BOARD MEMBER
Walter Bogaerts
Non-executive Director
Appointed: 26 February 2016
Background & Career:
Walter Bogaerts was General Manager of the Corporate Insurances Division of KBC Insurance based in Belgium prior to his retirement in 2013.
He joined KBC Group (previously ABB Insurances) in 1979 and has gained extensive experience throughout his career with KBC in underwriting, reinsurance, audit, risk management and sales.
He was general manager in charge of KBC Group’s Central-European insurance businesses until appointed to his most recent role in 2012.
In that role he was a member of the Supervisory Boards, Audit and Risk Committees of KBC’s insurance subsidiaries in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria. He holds a Commercial Engineering degree from the Economic University of Brussels. (aged )
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Group Chairman
Liam Herlihy
Chief Executive Officer
Tomás O'Midheach
Chief Financial Officer
John O'Grady
Non-executive Director
Mary Brennan
Non-executive Director and Chairman of FBD Insurance Plc
David O'Connor
Senior Independent Director
Richard Pike
Non-executive Director
Padraig Walshe
Non-executive Director
Sylvia Cronin
Non-Executive Director
Tim Cullinan
Non-Executive Director
Jean Sharp
Non-Executive Director
John O'Dwyer
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Derek Hall
Chief Commercial Officer
John Cahalan
Chief Claims Officer
Jackie McMahon
Chief Underwriting Officer
Kate Tobin
Chief Technology and Operations Officer
Enda Kyne
Chief Human Resources Officer
Carolyn O'Hara