‘If it’s good for your customer, it will be good for your business’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Tim Dooley of Dooley Insurance Group

Tim Dooley, managing director of Dooley Insurance Group Picture: Lorraine O’Sullivan

Tim Dooley is managing director at Dooley Insurance Group. Headquartered in Naas, Co Kildare, the family-owned broker has more than 8,500 clients in Ireland and sells savings, pensions investments and life assurance products.

Tell us about your career to date.

Dooley Insurance was started 62 years ago by my father Eamonn Dooley. I held senior management positions in financial institutions, including Irish Life Assurance, Ark Life (which was, at the time, part of ...