Robert P. Gach

Adjunct Professor of Communications

Robert P. Gach is currently an adjunct professor and chair of the Gabelli School of Business Advisory Board.. He also serves on the President’s Council of Fordham University and as the senior alumni-in -residence for the Graduate Career Center. Previously, Gach  spent 37 years at the global consulting and technology firm, Accenture, where his client work included service to capital markets clients (investment banks, wealth managers, exchanges, and custodians). He led engagements on strategy development, cost and efficiency improvement, market development, digital transformation, technology planning, operations strategy, and enterprise change.

During his time at Accenture, Gach served the global marketplace and spent seven years in Asia Pacific. He held a number of leadership positions at the firm—all in the financial services industry with a deep specialization in capital markets. Gach served as a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council, which was comprised of the top 150 leaders of the firm. He also was the co-founder of the FinTech Innovation Lab—an incubator for financial services start-ups, which had offices in New York, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong. Gach earned a B.S. Accounting at the Gabelli School in 1980.