The Council is supported by a small professional team of officers led by the Registrar/Chief Executive Sam Gallaher.

Sam Gallaher is the Registrar/Chief Executive of GTCNI. He joined GTCNI in August 2018 and is responsible for delivering GTCNI’s corporate objectives and is accountable to the DE Permanent Secretary and to the Council.
Sam is supported in the Executive Team by the Senior Education Officer, Gerry Devlin, and the Finance and Contracts Manager, Majella Matthews.
Gerry Devlin is responsible for Registration, Regulation and Education Policy. He is also the Data Protection Officer.
Majella Matthews is responsible for managing finances, risk management, procurement and contract management.
The Executive Team is supported by 16 officers working on registration, regulation, education policy, communications and corporate services.