About

One of Ireland’s traditional ‘big four’ banks, Bank of Ireland offers a wide range of financial products including savings, loans, mortgages and deposit accounts. Following a two-year stint in private practice at Arthur Cox, Carol Browne was invited to take the helm of the legal department of the bank in 2015. Since then Browne has been providing full legal support to the bank’s corporate and treasury, manufacturing and strategic operations and has made significant progress in improving the legal unit’s internal organisation. Browne is among the most experienced solicitors and banking executives in Ireland, with her 35 years of experience in the financial sector and demonstrable and proven track record of implementing industry change. Between 2010 and 2012, Browne served as general counsel and company secretary at Lloyds Banking Group in Ireland, where she led the Irish legal team to successfully deliver a cross-border relating to the company’s Irish banking business. Prior to that she served as head of legal at the Irish business of Bank of Scotland.