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Fionnuala Walsh Ph.D. became vice president of quality for Lilly in July 2007. Prior to that she had been vice president for global quality operations since 2005. She had been executive director of quality for Lilly Technology Center since 2001. She is a member of the operations committee the senior management council and a member of the manufacturing policy committee (MPC).
Born in Ireland she received her bachelor and doctorate degrees in chemistry from University College Dublin. She joined Lilly in 1988 at the affiliate in Kinsale Ireland following an industrial post doctorate fellowship in Puerto Rico. At the Kinsale site she held roles in technical services (1988) leader of outsourcing projects (1990) newproduct introduction (1994) and leader of the analytical laboratory (1995). She held management positions at the Kinsale site in quality regulatory and manufacturing science and technology.
In 2002 she transferred to the U.S. as global quality leader for API manufacturing. In 2003 she assumed responsibility as global quality leader-Lilly Technology Center.
She was a member of the Irish Council for Science Technology and Innovation and is currently a member of the PhRMA API Committee. | 