Gavin O'Reilly

Gavin Karl O'Reilly (born 17 December 1966) is a Dublin-born businessman with Irish and Australian citizenship. He is the son of Sir Tony O'Reilly and Susan Cameron. O'Reilly is executive chairman of the London-based publication The New European, chairman of the consulting group Red Flag Consulting, and chairman of digital payment company Axate. He was formerly CEO of The Agency Group Limited and of the media group Independent News and Media PLC. From 2005-2011, he was the president of the World Association of Newspapers (2005–2011). Early life O'Reilly is the eldest of triplets, and the fourth of his parents' six children. He was born in Dublin and raised in Fox Chapel, Pittsburgh, and in Dublin. He was educated first at Harrow School and then at Clongowes Wood. He sat his Leaving Certificate exams in 1985, and then spent two years working at London advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach. O'Reilly went on to attend Georgetown University School of Business. Career