Gerard De Courcy is a lawyer and a partner in the firm of Downie Stewart in Dunedin, New Zealand.

As a player Gerard played provincial representative squash for many years and was a nationally ranked player in New Zealand. He was president of the Otago Squash Club between 1993 and 1997 and was subsequently made a life member.

Gerard was elected to the board of Squash New Zealand in 1997, becoming chairman in 2002. He resigned as chairman in 2006 upon his election as World Squash Federation Vice President. Gerard was Oceania Squash Federation Vice President and on the World Squash Federation Executive Committee from 2003. He has been director of the World Squash Federation Disciplinary & Appeals Committee since 2005.

Gerard has lectured in Business Law at the University of Otago and is a director of Bradley Nuttall, a New Zealand financial management business.

He is married (Jan) with two daughters.