Person
Prime, Catherine Mary (1942 - 2004)
- Born
- 30 September 1942
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 2004
- Occupation
- Actuary and Lawyer
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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Chronology
- 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
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Prime, Clive and Pollard, John, 'Actuary broke through the glass ceiling', Sydney Morning Herald (2004), http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/25/1079939785813.html. Details
Resources
- 'Prime, Catherine Mary (1942-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473138. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 3 March 2003, Last modified: 8 April 2011