Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development
Gino Santini was named senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development in June 2007. He is a member of the company’s executive committee and is also a member of the senior management council.
Santini was born in Cesena, Italy. He received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1981 and a master of business administration degree from the University of Rochester in 1983.
He joined Lilly in 1983 as a financial planning associate in Italy and has held various positions in the financial and marketing components in Italy and Indianapolis. In 1990, Santini was appointed pharmaceutical director for the Lilly affiliate in Belgium, and in 1991, he was named general manager of Eli Lilly Compania de Mexico in Mexico City. He served as area director of Latin America from 1994 to 1995. In 1995, he became vice president of corporate strategy and business development with the responsibility for the public policy and development group added in early 1996. He was named president of the women’s health business unit in 1997. In 1999, he became president of U.S. operations.
