Career
He is also the former Chairman of Rangers football club Somers is a chartered accountant and is a non-executive director of American Council on Exercise Europe life which is part of the American Council on Exercise Group of insurance and reinsurance companies. Somers is also a non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit & Risk Committee of Europe Arab Bank, he is the Independent Trustee & Chairman of the Investment Sub Committee at Fujitsu Technologies International Pension Plan and the Chairman of the Investment Committee at TCF Investment Managers Limited.
Somers is the former chairman of Rangers Football Club.
His appointment was announce on 7 November 2013 and it was ratified at the clubs AGM on 19 December 2013.
Upon his appointment he stated "I know from my visits to Ibrox Stadium – including a number of Champions League games I attended in the past – that the club has a tremendous fan base. Ally McCoist has the players performing well on the pitch so my task now is to strengthen the board to the level that Rangers Football Club deserves.
