Sarah Goddard
CEO
Dublin International Insurance and Management Association (DIMA)
Sarah Goddard is the Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin International Insurance & Management Association (DIMA), the representative body for international re/insurers operating in Ireland. She sits on the An Taoiseach’s (Irish Prime Minister’s) IFSC Insurance Group, Industry Consultative Panel for the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, and the InterAssociation Network for international financial services in Ireland. She is currently leading the industry initiative for the early adoption of the Reinsurance Directive in Ireland, working closely with Government and the Regulator.
Prior to joining DIMA, Sarah was a specialist re/insurance journalist, editing Global Reinsurance magazine and the London bureau chief of Business Insurance. Before that, she spent seven years working in the communications department of Lloyd’s of London, including on the market’s ‘Reconstruction & Renewal’ plan and the establishment of Equitas.
Sarah is an adviser to the National Chamber Choir of Ireland, and a Freeman of the City of London.
William Slattery
Managing Director
State Street International
William assumed the position of managing director of State Street International (Ireland) Limited in February 2003, following the acquisition by State Street Corporation of Deutsche International (Ireland) Limited. William had been managing director of Deutsche International (Ireland) Limited since January 2002. He worked for the Central Bank of Ireland for more than twenty years until 1996 and was responsible for supervising Dublin's International Financial Services Centre from its establishment in 1987 until 1995. Immediately prior to leaving the Central Bank he was deputy head of banking supervision where he was responsible for the supervision of all Irish banks and building societies.
William joined Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (Ireland) in 1996. Following a short period in Ireland, he moved to London where he held a number of senior compliance and risk management positions in the asset management division of Deutsche Bank. From 1999 - 2001 he was managing director and global head of risk management for the division.
Walter Brazil
Managing Director
AIB International Financial Services
Walter graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University College Dublin in 1980 and entered Deloitte Haskins and Sells as a trainee accountant. Walter qualified in 1983 as an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants.
In 1983, he joined Bailey Gibson, a member of the Clondalkin Group, where he worked as financial controller.
In 1984, he joined the Irish telecommunications company, Telecom Eireann, as systems accountant and in 1987, was made Head of Financial Systems Division, responsible for the introduction of new billing and accounting systems throughout the group.
In 1988, he completed a Masters of Business Administration Degree in University College Dublin.
In 1990, he joined Allied Irish Banks International Financial Services (AIBIFS), a subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks plc. AIBIFS markets the benefits of the Dublin International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) to international corporate and banking groups and to date has over 120 employees and works with 160 international clients from over 26 countries. In 1994, he was appointed Director of AIBIFS, in 1996 he was appointed Deputy Managing Director, and in 1999 he was appointed Managing Director.
Walter has been a member of An Taoiseach's Banking and Treasury Group since 1994 and was appointed Chairman in 2003. Walter is an non executive director of WGZ Bank (Ireland) and DZ Bank Ireland. In 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the DZ Bank (Ireland) Audit Committee.
