John Lechleiter
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John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D., has served as president and Chief Executive Officer of Eli Lilly and Company since April 2008 and as chairman of the board of directors since December of that year. Lechleiter joined Lilly in 1979 as a senior organic chemist in process research and development and became head of that department in 1982. In 1984, he began serving as director of pharmaceutical product development for the Lilly Research Centre Limited in Windlesham, England.