Michael Kelly is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of FINEOS. Michael has more than three decades of leadership experience in global life, accident and health insurance.
Michael began his career with FBD Insurance and then moved to Paxus Corporation, an Australian insurance core systems software vendor entering the European market. Michael assisted in establishing Paxus’ LIFE400 product as the market-leading policy administration system in Europe, which was later acquired by CSC/DXC.
Michael founded FINEOS in 1993 to put the customer at the heart of life assurance. He is passionate about helping insurance carriers to modernize their core systems to ensure they move with the times. He is a previous winner of the EY Ireland Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, and one of Ireland’s most influential entrepreneurs in the international Insurtech sector.
Michael attended Dublin City University where he graduated with a BSc in Computer Science.