Hugh Gallagher

Hugh Gallagher is a Director of Edgar, Dunn & Company. Hugh leads the firm’s Atlanta office, where he is in charge of Edgar Dunn’s Americas practice.

Hugh advises C-suite and senior executive teams at a variety of banks and other financial institutions, leading private equity firms, non-bank financial services companies, and financial technology and other bank vendor organizations.

His primary areas of functional expertise include strategic planning​, pricing and profitability analysis​, product management​, innovation and new product development, ​applied analytics and customer segmentation​, customer experience​, and partnerships, mergers & acquisitions​.

Hugh’s 30+ years of experience in payments and financial services also includes executive roles with First Manhattan Consulting Group, SunTrust Banks (now Truist), eFunds Corporation (Fidelity National Information Services), Accenture/First Annapolis Consulting, and NBD Bank (JPMorgan Chase).

A recognized industry thought leader, Hugh has been an invited speaker at conferences for the Bank Administration Institute, Consumer Bankers Association, Electronic Transaction Association, American Banker, and NACHA, and has authored whitepapers and articles for a variety of publications including Banking Perspective by The Clearing House, BAI’s Banking Strategies, and Bank Systems & Technology.

Hugh graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned his MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.