Centaur Fund Services has appointed Louise Lawlor as Group Chief Financial Officer. Based in Centaur’s Dublin headquarters, Lawlor will lead Centaur’s global financial operations, finance teams and activities.Prior to joining Centaur, Lawlor worked at Key Capital, one of Ireland's leading wealth, investment and corporate advisory firms, where she advised financial services businesses on mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and other strategic initiatives. Lawlor trained as an accountant in PwC’s asset management practice where she worked with a diverse range of private equity, hedge fund and mutual fund clients across the Dublin and New York offices. Louise also spent two years in PwC’s corporate finance team.

Karen Malone, Founding Partner of Centaur, says: “Centaur is growing rapidly, and as we expand, our continued success requires the strategic expertise of talented individuals like Louise. Louise's breadth of financial and accounting experience will be a tremendous benefit to our financial and business strategy. We are excited to welcome Louise to the Centaur team.”

Lawlor says: “I am delighted to join Centaur at such an exciting time in their evolution. I look forward to joining a world-class team, leading the financial operations and contributing to the company's future success as it progresses to the next phase of its growth.”