Garry R Whatley

Having both family and friends living with MS, Garry is passionate about and has a strong personal commitment to making a significant contribution to the goals of Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MS) through his extensive professional skills.

Garry Whatley was appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MS) of Directors in 2009, and as Deputy Chairman in December 2013 and he was appointed Chairman on 1 July 2019. He brings to the Board over 28 years of experience in the Information Technology industry and is well respected within his field.

Garry is currently Managing Director of CIO Advisory providing IT Advisory services to Boards and CEO’s. Over the past 4 years he has held 4 Interim CIO roles with organisations ranging in size from start-ups to large multinational corporates.

Prior to his current role Garry was at Corporate Express/Staples Australia for 14 years where he held several “C” level positions. During this time, he was involved in the due diligence and integration for over 54 acquisitions, owned and delivered a multiple year, multiple country business transformation program and built the organisations digital online channel.