Gary McGann (born August 1950) is an Irish accountant, the chairman of

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, and former CEO of

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and

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Education

McGann earned a bachelor's degree from

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ...

and also an MSc in management science from

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

Career

McGann was CEO of

from November 2002 to August 2015, when he retired from executive roles. McGann was a non-executive director and member of the audit committee, of failed Irish bank,

Anglo Irish Bank Anglo Irish Bank was an Irish bank headquartered in Dublin from 1964 to 2011. It began to wind down after nationalisation in 2009. In July 2011 Anglo Irish merged with the Irish Nationwide Building Society, forming a new company named the Iri ...

from 2004 to its nationalisation in 2009. In 2019, McGann lost a tax appeal against tax treatment on two payments totalling €2.3 million from when he was chief executive of Smurfit Kappa in 2011. The Tax Appeals Commission ruled the €2.3m claimed as a gift from shareholders was liable for tax. In late 2016, McGann was appointed as chairman of Aryzta. In August 2020, he announced he was stepping down from the Board of Aryzta.

References

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