William Gallagher

William R. Gallagher is President of International Registries, Inc. (IRI), which manages the Republic of the Marshall Islands shipping registry. He previously served as the organisation's General Counsel in the early 1990s.

Under his leadership the RMI Registry has remained the only large commercial flag on the US Coast Guard's Qualship 21 programme, and IRI has expanded to 27 offices worldwide.

He spoke at 14 Mare Forum events between 2003 and 2019, as keynote speaker at the 4th Mare Forum USA 2009 and as moderator at several later editions of Mare Forum USA.