Andrew Lane

Andrew has more than 30 years’ experience of leadership in the global pharmaceuticals industry with expertise across a broad range of disciplines including finance, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and strategy. Most recently he was Global President of Abbott Laboratories Pharma Division where he led a multi-billion-dollar operation that had 30 manufacturing plants, 12 Innovation and Development sites and 40,000 staff covering more than 100 countries. Before that he was Vice President of Takeda, Asia Pacific, where he managed the company’s operations in 12 countries, which included three factories and 2,000 staff. He has also held senior roles with multi-national pharmaceutical companies Nycomed, DKSH, Novartis, and Sandoz.