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Willard Gordon Galen Weston, OC, OOnt (born October 29, 1940) is an English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist as well as Executive Chairman of George Weston Limited, a leading food processing and distribution company. W. Galen Weston and family, with an estimated net worth of $US 8.9 billion, are listed as the second wealthiest in Canada and 147th in the world by Forbes magazine (March 2014).

In addition to being one of the country’s leading bakers through wholly owned subsidiary Weston Foods, Galen Weston is also an experienced supermarket retailer who maintains controlling interest in Loblaw Companies, Canada’s largest food retailer, through a family holding company. Weston is also head of the world’s second largest luxury goods retailer as Chairman of Holt Renfrew in Canada and the Selfridges Group, owner of Selfridges in the United Kingdom, Brown Thomas of Ireland, the De Bijenkorf department store chain in the Netherlands, and the recently acquired Ogilvy department store in Montreal. W. Galen Weston is Chairman of The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, a family-based private charitable trust which has made close to $200 million in donations over the past decade.

Early years

W. Galen Weston was born to Reta and W. Garfield Weston at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, near London, England, in October 1940 – the youngest of nine children. Garfield, a Canadian businessman whose father George Weston established George Weston Limited, had successfully expanded overseas during the 1930s by acquiring and modernising biscuit and bread factories throughout the United Kingdom. In 1945, Weston and family returned to Canada but moved frequently as Garfield pursued various business ventures, which included supermarket chains in North America and Europe. Growing up, Galen Weston worked in the stores that comprised his father’s retail holdings. He once noted, “I’ve been a bag boy a thousand times in five languages.”

Ireland

In 1961, after studying business administration at the University of Western Ontario, Galen Weston moved to Dublin to set up a grocery store with his own money. A second location followed and the outlets evolved into the “Powers” chain of supermarkets. Weston found the Irish Republic a land of opportunity:

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Presently, George Garfield Weston is Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Associated British Foods Plc. He is also on the board of 16 other companies. In the past Mr. Weston was Managing Director at Allied Bakeries Ltd., Managing Director at George Weston Foods Ltd. and Managing Director at Westmill Foods Ltd. Mr. Weston received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kristin Nimsger Weston is currently the Chairman of several companies including Sophos Ltd., Calabrio, Inc., and Qlik Technologies, Inc. She is also a Board Member of Adenza Group, Inc. and a Board Advisor of Imply Data, Inc. In the past, she served as the Chief Executive Officer & Director of Social Solutions Global, Inc. and the Chief Executive Officer of MicroEdge LLC.
She was also the President of KLDiscovery Ontrack LLC and General Manager of Thomson Reuters Corp.
Weston holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota and a graduate degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

Willard Gordon Galen Weston is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 7 different companies and holds the position of Chairman for Brown Thomas Group Ltd. and Chairman of Selfridges Group Ltd. He is also on the board of Selfridges & Co. Ltd., George Weston Ltd. (former Executive Chairman) and The Garfield Weston Foundation and Member of Order of Canada. He previously was Chairman at Holt, Renfrew & Co. Ltd., Chairman for Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Chairman of Loblaws, Inc. and President for The W. Garfield Weston Foundation. Willard Gordon Galen Weston received an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Mr. Weston M. Hicks, CFA, is a Chief Executive Officer at Alleghany Capital Partners LLC, a President & Chief Executive Officer at Alleghany Insurance Holdings LLC, a Chief Executive Officer & Director at Alleghany Corp., a Member at CFA Institute and a Member at The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., Alleghany Corp., ORX Exploration, Inc. and Stranded Oil Resources Corp. Mr. Hicks was previously employed as a Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President by The Chubb Corp., a Managing Director by JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Managing Director by JPMorgan Securities, Inc., a Senior Research Analyst by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC, and an Independent Director by AllianceBernstein Holding LP. He also served on the board at AllianceBernstein Corp. and Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University.

Galen G.
Johnson is currently a Director at American Investors Bank & Mortgage.
Previously, he worked as a Director at Analysts International Corp.
in 2008 and as a Vice President & Controller at Cargill, Inc.

Galen D.
Aswegan served as the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Tapestry Solutions, Inc. from 1993 to 2011.
He also worked as a Principal at S'Tile SA. Aswegan received his undergraduate degree from Iowa State University in 1978.

Galen P.
Plunkett is the founder.
He founded Advanced Systems in 2001 and holds the title of Head-Technology.
Currently, Mr. Plunkett is an Industry Fellow at Stevens Institute of Technology.
In the past, he worked as a Principal at International Business Machines Corp., Chief Technology Officer at Lockheed Martin Corp., and Chief Architect at C3I Systems Group, Inc. Mr. Plunkett completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia.

Galen D.
Stucky is the founder of SBA Materials, Inc. which was founded in 2001.
He earned a doctorate degree from Iowa State University in 1962.

Timur Galen is currently the Chairman at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Inc. and a Trustee at Canadian Centre for Architecture.
He was previously the Director at Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.

Galen MacDougall is currently working as the Vice President-Sales at Teeccino Caffé, Inc. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2010.

Galen Cobb is currently the Vice Chairman at Offshore Energy Center.
Previously, he worked as the Director at Offshore Technology Conference.

