Angela Kerins (née MacCarthy; born 1958) is an Irish business person and former chief executive officer of the Rehab Group. Background Born Angela MacCarthy in Waterford, Ireland in 1958, Kerins grew up in Cashel and Tramore. Education Kerins attended secondary school at the Presentation Convent in Cashel. She had originally planned to study architecture after leaving school, but was ineligible due to age restrictions. Instead, Kerins trained as a nurse at Orsett Hospital School of Nursing in Essex, United Kingdom. She then undertook postgraduate training in midwifery. As a student, Kerins campaigned to improve pay for trainee nurses. Career At the request of her parents, Kerins returned to Ireland to work at the Meath Hospital in Dublin. She then moved to the United Arab Emirates where she worked in emergency medicine, oncology, and intensive care. Later, Kerins moved to Dhahran in Saudi Arabia, where she ran a rehabilitation centre. When Kerins returned to Ireland again, she was appointed to the Board of the National Council for the Elderly. She later served as Chair of the Women’s Political Association, as Chair of the European Year of People with Disabilities (2003), as Chair of the Equality Authority (2007-2012), as a member of the National Rehabilitation Board, as a member of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, as a member of the Commission for Communications Regulation Consumer Advisory Panel, as a member of the board of the Dublin Dental Hospital, as a member of the Board of FÁS International, as a member of the Health Information and Quality Authority, and as a member of the National Executive of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation. It was through the National Rehabilitation Board that she met Frank Flannery of The Rehab Group. Rehab Group Kerins joined the Rehab Group in 1991 and was appointed Director of Public Affairs and Group Development. In 1995, she formed RehabCare, the Group's health and social division, and became its chief executive. From 1996, she served as the Rehab Group's permanent representative at the United Nations Economic and Social Council. In 1999, Kerins was appointed as the first chair of the National Disability Authority. Kerins was appointed chief executive of the Rehab Group in 2006. Kerins also served a period as the President of the European Platform for Rehabilitation. Kerins was registered as Director of Rehab UK on 14 July 2005 and was listed as Chief Executive of Rehab Group Services