Biographical entry Prime, Catherine Mary (1942 - 2004)

Summary

Catherine Mary Prime was Australia's first female actuary, becoming a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA) in 1971.

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Events

1967 - 1983

Career position - Actuary and various earlier positions at the MLC Group Company

1971

Education - Qualified as a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia

1983 -

Career position - Barr-at-Law

1983 - 1987

Career position - Partner of the actuarial consulting firm PTOW

1983 - 1987

Career position - Principal of Towers Perrin

1987 -

Career position - Principal and founder of P & K Actuaries Services Pty. Ltd.

1989

Award - Actuary of the Year award received from the Institute of Actuaries of Australia

1991

Career position - First female President of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia

1992 - 1998

Career position - Commissioner at the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission

1994 - 1997

Career position - Director of Legal and General, Australia

1996 -

Career position - Trustee Director of New South Wales State Super

2000 -

Career position - President of the International Actuarial Association

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Prime, Catherine Mary', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473138. Details
• Prime, Clive and Pollard, John, Actuary broke through the glass ceiling, Sydney Morning Herald, Obituary for Catherine Mary Prime, Actuary 1942-2004, 26 March 2004, http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/25/1079939785813.html. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details