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“No matter how many clients I have, I make sure to call each one personally every quarter. It’s a chance to not only update them on their portfolio, but also check on how they’re doing personally”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
Donna Scully is joint owner and director at Carpenters Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of insurance and legal services. The company works in partnership with insurers, brokers and MGAs to deliver a variety of outsourced claims.
Scully is a lawyer and an experienced public speaker who writes industry articles on fraud, reform or other matters that impact the insurance and legal markets.
She received the Outstanding Achievement award at the 2014 Personal Injury Awards for her work in setting up askCUE PI, and in September 2018, she jointly won the Insurance Post magazine’s Social Media Influencer Award. She was named one of Insurance Business UK’s Elite Women 2022. She also won the Outstanding Charity Support Award 2021 at the Liverpool Echo Regional Business Awards for her charity work during the pandemic. Carpenters Group won the Outstanding CSR Award at the YM Liverpool Property & Business Awards in 2022. Scully has also been shortlisted in the Person with Purpose category at the Northern Power Women Awards 2023.
Scully is on the editorial board of Modern Insurance Magazine and chairs the Insurance Times Fraud Charter group. She is an ambassador for Fans Supporting Foodbanks, a Football for Change Champion and a mentor for The Girls’ Network.
Scotts Quays, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH411FB
0777 187 4399
dms@carpentersgroup.co.uk
linkedin.com/in/donnascully
carpentersgroup.co.uk
Donna Scully
Joint Owner and Director
Carpenters Group
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“I strongly believe in working smarter, not harder. I think it’s one of the keys to living a great life, and I want to share that with as many people as possible”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
1995
1997
2010–2012
Present
2019
2022
Left school at 16, did a secretarial course and started further education with a view to qualifying as a part-time lawyer at 22 and qualified at age 30
Worked in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Mishcon De Reya in London
Began insurance motor work at Jeffrey Green Russell, London, ultimately running their motor PI department
1995
Offered a partnership in Jeffrey Green Russell, London
Rejected partnership and joined John Carpenter to set up a motor PI division at Carpenters Group
1997
Chairman of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society
2010–
2012
Carpenters Group now employs over 1,000 people with six offices in the UK covering a range of legal and insurance services
Works with the Ministry of Justice on reforms that impact industry, speaks to the public on insurance and legal topics, and writes articles for various periodicals
Present
Joined the partnership at Wynn Williams in the property and commercial team
Appointed to the Property Council NZ Retail Committee
Invited to sit on the judging panel for Lawyers Weekly’s Australian Law Awards
2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
Milestones
Aug 2022
Milestones
Sept 2021
Feb 2022
Apr 2022
Jul 2022
Aug
2022
Suncorp Bank introduces Solar Home Bonus offer for customers who are choosing renewable energy for their homes
Sept 2021
Month-on-month market share growth commences
Feb 2022
Suncorp Bank wins the Canstar award for most outstanding value in investment loans
Apr 2022
Suncorp Bank wins Money Magazine’s Bank of the Year and Business Bank of the Year awards for the fifth year in a row
Jul 2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
Milestones
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