Gary S. Lynch

Gary S. Lynch is the founder and CEO of The Risk Project, a global risk intelligence advisory firm that helps organizations sustain and accelerate performance amid disruption. He is the author of the forthcoming Uncertainty Advantage: Single Point of Failure or Opportunity? (2026), which reframes risk as a market-driven lever—using uncertainty to sharpen decisions, protect value, and create advantage when competitors stall. His previous work, Single Point of Failure: The Ten Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management (Wiley), has become a foundational text in the field, helping organizations identify and mitigate critical vulnerabilities in complex supply networks.

Throughout his career, Lynch has worked at the intersection of strategy, analytics, supply chain, and operational execution, serving in senior roles at Marsh and earlier at Booz Allen Hamilton, Gartner, JPMorgan Chase, and Prudential. His work spans manufacturing, financial services, life sciences, chemicals, and technology—bringing a practical, product- and network-centric view of how shocks propagate through multi-tier supply chains and how leaders can respond with speed and precision.

Gary holds a B.S. in Finance from the New York Institute of Technology and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He served as a Founding Member of the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness and as a Senior Advisor to the World Economic Forum's GRN on supply chain resilience and pandemic preparedness.

His thought leadership has earned numerous prestigious honors, including:

#1 ranking in "Top 50 Global Thought Leaders on Risk Management" by Thinkers360

"Thought Leader of the Year" by the Global Supply Chain Resiliency Council

"World's Best Supply Chain Risk Consulting Provider" by Global Finance

Top 25 Information Manager by Information Management magazine

Today, through The Risk Project and the Uncertainty Advantage approach, Lynch helps leadership teams map critical product flows, detect weak signals sooner, quantify exposure, and execute response options that protect customers and expand share when markets shift.