Lilly: Laura Steele
Eli Lilly & Company has appointed Laura Steele as President and General Manager (GM) for UK, Ireland & Northern Europe.
Steele succeeds Ashley Diaz-Granados, who assumes a senior role within Lilly USA leading the company’s Immunology division.
In her new role, Steele will lead Lilly’s commercial business operations in six countries, across the company’s current and emerging portfolio in Diabetes, Oncology, Immunology and Neuroscience. She brings 18 years’ experience with the company to her new role, and joins from Lilly’s Corporate Business Development division, where she specialised in innovation partnerships, large-scale projects in M&A, investments and joint ventures, to drive growth across the company.
“I am honoured to take on this role at such defining moment for the Life Sciences industry in the UK. The new Life Sciences Vision illustrates how all aspects of the health system must work together to ensure we can continue to discover and deliver new life-saving innovations here in the UK. Lilly, as well as the wider industry, are well placed to help drive this forward,” said Laura Steele, President and General Manager Lilly UK, Ireland & Northern Europe.
“As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, we must build on what we have learned during this crisis. From accelerating the set-up of new clinical trials to advances in delivering care outside of traditional settings, and combating health inequalities, the partnership and advances in care created during the pandemic must not be lost.”
