Gerard Cunningham
Private Equity Investor at Adjuvant Capital LP
Profile
Gerard is an Operating Partner with Adjuvant Capital and has 25 years of experience in the vaccine industry, global health partnerships and consulting.
As an Operating Partner with Adjuvant Capital, Gerard supports the Fund’s assessment of global health innovations, and support portfolio companies as they develop and deliver new products to improve public health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
Gerard has worked vaccine development and delivery for almost two decades, including leadership of the new vaccine planning function at Merck.
He spent more than three years working at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) where he supported the HIV, TB, and malaria program teams, and worked closely with a range of partners including multinational corporations, emerging market manufacturers, the WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and others to support delivery of new vaccines and polio eradication.
During his tenure at BMGF, Gerard negotiated several partnerships to drive access to new vaccines.
He was responsible for assessments of new technologies for the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) as well as partner/supplier assessments, providing leadership for technical, financial and legal diligence efforts for multiple manufacturers.
Gerard has served as a Senior Advisor to the Global Health Investment Fund since its inception in 2012, and provided diligence and operational support for four of the Fund’s investments.
Gerard has an MA (Engineering) and a M.
Eng.
(Manuf.
Engineering) degree from Cambridge University, in addition to an MBA (Marketing & International Business) from the University of Michigan
Gerard Cunningham active positions
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Adjuvant Capital LP
Adjuvant Capital LP Investment ManagersFinance Adjuvant Capital LP (Adjuvant Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Glenn Rockman, Kabeer Aziz and Charlie Petty. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2019 |
LHGP Asset Management LLP (Private Equity)
LHGP Asset Management LLP (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance LHGP Asset Management LLP (Private Equity) (LHGP Asset Management) is a private equity arm of Lion's Head Global Partners LLP founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Westminster, United Kingdom. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2011 |
Former positions of Gerard Cunningham
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MERCK & CO., INC. | Director/Board Member | 31/07/2013 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help people lead healthy and productive lives. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's mission is to create a world where everyone has equal opportunities. The company is guided by the belief that every life has equal value. The foundation is currently working on 'the big catch-up' project, which aims to increase vaccination levels among children to pre-pandemic levels and strengthen primary healthcare services for essential immunization in the future. The company was founded by Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates, and the CEO is Mark Suzman. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2011 |
MERCK & CO., INC. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2001 |
Training of Gerard Cunningham
University of Michigan | Masters Business Admin |
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MERCK & CO., INC. | Health Technology |
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Adjuvant Capital LP
Adjuvant Capital LP Investment ManagersFinance Adjuvant Capital LP (Adjuvant Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Glenn Rockman, Kabeer Aziz and Charlie Petty. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
LHGP Asset Management LLP (Private Equity)
LHGP Asset Management LLP (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance LHGP Asset Management LLP (Private Equity) (LHGP Asset Management) is a private equity arm of Lion's Head Global Partners LLP founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Westminster, United Kingdom. | Finance |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help people lead healthy and productive lives. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's mission is to create a world where everyone has equal opportunities. The company is guided by the belief that every life has equal value. The foundation is currently working on 'the big catch-up' project, which aims to increase vaccination levels among children to pre-pandemic levels and strengthen primary healthcare services for essential immunization in the future. The company was founded by Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates, and the CEO is Mark Suzman. | Commercial Services |
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