Gary McGann

Gary McGann was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in November 2002. He was previously President and Chief Operations Officer of the Smurfit Group since January 2000. He joined the Smurfit Group in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer. He had held a number of senior positions in both the private and public sectors over the previous 20 years, including Chief Executive of Gilbeys of Ireland Group and Aer Lingus Group plc. He is a Director of Aon MacDonagh Boland Group Limited and United Drug plc. (Age 58)