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Sir Allen McClay

 
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Sir Allen McClay

Founder & Chairman of Almac Group
(21 March 1932 – 12 January 2010)

Northern Ireland lost its most passionate, visionary and generous man.  Sir Allen McClay (Allen, as he preferred to be called) passed away on Tuesday 12th January, 2010 after a short illness.

Allen founded his first company, Galen Ltd, in 1968.  Galen floated on the stock market in 1997 and subsequently became Northern Ireland’s first £1 billion company. However, around the year 2000 the direction of the company changed and took a different path to Allen’s vision. Allen therefore realised his substantial shareholding and formed, with his personal wealth, the organisation we now know as Almac Group.  Allen was totally committed to the organisation he had built and referred frequently to his “Almac family”.

As part of his generosity he established the McClay Foundation as a charitable institution and has already donated in excess of £20 million to enhance the research capabilities at the Queen’s University of Belfast.

In order to appreciate the high esteem in which Allen was held within the world of business and politics, refer to the numerous tributes.  The greatest tribute that Almac, as a company, will pay to Allen is to continue with his passion and to deliver on his vision:

“To be the leader in the generation of superior solutions for the advancement of human health.”

Find out more about the work of the McClay Foundation here. 

Watch our History, Culture and Values video to learn more about our background and vision for a successful future.

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