Paul Donnelly Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Dublin, Ie

FINEOS is a leading provider of core systems for life, accident and health insurers globally with 7 of the 10 largest group life and health carriers in the US as well as a 70% market share of group insurance in Australia.I lead our business operations in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).

The European Life and Health Underwriters' Association (ELHUA) is a non-profit organisation, founded in 2009, designed to enhance professional development opportunities for underwriters throughout Europe. ELHUA is in many ways the voice of European life and health underwriters.The ELHUA conference is held in Europe every two years and has become a key date in the calendar for underwriters, claims assessors and insurance doctors involved in the protection industry at all levels. The next conference will be held in Romania in 2026. Details on http://www.elhua.org

Munich, Bavaria, De

Drove and managed business operations in EMEA with full P&L responsibility for Munich Re’s ALLFINANZ suite of solutions to simplify the underwriting process for insurers and streamline the purchasing process for consumers. Led a multi-functional, multi-cultural team of sales managers, services consultants, support specialists, implementation experts and client relationship managers.

Munich, Bavaria, De

Directed product management & development, software testing & quality assurance functions. We devised a significant overhaul of the UI throughout the product set by introducing and using techniques such as ethnographical studies, A/B testing, rapid prototyping and user testing.

Munich, Bavaria, De

Developed and executed on product roadmap to extend product capabilities and help scale the business. Introduced & launched first new product line in 5 years by leveraging and extending the company’s existing tech stack.

Dublin, Ie

Chairman of the board of Ireland's leading acute hospital. The hospital is moving towards an institute model of care, and to this end, the Mercer's Institute for Successful Aging opened in April 2017, and in November 2020 the Trinity St James's Cancer Institute was presented with its OECI accreditation and designation certificate, making it the first in Ireland to be recognised as an OECI Cancer Centre.In 2018, St. James's Hospital became the first large hospital in Ireland to implement an Electronic Patient Record.

Dublin, Ie

Board member of a leading European speaker bureau.

Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ie

Board member of a not-for-profit committed to making psychotherapy services accessible to all.

Dublin , Dublin , Ie

Board member of the largest provider of women's healthcare in Ireland.

Managed & directed operations of a boutique advisory firm’s largest business line, to help clients attract & hire senior talent, fund and set priorities and achieve growth through start-up and high growth scaling.

Malahide, Co Dublin, Ie

Delivered ambitious expansion for leading provider of 3D visualization software products to support technical documentation requirements. Leveraged product capabilities to drive business expansion into new sectors (beyond US aerospace), creating new market offerings and value propositions.

Directed turnaround of struggling digital media monitoring & web intelligence business. Directed and led all aspects of the business: Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance, Development, Product Management & Strategy.

Raised seed funding – to simplify how software applications retrieve and manage settings & configuration information.

The Irish Software Association is the industry representative body for the software industry in Ireland. The Executive Council is effectively the board of this organization.

Co-founded business to develop and market leading-edge financial prediction software for hedge funds and investment banks. Led business through all phases, from initial concept stage through seed/institutional VC funding rounds to product launch and first customer revenues.

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I joined IONA as a privately-held company. During my four years there, it became the first Irish company to float on the NASDAQ exchange, with what was the 5th largest debut on the exchange at that time (at a valuation of $329 million). IONA grew to a valuation of $1.75 billion, becoming one of the world's 10 largest software-only companies.Led Product Management & Marketing team - defining product, positioning, promotion, & pricing for two of the company’s four product lines.

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Member of three‐person team responsible for defining IONA’s alliance strategy, and identifying partnership opportunities.

Munich, De

Advanced into technical, sales, and customer-focused roles, and acquired well-rounded skills.

Munich, De

Completed intense formal training in German language studies, technical sales, and marketing.

M.A., Philosophy And Sociology

Post Graduate Diploma, Marketing

Bootcamp For Technology Entrepreneurs

Senior Leadership Development Programme