eli lilly & co (LLY:New York)

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Dr. John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D., serves as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eli Lilly and Company. Dr. Lechleiter serves as Treasurer at Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Lilly, beginning in 2005, when he joined the board. In 2004, he became Lilly’s Executive Vice President for pharmaceutical operations. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President for pharmaceutical ... products and corporate development since 2001. Joining Lilly in 1979 as a senior organic chemist in process research and development, Dr. Lechleiter became head of that department in 1982. In 1984, he began serving as Director of pharmaceutical product development for the Lilly Research Centre Limited in Windlesham, England. He returned to the United States in 1986 as Manager of research and development projects for Europe. In 1988, he became director of development projects management, and in 1989, he assumed additional responsibility for pharmaceutical regulatory affairs. In 1991, he was named executive director of pharmaceutical product development, and in 1993, he became vice president. He was appointed vice president of regulatory affairs in 1994. In 1996, he was named vice president for development and regulatory affairs. Dr. Lechleiter became senior vice president of pharmaceutical products in 1998. He serves as Director of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Business Roundtable, and Business Council. Currently, Dr. Lechleiter serves on the boards of the Xavier University; Fairbanks Institute (Indianapolis); Indianapolis Downtown, Inc.; the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership; and the United Way Worldwide. He has been an Independent Director of Nike, Inc., since June 18, 2009. He served as Director of Great Lakes Chemical Corporation. Dr. Lechleiter received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) in 1975. He subsequently studied organic chemistry as a National Science Foundation Fellow at Harvard University, where he received his master’s and doctorate degrees. In 2006, Dr. Lechleiter received an honorary doctorate of business administration from Marian University (Indianapolis).

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