Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 14, 2001

Peter Gray – Icon Plc (iclr)

PETER GRAY is ICON's Group Chief Operating Officer. He joined ICON in June 1997 as Chief Financial Officer, with the initial task of helping the Company develop its financial and planning systems to support its entry into the public markets a project that was completed in May 1998 with the company's successful IPO. He subsequently became involved in operational aspects of the business, culminating in his recent appointment as COO. Mr. Gray has a degree in Law from Trinity College, Dublin and also qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Prior to joining ICON, Mr. Gray was Chief Financial Officer of three other publicly quoted companies including, from 1983 to 1989, Elan Corporation plc., the Irish-based pharmaceutical company. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of ICON Plc and then

an overview of the company as it is now?

Mr. Gray: The company was founded in 1990 by John Climax and Ronan Lambe

(CEO