Bio

Gerard is a highly accomplished senior finance executive with over 25 years of experience in key areas of finance, M&A, strategy, business development and operations. Gerard works with managing Fidem’s finance platform function and oversees all financial reporting, analysis, cash management, and financial operations. He is also instrumental in setting up and managing post deal financial operations for the debt and equity holders and the special purpose investment vehicles. Prior to Fidem, Gerard was the Director FP&A for FMC Inc where is also served as the CFO of the Health and Nutrition segment where he was instrumental in several strategic acquisitions. In addition to his senior financial roles within FMC, he has also led numerous consulting engagements to support the office of the CFO with KPMG and was a key member of the finance leadership team at Ericsson Inc. Gerard qualified as a Chartered Accountant in New Zealand and earned his BSc in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University and his MBA from Drexel University.