Pauline Plunkett is the Managing Director, Ireland and Chief Executive Officer of L&G – Asset Management, Europe. Pauline previously held the role of Head of Insurance Clients in Asset Management, having joined in March 2014. In this role she has had overall responsibility for relationships and delivery to insurance clients. Pauline has also been a director of L&G Assurance (Pensions Management) Ltd and Trustee director, and chair of the investment and funding committee, of the L&G pension scheme. Prior to this, she was a senior investment consultant and co-lead of the Insurance Investment Advisory Group at Towers Watson where she advised clients on all aspect of governance, investment strategy and implementation.
In June 2025 Pauline was appointed to the Board of the Irish Association of Investment Managers (IAIM). She is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and graduated from the National University of Ireland with a first-class honours degree in financial maths and economics.