Gerome Kirton

Gerome Kirton has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Gerome currently holds the position of Senior Vice President, Technology at PJT Partners since August 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Davidson Kempner Capital Management as a Global SDM from July 2021 to July 2022.

Before joining Davidson Kempner, Gerome spent a significant amount of time at PayPal, where they held multiple roles. From January 2017 to July 2021, they served as EUX Manager, Americas. Prior to that, from January 2016 to January 2017, they were the Executive Support Manager for North America, EMEA, and APAC.

Gerome also has experience in the beverage industry, working as the Technical Service Delivery Manager at HEINEKEN from July 2014 to January 2016. Gerome has a background in IT systems management, as seen in their role as IT Systems Manager at eBay and PayPal for Australia and New Zealand from June 2012 to March 2014.

Additionally, Gerome has worked at KPMG as a Deskside Manager from March 2011 to June 2012, Lloyds Banking Group as a Desktop Services Consultant from June 2010 to March 2011, MWH as a Systems Administrator from March 2007 to June 2010, and CSC Australia as a Technical Support Team Lead from July 2005 to March 2007.

Gerome Kirton began their education in 2002 at TAFE NSW, where they obtained a Certificate three in Business Management between 2002 and 2004. In 2007, they pursued a course at Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and completed it in 2009. During the same year, they also attended the Australian Institute of Management, specializing in Information Technology and received a degree in ITIL V3. From 2009 to 2012, Gerome attended Charles Sturt University and obtained a Graduate Diploma of Commerce. In 2013, they briefly studied Six Sigma Foundations at the University of Technology Sydney.