[1] Gerard was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, and is Jewish.

[2][3] He attended Lochinver House School, Haileybury College, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

[5] Gerard was used as a net bowler by England during their tour of South Africa in 2004/05.

[7] In 2008, he was named along with Mark Bott and Jason Molins to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.

[8] In 2016, Gerard made his debut on the US Cricket team with a loss to the British Army.