Firm:	Grant Thornton
Position:	Partner, Head of Insurance
Address:	13-18 City Quay, Dublin 2, D02 ED70
Phone:	+353 1 483 8577
Email:	nuala.crimmins@ie.gt.com

Special Areas:

Nuala has a deep understanding of the regulatory environment, from her time as Head of Insurance Supervision within the Central Bank of Ireland. In this role, Nuala led teams with responsibility for the prudential supervision of all insurance entities regulated out of Ireland, spanning domestic, cross-border, life, non-life and reinsurance business lines.

Alongside this, Nuala brings authentic client-side insurance experience through her work as a Chief Internal Auditor and as an industry Actuary, both domestically and internationally. She has operated in the role of pre-approved control function for Internal Audit (PCF-13) for a number of entities regulated out of Ireland, both domestic and cross border, and has engaged effectively with Audit Committees, Risk Committees and Regulators in both Ireland and Canada.

Career:

Nuala joined the firm as a Partner in 2021 and is Head of Insurance for Grant Thornton Ireland. Nuala is a former regulator, qualified actuary, internal auditor and project manager, with extensive experience across the Insurance industry in areas such as regulation, audit, risk & governance, pricing and product development.

Qualifications:

Nuala is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, having gained a degree in Actuarial & Financial Studies in University College Dublin.
She is a Chartered Internal Auditor, through the IIA.
Nuala is a qualified project manager (PMP) and a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma.
She has also completed a Diploma in Regulatory Management in the Irish Management Institute, and a Certificate in Digital Business Strategy through MIT.