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James A. Ward became vice president and chief procurement officer of Eli Lilly and Company in October 2006. He had been assistant treasurer and executive director of investor relations since June 2004. He serves as a member of the company’s senior management council.
A native of Cincinnati Ohio he received a bachelor of science degree in accounting and finance from Miami University in 1985. He obtained a master of business administration in 1988 from Indiana University.
Ward joined Lilly in 1988 as a treasury analyst. He held various assignments in U.S. Pharmaceuticals and human resources before being promoted in 1991 to manufacturing financial manager. In 1993 he moved to Puerto Rico to become financial director of the manufacturing sites. In 1995 he became controller for the Europe Mideast and Africa region. In 1997 Ward became financial director for LRL clinical operations regulatory late-phase development and later added the newly formed product team organization as well. In 1999 he was promoted to executive director and chief financial officer for European Operations and was based in London until 2004.
Ward is a member of the National Procurement Roundtable and the Corporate Executive Board’s Procurement Strategy Council. | 