David Smith

Overview

As the member of the AstraZeneca Senior Executive Team responsible for Operations, David Smith leads the global Manufacturing and Supply organisation. His aim is to ensure that AstraZeneca becomes the recognised industry leader through sustained supply excellence. David is also responsible for the AstraZeneca Group Safety, Health and Environment, Regulatory Compliance, Purchasing and Engineering functions. David spent his early career in Pharmaceuticals initially with the Wellcome Foundation in the UK. In 1995 he moved to the US and spent 9 years in the consumer goods sector working for Estee Lauder Inc in New York and the Timberland Co as SVP Global Supply Chain. In 2003 he returned to the pharmaceutical sector and joined Novartis AG based in Switzerland. David joined AstraZeneca in April 2006 as Executive Vice President of Operations.