Gary joined Per Ardua in September 2025 as Designate Chair and has taken over as Chair in April 2026. He has over 25 years of experience in financial services, and has worked in the UK, Switzerland, and Australia. His career started at McKinsey followed by Mercury Asset Management before becoming head of strategy at CGNU, since branded to AVIVA. He was the CEO at Norwich Union Life and served as CEO for Credit Suisse Global Investors and First State Investments Europe. More recently he was CEO with private company, Whitehelm Capital founded by an Australian entrepreneur which was acquired in 2022 by PATRIZIA Infrastructure where he still holds a NED position. Since 2018, Gary has been on the board of Gulf International Bank as a Senior Independent Director and has been Chairman of Hospice in the Weald since 2020. Gary holds an MBA from INSEAD and a MA in Production Engineering from the University of Cambridge.