Deirdre P. Connelly has many years of leadership experience and expertise as a senior executive of large publicly traded companies with global operations. She has extensive knowledge and expertise in strategy, operations, product development, brand marketing and merchandising. In addition, as a former human resources executive, Connelly also has valuable insight in managing a large-scale, diverse workforce. From February 2009 until her retirement in February 2015 she was president of North American Pharmaceuticals of GlaxoSmithKline, a global pharmaceutical company.
Before that, she was president of U.S. Operations of Eli Lilly and Company from June 2005 to January 2009. Connelly also served as the senior vice president of Human Resources of Eli Lilly and Company from October 2004 to June 2005. From 2003 to October 2004 she was the executive director, Human Resources of U.S. Operations of Eli Lilly and Company. She has also been Leader of Women's Health Business - U.S. Operations of Eli Lilly and Company from 2001 to 2003.
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