Thomas J. Gallagher

Thomas J. Gallagher joined Gallagher in 1980 as a producer after participating in the company's summer internship program for two years. He was promoted to area president of the Milwaukee office in 1987, and in 1996 he was named president of the San Francisco construction office. Tom helped establish Gallagher Construction Services, serving as niche managing director from 1997 to 2002. After working in the field for 15 years, Tom returned to Gallagher's home office outside of Chicago in 2002 to lead the retail brokerage division's Midwest Region. In 2011, he was appointed to lead Gallagher's international brokerage operations, and in 2016 he was named president of Gallagher's global brokerage services division. In 2024, he assumed the role of president of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from the University Southern California.