Gerald Davies worked for thirty years in the City in a variety of senior management roles, including most recently, ten years as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank. His roles at Deutsche Bank ranged from Head of European Institutional Sales to Head of Relationship Management for its Global Markets division in Europe. He left the City in 2009 to study for an MSc in Finance and Development (Economics) at SOAS, University of London.

Following his MSc he has assembled a portfolio of work in the commercial and voluntary sectors. He is the Senior Advisor to the Board of Metapraxis, a business analysis enterprise. He is a Trustee (chairing the Audit Committee) of the Brandon Trust, which supports over 1500 adults and children with learning difficulties. In addition, he has run a business start-up competition in schools.

Gerald’s interest in the charity sector has recently been reinforced by completing a Postgraduate Diploma in grant making, philanthropy and social enterprise at the Cass Business School.