David Smith

Executive Vice-President, Global Operations & IS

David Smith

Executive Vice-President, Global Operations & IS

As the member of the AstraZeneca Senior Executive Team responsible for Operations, David Smith leads the global Manufacturing and Supply organisation. His aim is to ensure that AstraZeneca becomes the recognised industry leader through sustained supply excellence. Product Supply, Regulatory Compliance, Information Services, Procurement and Essentials (SHE, Engineering and Facility).

David spent his early career in Pharmaceuticals initially with the Wellcome Foundation in the UK. In 1995 he moved to the US and spent 9 years in the consumer goods sector working for Estee Lauder Inc in New York and the Timberland Co as SVP Global Supply Chain. In 2003 he returned to the pharmaceutical sector and joined Novartis AG based in Switzerland.

David joined AstraZeneca in April 2006 as Executive Vice President of Global Operations & IS.

 Non-communicable diseases are a global problem which account for some 36 million deaths every year

The increasing burden of NCDs in low and middle-income countries poses an economic, social and moral stumbling block to global health and prosperity. This underscores the importance of partnership to understand what the most significant problems are and to work together to solve them.

David Brennan

IFPMA President, AstraZeneca Chief Executive Officer

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