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Peter Gay
Principal and Managing Director - Life Sciences
London UK
Get in TouchPeter Gay is a Principal and Managing Director on WittKieffer’s Global Life Sciences team, partnering with clients to build impactful leadership teams that meet the challenges of tomorrow. With over a decade of international experience in life sciences executive search, Peter possesses a strong reputation for delivering high-touch search excellence and expertise to guide numerous emerging and leading life sciences companies worldwide in acquiring transformative leaders at pivotal moments.
Peter excels in distilling global trends to effectively advocate for clients’ strategic goals in the dynamic and global talent marketplace. He adeptly navigates the complex life sciences landscape, forging longstanding partnerships with biopharma and pharmaceutical innovators, contract development and manufacturing firms (CDMOs), and the investment community. His functional expertise spans the industrial operations value chain, placing leadership across company advisory boards, technical C-suites, manufacturing and supply, technical development, quality and regulatory, and global engineering functions.
Before joining WittKieffer, Peter held a senior leadership role at a global executive recruiting firm, where he oversaw a division of consultants, associates, and researchers, focusing exclusively on advising Life Sciences clients. He also served on the organization’s executive and operations boards. At another international boutique search firm, Peter was a Senior Partner leading the Life Sciences division, where he scaled the organization’s scope and capabilities. Peter began his executive search career by specializing in recruiting supply chain executives across various industries, including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, electronics, and oil and gas.
Expertise
Biotech
Cell and Gene Therapy
CMO/CDMO
Diagnostics
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
Rare Diseases