Domhnall Cullinan

Domhnall Cullinan was appointed as Director of Insurance Supervision in September 2019. As Director of Insurance Supervision, Domhnall is responsible for overseeing the supervision of 200 life, non-life and reinsurance firms. Domhnall sits on the Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and was elected to the EIOPA Management Board on 15 November 2023. Domhnall represents EIOPA on the Steering Committee of the EU-US Insurance Dialogue Project.

Domhnall joined the Central Bank in 2003 and worked in various roles in insurance supervision before being appointed as Head of General Insurance Supervision in June 2012. In June 2014, Domhnall was appointed as Head of the Central Bank’s Anti-Money Laundering Division before re-joining insurance supervision in 2019. Domhnall is a member of the Central Bank’s Supervisory Risk, Performance & Resourcing and Policy Committees. Domhnall is also a member of the Central Banks Diversity & Inclusion Working Group.

Prior to joining the Central Bank, Domhnall spent two years as the Head of Investigations and Compliance at the Irish Pensions Regulator. Before joining the Pensions Regulator Domhnall spent more than a decade working in the Life and Pensions industry.

Domhnall holds an MBS in Business Practice (Irish Management Institute/University College Cork), holds the QFA FLIA designation, is a Qualified Pensions Trustee (National College of Ireland) and holds a Diploma in Corporate Governance (Corporate Governance Institute/Glasgow Caledonian University).