INDIANAPOLIS, June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and
Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced the promotion of
Aarti Shah, Ph.D., to senior vice
president and chief information officer effective July 1. She has been the global brand development
leader for immunology since 2013.
Shah joined Lilly in 1994 as a senior statistician after
completing her doctorate in applied statistics from the
University of California, Riverside.
During her career at Lilly, she has held many technical and
administrative leadership positions, both in the United States and abroad, including
serving as vice president for biometrics and advanced analytics and
as executive director of global information sciences.
In her new role, she will lead the efforts of a worldwide IT
organization with more than 1,300 employees, in addition to many
contractors and external business partners, to deliver innovative
IT solutions to the business. She will report to Derica Rice, Lilly's executive vice president of
Global Services and chief financial officer.
"As a visionary and inspirational leader, Aarti has a proven
track record of building strong, flexible and sustainable
organizations. She is known for her relentless focus and passion
for developing people. And her deep knowledge of drug development
will be vital as IT touches every aspect of our business," Rice
said.
"I want to create an environment in which IT enables and brings
innovative solutions to business transformations across Lilly's
entire drug development value chain from discovery to
commercial. I hope to do this by unleashing the potential of
our employees and by building strong internal and external
collaborations and thus play a critical role in bringing Lilly's
mission to life," Shah said.
Shah serves on the board of directors for the Indianapolis
Public Library Foundation and Center for Interfaith Cooperation and
on the Executive Advisory Council for the Healthcare
Businesswoman's Association (HBA) Indiana Chapter. She received the
2011 Rising Star Award from Healthcare Businesswoman's Association
(HBA).
About Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with
discovery to make life better for people around the world. We were
founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating
high-quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain
true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly
employees work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to
those who need them, improve the understanding and management of
disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and
volunteerism. To learn more about Lilly, please visit us at
www.lilly.com and http://newsroom.lilly.com/social-channels.
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