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John Church

John Church joined Arthritis Ireland as Chief Executive Officer in May 2005 after 16 years in the private sector. John has extensive experience in the marketing and business development area, having held senior management roles within the Fast Moving Consumer goods sector.  A science graduate of University College Dublin, he holds a marketing degree from the University of Louvain in Belgium and a diploma in direct marketing from Kingston University, London.

John was Commercial Director with Richmond Marketing who is the distributor in Ireland for a number of high profile consumer brands such as Red Bull, Evian and Volvic Waters and Tiger Beer.  Prior to this, John was Marketing Director with The Coca-Cola Company.  John’s role as CEO of Arthritis Ireland is to direct the organisation to provide vital patient supports to people living with arthritis.  His key focus is to develop philanthropy amongst a large number of potential and current donors to support the Arthritis Ireland goal of establishing Chairs of Rheumatology in the country’s medical schools. In the last 5 years, Arthritis Ireland has grown its income and corresponding support services to providing a range of self-management programs for people living with arthritis and those looking to return to work.