Biography

Catherine Keane (BSc, MBA) – Head of Bank and Country Risk, Bank of Ireland

Catherine was appointed to her current role in July 2010. She was previously Head of Credit and Market risk in the bank’s Global Markets division. Prior to moving into risk in 2002, Catherine held front line dealing roles in both the Trading and Sales areas in Global Markets, primarily in the structured products area and spent several years in Corporate Lending in the RBS and BOI group. She is very familiar with risk in complex instruments.

Catherine has lectured on a number of subject areas in a variety of institutions including the Institute of Bankers programmes and Dublin City University and is currently lecturing on the Masters in Risk Management programme in Trinity College Dublin.

In recent years, Catherine has spoken at various industry conferences including GARP, CFP, Risk, Marcus Evans and GLC on a variety of risk related topics.