Gerard Gregg-Smith, Managing Director of GGS Associates, is a life sciences and financial services specialist. He started his career with 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry, at Chugai Pharmaceuticals in Japan, and Glaxo in the UK. Over the next 15 years in investment banking at Barings, Flemings, Rabobank and KPMG Corporate Finance, he advised healthcare and life sciences companies, living and working in Asia, the US and Europe. Since 2004 he has worked in sector-focused senior executive search. He founded GGS Associates in 2006.
Media interviews and articles include television (CNN), the Financial Times, and trade journals including Scrip and Pharma Japan. He has presented at and chaired sessions at conferences in the UK, Ireland and India. He speaks fluent Japanese, French and German, won a Japanese speech contest on Japanese national television, and plays tenor saxophone.
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Gerard Gregg-Smith
Managing Director, GGS Associates
London - United Kingdom
| English | French |
Schools attended |
University of Oxford (Modern Languages) |
Since 2006: GGS Associates |
Managing Director
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Gerard Gregg-Smith, Managing Director of GGS Associates, is a life sciences and financial services specialist. He started his career with 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry, at Chugai Pharmaceuticals in Japan, and Glaxo in the UK. Over the next 15 years in investment banking at Barings, Flemings, Rabobank and KPMG Corporate Finance, he advised healthcare and life sciences companies, living and working in Asia, the US and Europe. Since 2004 he has worked in sector-focused senior executive search. He founded GGS Associates in 2006. Media interviews and articles include television (CNN), the Financial Times, and trade journals including Scrip and Pharma Japan. He has presented at and chaired sessions at conferences in the UK, Ireland and India. He speaks fluent Japanese, French and German, won a Japanese speech contest on Japanese national television, and plays tenor saxophone. | |
Sector: Human Resources and recruiting |
2004 - 2005 : Coulter Partners |
Director
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Sector: Human Resources and recruiting |
2000 - 2003 : KPMG Corporate Finance |
Partner, Healthcare & Life Sciences Corporate Finance
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Global Head of KMPG Corporate Finance Healthcare and Life Sciences. Advised pharmaceutical, medtech and biotech companies globally on mergers and acquisitions. | |
Sector: Financial Services |
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Interests |
Saxophone, squash |