Seumas Gallacher

Date of Birth:

2nd January, 1948

Nationality:

British

Education:

• Harvard University Business School, Boston – Advanced Management Program
• Allen Glen’s High School of Science and Technology, Glasgow

Professional:

Associate of the Institute of Bankers (Scot)

Employment Career:

• Clydesdale Bank, UK  1964 – 1974
• Trade Development Bank, London, 1974 – 1980
• Wardley Ltd (HSBC Merchant Bank), Hong Kong 1980-1982
• Republic National Bank of New York, Singapore 1982 – 1984
• Credit Commercial de France, Hong Kong 1984 -1985
• First Pacific Group, Asia 1985 – 2003
• Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, UAE, 2003 – 2009
• SG Management Services, Middle East 2009 –present

Board Experience:

Multiple directorships in:

• Banking and Financial Services
• Real Estate and Property Development
• Technology
• Shipping
• Consumer Products
• Telecoms

Languages:

• English
• French
• Tagalog
• Cantonese
• Gaelic

Experience:

Seumas has a 30+ year track record of significant achievements as CEO and in ‘C’-level roles across the globe.  His range of industry experience includes technology, shipping, telecommunications, property development and financial services.

The base of Seumas’s skillset is a superior organisational capability coupled with financial nous. He combines this with a defined management philosophy and a straightforward, common-sense approach to business management. He brings a strong analytical and balance sheet management mindset to a business, rapidly able to understand its intrinsic values, and act on them.

He has continued his career through projects including turnaround situations, interim executive appointments, customer service efficiency, process improvement, and leadership development in a wide range of diverse industries.

In the Middle East, he has been a corporate adviser and special projects executive in company workouts, restructuring, and the creation of policy and procedure documents, as well as in corporate governance.

Seumas is also an accomplished wordsmith, a best-selling author, and applies that skill set to issues such as English content and narrative for company Annual Reports, corporate public documents, and marketing brochure kits.