Gary Kildare

Gary spent over three decades with software and professional services organisation, the IBM Corporation. He is the former Chief Human Resources Officer for Europe and Global Head of Labour Relations and was a member of IBM’s Senior Leadership Group appointed by the CEO to provide global leadership and stewardship across key strategic areas to accelerate growth.

Working at country, European and global level, Gary undertook major transformation projects covering people and culture, M&A, divestitures, growth markets, business start-ups, restructuring, enterprise risk, and business control.

Gary also sat on IBM’s UK Pension Board, as well as chairing the Diversity and Inclusion Council, Enterprise Risk Committee, the European Works Council, leading the Global Investigations function and chairing the Disciplinary Action Review Committee. His remits spanned from identifying and mitigating global business risks to managing employee and union risks and DEI.

Gary holds several INE and governance roles and is experienced as an INE in a regulatory environment. These include being a Lay Member of the Legal Services Board (LSB) and a Non-Executive Director of the Information Commission - formerly known as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). He also holds similar roles in other public sector, social purpose and non profit bodies.