Eddie Gray became responsible for the Group’s operations in Europe in January 2008. He is a member of the Corporate Executive Team. Previously he held the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager, Pharmaceuticals UK.
Eddie was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager, Pharmaceuticals UK in 2001. Prior to that he was Vice President & General Manager, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Canada, and a member of SmithKline Beecham’s Executive Management Team for North America.
He joined SmithKline Beecham in 1988 and held various positions of increasing responsibility, including Head of Hospital Sales, Marketing Manager for Anti-Infective products and Business Unit Director for the UK Pharmaceuticals General Medicine business before moving to the US, where he assumed responsibility for Market Research for the US Pharmaceuticals business. He later became Vice President & Director of Anti-Infectives Marketing, then Vaccines Marketing in the US, before assuming his role in Canada.
Eddie is an advisory board member of Opportunity Now, an organisation for employers who are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for women.
He holds an honours degree in Chemistry and Management Studies from the University of London, and an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management in the UK. He is married with three daughters.
