Optimal announces new CEO as Gadsby steps into Chairman role

The Optimal Group, consisting of Optimal Industrial Automation and Optimal Industrial Technologies, has promoted Eamonn Garry to be chief executive officer and Martin Gadsby to Chairman.

In these new roles, the former operations director and vice president will steer the group’s next phase of growth, focused on offering customers future-oriented digital transformation solutions.

Martin Gadsby co-founded Optimal in 1987 and is now moving to a more strategic position after more than 30 years as CEO and VP of a company for Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and Pharma 4.0 applications. The company has become a global provider of high performance, vendor-agnostic automated systems, supported by the software platform synTQ, an enabling technology for the digitalisation of R&D, manufacturing and quality testing.

The move to executive chairman will enable Gadsby to hand over the day-to-day operation of the company and focus on supporting the development of value-adding digitalisation solutions for customers while remaining engaged in Optimal’s overarching business initiatives. 

In his new role, Gadsby will work closely with newly appointed CEO, Eamonn Garry, whose promotion reflects his 20-year experience in industrial automation and the (bio)pharmaceutical industry. In particular, Garry has been key in leading the accelerated global expansion of Optimal Industrial Automation. 

Martin Gadsby said “I want to thank my colleagues, partners, investors and customers, as they all helped create and develop Optimal over the last 36 years, and I am excited to continue supporting the company in a new role. I am committed to building on the outstanding work of our team to date and continuing to drive the group forward to support its growth ambitions.”

Eamonn Garry said “I am thrilled to step into this new role as CEO and take the success of the group and our customers to the next level. Since its foundation, Optimal has strived to provide businesses with the enabling technologies they need to realise the benefits of digitalisation. Building on this approach, I want to continue expanding the support we offer to industry with key solutions that will help to advance the competitiveness of our customers.”