Lupin appoints Johnny Mikell as president & global head of quality and Sreeji Gopinathan as CIO
Pharma major Lupin Limited announced the appointment of Johnny Mikell as president and global head of quality. Johnny will be based out of Lupin’s US offices and will lead the company’s quality function globally; he will help steer the company towards enhanced standards of quality and compliance.
Johnny is a very competent quality leader and brings to Lupin over 35 years of rich pharmaceutical industry experience and expertise. He has significant experience in global quality operations and compliance in the generics, branded and API segments. In his most recent engagement, Johnny was the global head of quality and compliance at Apotex. Prior to that, he served as the global head of quality and compliance at Amneal. Johnny has also held leadership positions at UCB, Novartis and Bausch & Lomb.
Johnny holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Master of Science in Microbiology. He has attained his academic qualifications from leading institutions like Duke University, London’s British Standards Institute and Harvard.
Nilesh Gupta, managing director, Lupin said, “Lupin is committed to raising the bar to become the global benchmark for quality and compliance. We are delighted to have Johnny join our leadership team. We have a strong quality and compliance team and having Johnny at the helm will help us achieve our near-term goal of ensuring that our sites are compliant and long-term goal of being the best when it comes to quality and compliance”.
The company also announced the appointment of Sreeji Gopinathan as chief information officer (CIO). He will lead the IT function for Lupin globally, based in Mumbai. Sreeji brings to Lupin over 20 years of significant domain expertise and global experience. Most recently, Sreeji was with Reckitt Benckiser.
Prior to that, Sreeji Gopinathan was associated with Philips, Procter & Gamble, ISRO and Asea Brown Boveri. Sreeji holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Edinburgh, UK and B. Tech (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation) from the University of Kerala.
“We have built a very solid Information Technology foundation, whether it pertains to our manufacturing operations, our sales operations or our HR processes. With Sreeji’s joining, Lupin’s IT function will be further strengthened. With his substantial experience and ability to closely work with businesses, he will expand and invigorate our initiatives in digitization, process automation, data management and analytics which will eventually help improve business results,” said Nilesh Gupta, MD, Lupin.
Johnny is a very competent quality leader and brings to Lupin over 35 years of rich pharmaceutical industry experience and expertise. He has significant experience in global quality operations and compliance in the generics, branded and API segments. In his most recent engagement, Johnny was the global head of quality and compliance at Apotex. Prior to that, he served as the global head of quality and compliance at Amneal. Johnny has also held leadership positions at UCB, Novartis and Bausch & Lomb.
Johnny holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Master of Science in Microbiology. He has attained his academic qualifications from leading institutions like Duke University, London’s British Standards Institute and Harvard.
Nilesh Gupta, managing director, Lupin said, “Lupin is committed to raising the bar to become the global benchmark for quality and compliance. We are delighted to have Johnny join our leadership team. We have a strong quality and compliance team and having Johnny at the helm will help us achieve our near-term goal of ensuring that our sites are compliant and long-term goal of being the best when it comes to quality and compliance”.
The company also announced the appointment of Sreeji Gopinathan as chief information officer (CIO). He will lead the IT function for Lupin globally, based in Mumbai. Sreeji brings to Lupin over 20 years of significant domain expertise and global experience. Most recently, Sreeji was with Reckitt Benckiser.
Prior to that, Sreeji Gopinathan was associated with Philips, Procter & Gamble, ISRO and Asea Brown Boveri. Sreeji holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Edinburgh, UK and B. Tech (Applied Electronics and Instrumentation) from the University of Kerala.
“We have built a very solid Information Technology foundation, whether it pertains to our manufacturing operations, our sales operations or our HR processes. With Sreeji’s joining, Lupin’s IT function will be further strengthened. With his substantial experience and ability to closely work with businesses, he will expand and invigorate our initiatives in digitization, process automation, data management and analytics which will eventually help improve business results,” said Nilesh Gupta, MD, Lupin.
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