Gerhard Pegam founded Gpa Consulting GmbH. Currently, he is Managing Director at this company.

He is also on the board of Schaffner Holding AG, OC Oerlikon Corp. AG and OC Oerlikon Management AG.

In his past career he was Executive Officer of TDK Corp. and President & Chief Executive Officer at TDK Electronics AG (a subsidiary of TDK Corp.), Director-Capacitors Division at Siemens Matsushita Components GmbH & Co KG, Member-Management Board at Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V. and Director-Product Marketing at Siemens AG.

He received an undergraduate degree from Hoehere Technische Lehranstalt.