Gary Connors

Partner

Gary Connors

"The most satisfying part of my job is when an organization I’m working with truly starts to believe that they can be better than they ever imagined."

Gary has over 25 years of experience working in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, holding various senior positions, including Managing Director, before becoming a Partner at Oliver Wight. Gary brings a pragmatic and persistent approach to business development and believes that people are the key to driving business transformation.

As an Oliver Wight Partner, Gary is passionate about educating business leaders and inspiring organizations to push their ambitions further than they imagined. Drawing on his wealth of experience and expertise, Gary applies the latest methodologies in business planning to guide organizations in their journey to business excellence and Class A accreditation. By transferring knowledge and building in-house expertise, Gary installs sustainable changes in organizations and gives confidence to clients that they can deliver a world-class performance.

More by Gary Connors

LogiPharma 2023 Playbook

Learn what 200 Heads of Supply Chain and similar across Europe, the United States, and Canada said about the industry challenges faced in 2022 and the solutions being brought to the table for 2023.

Healing healthcare: Future-proofing your master data

Gary Connors, Partner at Oliver Wight EAME, explores how future advances in technology will impact healthcare businesses.

Redefining the new ‘normal’: Agile responses in uncertain conditions

Gary Connors provides some unconventional wisdom for businesses operating in these unusual times.

5 reasons why you should invest in Integrated Business Planning now for a better future

During times of change and uncertainty the prevailing wisdom is to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm. While this wisdom may serve you well out on the open seas, it is the opposite of what businesses need to be doing right now.

Meet the Team - Gary Connors

Gary's favorite part of working for Oliver Wight is when clients tell him how their jobs have become more interesting and challenging as a result of the work they have done together. Learn more about him in this blog.

Amazon & pharma: The great disruptor for the industry?

Gary Connors discusses what Amazon's foray into pharmaceuticals means for the industry.

What does it take to become a successful CSCO?

Supply chain leaders are not always given the recognition they deserve, but the role is gaining in status as the function becomes increasingly important in creating competitive advantage.

How to prepare your supply chain for disruption

We have seen through the last 18 months how quickly supply chains can be disrupted by external forces in the most unexpected ways.

COP26: What’s In It For Business?

As the eyes of the world turn towards Glasgow this November, media chatter around COP26 will doubtless amplify the most colorful disputes and disagreements among the gathered dignitaries and heads of state.

Explaining the UK’s supply chain crisis

What’s behind the supply chain crisis affecting British businesses right now, and will this winter of our discontent end any time soon?

COP26 And How Businesses Need To Respond

Gary Connors explains what business should be doing in the wake of the COP26 summit.

The FMCG companies that will be affected over Christmas and what they can do to minimise disruption

Many businesses have been impacted simultaneously by a perfect storm of forces (Brexit, energy costs, shortages of Labour) and this is going to affect many more goods than previously anticipated.

Cleaner but not Greener

It remains common practice amongst pharmaceutical manufacturers that single use plastics are being used extensively in the manufacture of their products, and it is common knowledge that this practice is not sustainable.