Galen Hatfield currently works as a Director for the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.

Galen Cobb is currently an Independent Director at DNOW, Inc. and a Trustee at Spindletop Charities, Inc. He was formerly the Chairman at The National Ocean Industries Association from 2020 to 2021.
Prior to that, he was a Director at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center of Houston.
He spent the majority of his career at Halliburton Co., where he held the position of Vice President-Industry Relations from 2002 to 2022.

Galen D.
Powers founded Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville PC in 1983.
Mr. Powers also formerly worked at MedCath Corp., as Director from 1998 to 2010, HMS Holdings Corp., as Director, CodeRyte, Inc., as Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US), as First Chief Counsel, American Health Lawyers Association, as President, Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville PC, as President from 1983 to 2001, and Federal Health Care Financing Administration, as First Chief Counsel.

Galen R.
Barnes is currently the Director at Ohio Dominican University, The Ohio State University, James Cancer Hospital, Comenity Capital Bank, and Grey Oaks Country Club, Inc. He previously served as the President & Chief Operating Officer at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. from 1975 to 2003, President at Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Co., President & Chief Operating Officer at Employers Insurance Co. of Wausau, Director at Insurance Services Office, Inc., National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc., and Alliance of American Insurers, and Independent Director at Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
from 2012 to 2017.
He is also a member of the Property & Casualty CEO Roundtable.

Galen G.
Vetter is an Independent Director at Alerus Financial Corp.
since 2013, a Director at Hill Capital Corp.
since 2015, and a Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (Virginia).
He previously served as an Independent Director at Star Construction Holdings, Inc. from 2013 to 2019.
He also held positions as a Director at Land O'Lakes, Inc., an Independent Director at Crossroads Impact Corp.
from 2014 to 2017, an Independent Director at Command Center, Inc. from 2018 to 2019, and a Director at ClearWay Minnesota.
Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Franklin Multi-Income Trust from 2004 to 2010 and the Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at Templeton Russia & East European Fund, Inc. He started his career as a Partner at RSM US LLP from 1973 to 2004 and later served as the President of Rust Consulting, Inc. from 2008 to 2012.
Mr. Vetter obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Iowa.

Robert S.
Galen is currently a Professor at the University of Georgia and a Member of Delta Omega.
He previously held positions as Chairman at Abaxis, Inc., Chairman-Clinical Chemistry Council at The American Society for Clinical Pathology, Director at Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., Director-Clinical Chemistry at MetPath, Inc., and Director & Chief Medical Officer at Ativa Medical Corp.

Donald I.
Galen is a Member of The Society for Reproductive Surgeons.
He was previously a Medical Director at Halt Medical, Inc. He obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Galen Treadgold is currently the Director & Executive Director-Geosciences at Amni International Petroleum Development Co. Ltd.
He is also a Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the Geophysical Society of Houston.
Previously, he worked as the Vice President-Exploration at Afren Plc.
Mr. Treadgold has a graduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami.

Galen Goh currently works at Greatearth Pte Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director from 2019.

Galen Mills is currently the Chairman at Hart Electric Membership Corp.
and a Director at both the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Georgia Electric Membership Corp.
He was also a former Director at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Galen Fong has worked at Ultratech, Inc. since 1987 as a Senior Director-Worldwide Sales Operations.

Galen C.
Smith is currently the Executive Vice Chairman at Redbox Entertainment, Inc. since 2022.
He is also currently the Director at CareerBuilder LLC since 2017 and the Independent Director at Disruptive Acquisition Corp.
I since 2021.
Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer-Redbox at Coinstar Asset Holdings LLC and the Chief Executive Officer at Redbox Automated Retail LLC.
He was also the Executive Vice Chairman at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. from 2022 to 2023.
Additionally, he held positions as the Director at YMCA of Greater Seattle, Treasurer & Vice President-Finance at Coinstar Asset Holdings LLC from 2009 to 2013, and CFO & Senior Vice President-Finance at Redbox Automated Retail LLC from 2009 to 2016.
Mr. Smith holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College (Illinois).

Douglas J.
Galen is currently the Director at Heifer Project International, Inc., Positive Coaching Alliance, and Kenzie Academy, Inc. He previously held positions as Vice President-New Ventures at eBay, Inc., Vice President-Sales & Business Development at E-LOAN, Inc., President at Fourth Fleet Financial, Inc., Chief Revenue Officer at shopkick, Inc., and SVP-Business & Corporate Development at Shutterfly LLC.
Galen holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Galen Townson has worked as a Director at Project Management Institute, Inc. since 2019.

Helene V.
Galen has held positions as Vice Chairman at McCallum Theatre and Director at Eisenhower Health.

Galen Li is the founder and currently holds the position of Chief Product Officer at Enable, Inc. which was founded in 2019.
He previously worked as Vice President-Product at SchoolMint, Inc.

Galen Lee is currently a Director at Snake River Sugar Co. and The Amalgamated Sugar Co. LLC.
Previously, he was a Director at U.S.
Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, Inc.

Galen Johnson is a trustee at The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation, Inc.

Galen Meyensburg has worked as a Director at CleanCore Technologies LLC and CleanCore Solutions LLC.