Graham Pescod

Graham Pescod has extensive work experience in the IT field. Graham'smost recent position was as the Global Head of IT at Rayner, a role they started in October 2021. Before that, they served as the Director of the CIO Office at Upfield from July 2019 to July 2021.

Prior to Upfield, Pescod worked at Aesica Pharmaceuticals Ltd as the Global Head of IT from August 2017 to July 2019. In this role, they were responsible for leading the IT organization across multiple sites and countries, managing third parties and various SAP, Oracle, and pharmaceutical-specific applications.

From May 2016 to August 2017, Pescod held the position of Director, EMEA/APAC, IT Project Management Office at Acelity. Graham managed a diverse portfolio of projects across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, including Oracle ERP and Salesforce.com implementations.

Before Acelity, Pescod founded and served as the Director of IT and Information Governance Consultant at BigRed Consulting Group from April 2014 to May 2016.

From July 2012 to April 2014, Pescod worked at Novartis as a Global Programme Manager, PharmOps IT. During their time there, they led complex integration and divestment projects across Technical Operations and collaborated closely with the Business Strategy Team. Graham also held the roles of Head of IT, Development and Pharmaceutical Operations UK from July 2009 to April 2014, and Global Head of PharmOps IT (a.i.) from May 2013 to November 2013.

Pescod started their career at Boehringer Mannheim in 1992 as a Systems Analyst and later worked as an IT Manager at Roche Diagnostics from January 1997 to October 2000.

Graham'slast position before joining Rayner was as the Head of IT Services at Respironics from 2000 to August 2004.

Graham Pescod attended Lewes Old Grammar School, but no specific dates or degrees were mentioned. In terms of certifications, they obtained the Information Governance Professional certification from ARMA International in May 2015 and the Professional Diploma in Management from Open University Business School (OUBS) in December 2003. There is also a mention of additional certifications, including Change Excellence Practitioner, Chartered IT Professional, and IG Practitioner, but no information regarding the institutions or the dates of obtaining these certifications.