|
John C. Lechleiter Ph.D was named president and chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Company in April 2008. He was named president and chief operating officer in 2005 when he also joined the company's board of directors. Starting in January 2004 he had served as executive vice president pharmaceutical operations. Prior to that he had been executive vice president for pharmaceutical products and corporate development since 2001. Lechleiter chairs the company's operations committee as well as its executive committee.
Lechleiter received a bachelor of science degree summa cum laude in chemistry from Xavier University (Cincinnati Ohio) in 1975. He studied organic chemistry as a National Science Foundation Fellow at Harvard University where he received his master's and doctorate degrees. In 2006 Lechleiter received an honorary doctorate of business administration from Marian College of Indianapolis.
Joining Lilly in 1979 as a senior organic chemist in process research and development 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. Lechleiter became senior vice president of pharmaceutical products in 1998.
Lechleiter is a member of the American Chemical Society. In 2004 he was appointed to the Visiting Committee of Harvard Business School and to the Health Policy and Management Executive Council of the Harvard School of Public Health. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees of Xavier University (Cincinnati Ohio). In addition he is a distinguished advisor of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis a member of the board of directors and executive committee of Fairbanks Institute and a member of the United Way of Central Indiana board of directors. He also serves on the board of Indianapolis Downtown Inc. | 