin left the Waterford Institute of Technology and started RigneyDolphin Ltd.
The company provides business support and outsourcing services.
In 2010, the BBC said the company had about 1,200 employees in Ireland.

 RelateCare 
In 2013, Dolphin co-founded RelateCare with his wife Adrienne Dolphin and Conor O'Byrne.
RelateCare provides services for hospitals. This includes booking appointments and calling patients after they leave hospital.
It also runs a nurse support service in Waterford and Cleveland.
In Ireland, RelateCare has worked with the HSE on stop-smoking support services.

MML Capital said RelateCare began as a joint venture between Cleveland Clinic and RigneyDolphin. It also said that in October 2019 MML Ireland became the largest single equity holder in RelateCare.

 Public service 
In 2009, Dolphin became chairman of the board of Temple Street Children's Hospital.

In 2010, the Minister for Health and Children appointed Dolphin as chairman of the HSE. He started on 15 August 2010 and stepped down in December 2011.

In 2012, Dolphin led a review group about the new National Children's Hospital.

 Other roles 
Dolphin was president of the Waterford Chamber of Commerce in 2005–2006.

 References 

 External links 
 Health Service Executive bio (archived)
 RigneyDolphin Ltd. bio (archived)

Category:Living people
Category:1959 births
Category:Irish businesspeople
Category:Irish psychologists
Category:People from County Offaly
Category:Alumni of University College Dublin