Tom Healy - New Director General Of Abu Dhabi Securities Market

The Board of the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) has appointed Mr Tom Healy as Director General, with effect from September 8, 2007. Mr Healy (aged 57) was previously Chief Executive of the Irish Stock Exchange, and is an Irish national. He was head of the Irish Exchange for twenty years, from February 1987 to June 2007. Mr Healy has carried out numerous consultancy and advisory assignments internationally, mainly on capital markets, including for the World Bank, the European Union and USAID. He has also served on a number of boards and committees in Ireland. He was actively involved in the World Federation of Exchanges and the Federation of European Securities Exchanges. The Chairman of the ADSM, H. E. Naser Ahmad Al Suwaidi, said that this appointment arises from the ADSM’s strategy to build up its management team to further develop and grow the Abu Dhabi Securities Market, and build on its leading position among the markets in the region. Mr Healy has a degree in Economics from Trinity College Dublin, and is a Member of the Securities Institute (UK).