Paul Gallagher

Chief Financial Officer, Wittington Investments Ltd.

Paul Gallagher is the Chief Financial Officer at Wittington Investments, Limited. Wittington owns a number of public and private companies including George Weston Limited, one of North America’s largest food processing and distribution groups and Selfridges Group Limited, an international fashion retail company. Wittington operates under the following banners; Weston Foods, Loblaw, Shoppers Drug Mart and Holt Renfrew in Canada, Selfridges in the UK, Brown Thomas in Ireland and De Bijenkorf in the Netherlands.

Prior to joining Wittington, Paul held leadership roles with Avana Group, Fairwater Capital, Oxford Developments and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Paul is a member of the Board of Governors of Guelph University and past President of the Board of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto. He has served on the boards of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Rostland Corporation, Ryerson Oil and Gas and Northern Geophysical of America.

Paul holds the Institute of Corporate Directors designation, is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Lakehead University.