Donna Scully is a Joint Owner/Director at Carpenters Group, a leading UK provider of insurance and legal services.

A global leader in the insurance world, based in Liverpool for over 25 years with a proud Irish heritage, Donna is a lawyer, experienced public speaker and podcaster who also works closely with the Ministry of Justice in relation to motor claims and civil justice reform.

Carpenters’ employ 1500 people across seven UK locations and work in partnership with insurers, brokers & MGAs to deliver a variety of outsourced claims.

Donna is renowned for her thought leadership on insurance industry fraud, reform and other matters that impact the insurance and legal market.

Donna received the Outstanding Achievement award at the 2014 Personal Injury Awards for her work in setting up AskCUEPI & in September 2018, she jointly won the Insurance Post Magazine’s Social Media Influencer Award.

Donna was awarded the Outstanding Achievement of the Year Award 2023 at the Modern Claims Awards and was named on the Insurance Business UK’s ‘Elite Women’ List 2024.

Awarded 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. Donna also won the ‘Metro Choice Award for Social Impact’ at the Employer’s Excellence Awards 2024.

Beyond her work in the insurance and legal sector, Donna is passionate about EDI and social impact and dedicates her time and resources to helping a plethora of causes. A huge advocate and supporter for those in society that need extra care, Donna runs a homeless breakfast club every Sunday which she personally attends and provides food for. She is an Ambassador for Fans Supporting Foodbanks and mentors for the Girls Network and the Insurance Breakfast Club. She sponsors many grassroot organisations that support social mobility, homelessness and mental health. 

Most recently, Donna received the Merseyside Woman of the Year 2024 and Business Leader awards for her outstanding work.  As well as being named as a Top 20 Independent Legal Influencer on Linked In for two consecutive quarters in 2025, and Insurance Business Elite Women 2025 by IBUK.

Donna is on the editorial Board of Modern Insurance Magazine & Chairs the Insurance Times Fraud Charter Group. She has twin men and lives in Merseyside.