About Us
Meet our Management Team
Ruairi O’Flynn, Managing Director, Canada Life
Ruairí joined Canada Life in 2002 and was appointed Managing Director in August 2009, having held a number of senior positions within Canada Life: Executive Director-Operations and Strategy (2002-2004), Vice President-Information Services Europe (2005-2007) and Managing Director of Setanta Asset Management (2007-2009). Ruairí is Chairman of Setanta Asset Management, Canada Life’s investment business, and is a Director of Canada Life Europe.
Ruairí has over 20 years experience in senior executive roles in banking and insurance. He was a senior executive at Bank of Ireland Group where he had a number of executive and management roles. He was Managing Director of the Bank’s Lifetime Assurance business for 6 years and held positions as Director – UK, Lifetime Assurance, Regional Manager Branch Banking and Head of Retail Marketing.
In 1981, Ruairí graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a first class honours degree in Business Studies. In 1993, he completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School, and in 2000 he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with the MSc. (Mgmt.) in Organisational Behaviour. Ruairí is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland.
Eugene Carlin, Executive Director Sales & Marketing
Eugene joined Canada Life in February 2007 and was appointed Executive Director Sales & Marketing in July 2007. Eugene has over 20 years experience in senior sales management roles in the financial sector.
Eugene held executive / management positions in Hibernian where he spent 12 years building dynamic sales teams and made a strong contribution to the organisation. Among his achievements, Eugene is a qualified Personal Business Coach, a fellow of the Sales Institute of Ireland and a Qualified Financial Advisor.
“Excellence is not an act but a habit and the more you do of something, the better you become at it” – Eugene Carlin
Linda Kerrigan, Appointed Actuary – Ireland
Since joining Canada Life in 1998, Linda has held a variety of positions within the actuarial areas of Corporate Reporting and Product Development. In 2005, she was appointed Business Development Director with Canada Life Ireland. In 2007, Linda became Appointed Actuary for Canada Life (Ireland) and Head of the Corporate Actuarial Department. In this role, Linda has responsibility for leading the actuarial teams in risk management, actuarial valuations and solvency reporting, financial reporting and technical services. Linda is also the PRSA Actuary for Canada Life.
Linda is a graduate of University College Dublin and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
David P. Boyle, General Counsel – Ireland
David joined Canada Life in 1999 as a solicitor in the company’s Legal & Compliance Department. He was appointed to head the department in 2006.
In his role as General Counsel, he manages all of the legal and compliance affairs of Canada Life’s Irish Division. He is Company Secretary for all the Irish Division companies and is also the designated Officer for Money Laundering Reporting and Data Protection in Ireland.
Prior to joining Canada Life, he was employed in a civil law practice in Dublin where his main focus was defence litigation and commercial law. A graduate of University College Dublin, David is a member of the Law Society of Ireland.
