Caoimhe’s career has focused on management of Risk and Finance for HSCB and RBS. Her roles have varied across first and second lines of defence including Credit Risk, Model development, Treasury, RWA and Capital management as well as Regulatory policy interpretation. She is currently the Global Head of Risk Management Frameworks & Enhancements for HSBC, ensuring the approach to Risk Management for the organisation is clear, understood and remains up to date with the ever-evolving risk landscape.

Caoimhe previously led the establishment and management of the second line function for capital and liquidity activities, as part of the Treasury Risk department. This was after holding the first line role as Head of Asset Liability and Capital Management (Treasurer) for the Non ring-fenced bank in the UK through ringfencing, Brexit and early Covid.

Initially Caoimhe joined the Graduate programme with RBS in Dublin into the Credit Risk function. Later spent two years in European consumer finance business in Dusseldorf, followed by another two years in Retail Credit Risk in ABN Amro in Amsterdam. Following these roles Caoimhe returned to Dublin to use her First Class Hons BSc in Mathematical Science to head up model development for IRB and application models. This role introduced her to the world of RWAs where she used her understanding of the key drivers, to join HSBC in 2011 responsible for RWA management, including time spent on capital regulatory requirements interpretation.

Caoimhe is passionate about the people agenda and culture, in particular helping colleagues progress their careers and achieve their ambitions. This has resulted in Caoimhe holding many positions on people and diversity committees as well as now being responsible for the approach to managing the Risk Culture for HSBC.