Gerald Gradwell
Chief Corporate Development and Corporate Affairs Officer
Mr. Gradwell supports the CEO in drawing up and delivering the corporate expansion strategy for the firm; assists the Vice-Chairman as Executive Vice-President, Investor Relations, and co-ordinates the firm’s external messaging across the various corporate affairs functions (investor relations, government relations and public affairs). He joined the firm from Alliance Boots, Europe’s largest pharmacy operator and pharmaceutical distributor, where he was responsible for investor relations and worked directly for the Executive Chairman, alongside the global corporate development and strategy team. Prior to this Mr. Gradwell worked as a senior Investor and financial communications consultant, management consultant, investment banker and stock broker. He started his career as a broker at the London Stock Exchange and has experience in both investor relations and corporate development throughout Europe, the Americas, the Far East and sub-Saharan Africa. Mr. Gradwell is registered as a broker/securities officer in the U.K., Canada and the United States and is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute of the U.S., the Canadian Investor Relations Institute, the U.K. Investor Relations Society and is a Fellow of the U.K. Institute of Directors.