‘Be someone that people want to have in a meeting’

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 Niall O’Callaghan of New Ireland Assurance

Niall O’Callaghan, commercial director, New Ireland Assurance

Niall O’Callaghan is commercial director at New Ireland Assurance, the pensions and investments arm of Bank of Ireland. Founded 100 years ago, New Ireland Assurance employs more than 800 people in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Kilkenny. It sells life assurance, savings, investments and pensions products.

Tell us about your career to date.

I have been commercial director at New Ireland Assurance for six months.

Before this, I was interim distribution director and, ...