INDIANAPOLIS, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and
Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that Diogo Rau will join the company on May 17, 2021 as senior vice-president and chief
information and digital officer. Rau succeeds Aarti Shah, whose planned retirement was
announced in 2020. Shah will retire after 27 years of service to
the company.
"We are excited to welcome Diogo as the new leader of Lilly's
information technology and digital capabilities, as we deepen our
corporate-wide use of data, analytics and machine learning, and
fully leverage the power of digital capabilities to enhance
experiences and outcomes for people that use our medicines," said
David A. Ricks, Lilly's chairman and
CEO. "Diogo's expertise and leadership roles at Apple, along with
his extensive experience in guiding technology strategy, will be
invaluable to Lilly as we change how we discover, develop,
manufacture and commercialize innovative new medicines to meet the
increasing expectations of patients, physicians, and health care
systems."
Rau most recently served as the top executive of information
technology for retail and online stores at Apple, Inc. During his
10 years at Apple, he led the development and implementation of the
technology supporting the Apple Online Store and Apple retail
stores, including the e-commerce platform, mobile point of sale,
the Apple Store App, and systems used by store team members. Prior
to joining Apple, Rau was a partner with McKinsey & Company,
where he led the North America IT organization and governance
practice, and where he frequently presented to CIO forums and
technology conferences. Rau began his career as a consultant at
A.T. Kearney and later founded GiftGateway, a software company that
brought rewards and recognition online. Rau graduated from
Stanford University with a bachelor's
degree in computer science and a master's degree in industrial
engineering and engineering management.
"I am very pleased to join the Lilly team at such an amazing
time," Rau said. "Machine learning can open so many
opportunities, and technology can strengthen our
relationship with patients and physicians. I greatly
admire Lilly's mission and values, and I look forward to
contributing to the company's longstanding record of
innovation."
Ricks also commented on Shah's upcoming retirement.
"I want to take this opportunity to again thank Aarti Shah for her contributions throughout her
time at Lilly. Over the past six years, Aarti has very successfully
led our information technology and digital efforts and has been a
great partner to me and the entire executive team. We are
grateful for her leadership and wish her well in this next chapter
of her life."
About Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly is a global
health care leader that unites caring with discovery to create
medicines that 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. C-LLY
This press release contains forward-looking statements about
leadership changes and reflects Lilly's current beliefs. There are
risks and uncertainties related to leadership changes. For
discussion of important risks and uncertainties, please see Lilly's
latest Forms 10-Q and 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. Lilly undertakes no duty to update
forward-looking statements.
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(Media) Kevin Hern;
hern_kevin_r@lilly.com; (317) 277-1838 (Investors)
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