Appointments to Vhi Board - 2 July 2024

Following a Public Appointments Service campaign and with the approval of the Central Bank of Ireland, the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has appointed the following as members of the Voluntary Health Insurance Board. These appointments are from 27 May 2024 to 26 May 2029.

Catherine was recently appointed General Manager, Microsoft Ireland, a position she will take up in July.She was previously the Managing Director of Dell Technologies in Ireland with overall responsibility for the commercial and enterprise businesses in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Catherine was responsible for delivering solutions to public and private sector organisations of all sizes throughout the island of Ireland – helping them to leverage the latest technologies to support their digital transformation goals.

With over twenty-three years working in Dell, Catherine has had various senior roles within the organisation. Initially, she worked in the Irish business before taking up various leadership roles in the UK. Just over three years ago, she joined the Alliances team, where she ran the EMEA Strategic Outsourcers, driving growth and market share with partners such as DXC, NTT and Kyndryl. Most recently, she led the EMEA Software Sales Division.

Jennifer is an actuary and accountant with twenty years’ experience in the insurance industry. She is currently an Executive Director, Group CFO, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Actuarial Function with Acorn Life.

Jennifer is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK), the Society of Actuaries in Ireland and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She is an active member of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland through the Data Science Committee and the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion Committee. Jennifer holds a Master's Degree in Data Analytics and is an Ambassador for Women in Data Science.

She serves as a voluntary Board member of two arts organisations in the west of Ireland and previously served as an independent non-executive director and member of the Audit and Risk Committee of An Post.

Paul is a Chartered Accountant with over thirty years’ extensive leadership experience across diverse sectors such as healthcare, technology, retail and financial services.

Most recently, Paul served as the Group CFO and executive director at one of Ireland’s leading private hospital groups. Prior to this, he held various C-suite roles at O2 Ireland, including Deputy CEO, Group CFO, Group COO, overseeing areas such as IT, technology, operations, legal and regulation.

Paul began his career at General Electric Corporation, where he held several senior executive roles and held Board level positions within their financial services division, GE Capital Services.

In addition to his corporate roles, Paul is also an independent non-executive director at Golf Ireland.