Profile

Gerard Baillely is a P&G retiree, formerly Senior Vice President – Research and Development, Global Corporate Functions for the Procter and Gamble Company. Gerard joined P&G in 1985 in R&D, after graduating from Lycée Descartes Tours in France in Mathematiques, Superieures & Speciales and from the Ecole Superieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon for Chemistry.  During his 39-year career, he has created a portfolio of upstream products that addresses consumer needs across different categories such as Fabric Care, Oral Care, Home Care, and P&G Professionals.  In his nine-year tenure for Corporate Functions at P&G, Gerard led the company-wide R&D capabilities to advance the speed, impact, and external credibility of Industrial research at P&G (across capabilities like Analytical, Computing, Data & Modeling, and Bio and Life Sciences).

Gerard continues to be externally active in his retirement. Besides being a member of the Board of Advisers, UW-Madison Department of Chemistry, Gerard is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Class of 2025, and an American Chemical Society Fellow. Gerard is the President of the American Oil Chemists’ Society. Gerard also served on several boards: the Living Well Collaborative, a non-profit innovation organization in Cincinnati promoting the development of products and services across the life stages of consumers; AOCS (American Oil Chemists’ Society); and till 2023, he served on the Chemical Sciences and Technology Board within the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.  Gerard was awarded the Chevalier de L’Ordre National du Mérite distinction by the President of France in 2018. Gerard is the 2022 recipient of the Henry Whalen, Jr. Award from the Division of Business Management and Development of ACS for his outstanding contributions to the Chemical Enterprise.