Azita Saleki-Gerhardt — Senior Vice President of Operations at AbbVie

Dr. Azita Saleki-Gerhardt, Ph.D, serves as Senior Vice President of Operations at AbbVie Inc. Dr. Saleki-Gerhardt has built a strong reputation focused on creating unique value for AbbVie's more than 28 million patients around the world. She has significant experience in complex acquisitions and in leading large international business operations. She served as a Vice President of Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing and Supply at AbbVie Inc. since 2011 and also served as its Divisional Vice President of Quality Assurance and Global Pharmaceutical Operations from 2008 to 2011. She joined AbbVie Inc. (Formerly Known As Abbott) in 1993. Dr. Saleki-Gerhardt leads a team of more than 6,500 scientific, engineering, business, quality, supply chain, security, purchasing and manufacturing professionals responsible for the supply and distribution of all AbbVie products, as well as a number of enterprise-wide services. She is responsible for AbbVie's global manufacturing network, oversees relationships with more than 2,000 global suppliers and manages a distribution network that spans 170 markets. She came to AbbVie through its 2013 spin-off from Abbott, which she joined in 1993 as a research scientist, assuming roles of increasing responsibility in pharmaceutical development, manufacturing technology and quality. She has been Non-Executive Director of Entegris, Inc. since August 26, 2017. She has been awarded several patents related to pharmaceutical sciences. She is a member of the Chicago Network, serves on the board of United Way of Lake County, Illinois, is the Chair of the Global Quality and Manufacturing Committee for industry association PhRMA and is a member of the School of Pharmacy Board of Visitors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Saleki-Gerhardt earned her Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees in pharmaceutics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.