Building the Factory of the Future for Advanced Biotherapeutic and Vaccine Manufacturing.VLE is led by the brightest scientific minds and powered by iACHIEVE© and BioACHIEVE© our digital and process science platforms. For every medicine, we redefine CMC, tech transfer, and GMP operations through digitization and scientific excellence creating a new frontier for medicine acceleration and a new state-of-the-art for GMP manufacturingWe are accelerating the delivery of complex medicines… Show more Building the Factory of the Future for Advanced Biotherapeutic and Vaccine Manufacturing.VLE is led by the brightest scientific minds and powered by iACHIEVE© and BioACHIEVE© our digital and process science platforms. For every medicine, we redefine CMC, tech transfer, and GMP operations through digitization and scientific excellence creating a new frontier for medicine acceleration and a new state-of-the-art for GMP manufacturingWe are accelerating the delivery of complex medicines, reducing time and cost to market. Show less

Head of Structured Finance (Credit Underwriting and Portfolio Management) for Santander Corporate & Investment Banking in New York with responsibility for $14 Bn portfolio in the US covering assets in Renewable Energy, Fund Finance and Commercial Real Estate. Gerard was also a voting member of the banks Credit Committee.

Development of the structured finance business for a specialty finance fund in the energy, agriculture and telecommunications sectors. Structuring of unique financial and funding solutions for clients in the Americas with focus on structured finance products incl. structured trade, project finance and risk mitigation solutions.

Responsible for the restructuring of distressed loans in the Energy, Infrastructure and ABS sectors. Leading negotiations in complex and dispute situations with difficult partners including borrowers/derivative counter-parties; equity sponsors; other banks either as Admin. Agent or as a member of a Steering Committee.