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.

Details

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, 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, 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

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Resources

See also

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

Ailie Smith

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