Lorraine Corcoran

Lorraine Corcoran is Chair of the Credit Union Advisory Committee (CUAC). Lorraine is a Principal at Afanite, an organisation focused on the social economy.

She is an experienced strategy consultant, leading the design and rollout of the Personal Micro Credit Initiative. This project works with multiple stakeholders, including government and credit unions, to offer an alternative to high cost credit for low-income individuals.

She has also worked with the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Social Finance Foundation to deliver a research report that will underpin the first Irish Social Enterprise Policy and Implementation Roadmap.

She is a member of the Irish Corporate Social Responsibility Forum, chairing a workgroup to deliver the national 2017-2020 plan.

Prior to founding Afanite, Lorraine worked in Bank of Ireland for eighteen years. She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and holds a Masters in International Relations from Dublin City University.