Pharmaceuticals
10 AbbVie operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level or higher operations roles at AbbVie, from the chief operations officer and vice presidents of manufacturing, supply chain and external manufacturing to site heads and directors of biologics, aseptic and manufacturing strategy work. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in pharmaceutical companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Azita Saleki‐Gerhardt
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer · AbbVie
Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer at AbbVie since January 2012; the profile describes leading a global team of scientific, manufacturing, engineering, quality and supply chain professionals responsible for supply and distribution of all AbbVie products, as well as several enterprise services.
Charlie Breslin
LinkedInExperience: Exec. Director of Operations - Biologics Business Unit · AbbVie
Exec. Director of Operations - Biologics Business Unit at AbbVie since January 2020; the profile says the role reports to the VP of Operations and sits on the site leadership team. Former Director Of Operations - Biologics Business Unit at AbbVie (2015–2019), and former Associate Director of Operations Biologics Business Unit (2013–2015) and Production Manager - Botox Department (2010–2013) at Allergan.
Ian O' Driscoll
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Aseptic CoE and External Manufacturing · AbbVie
Senior Director, Aseptic CoE and External Manufacturing at AbbVie since March 2025. Former Senior Director of Global Manufacturing Programs (2023–2025) and Plant General Manager (2020–2023) at AbbVie, and former Global Head Engineering Aseptics and Environmental Sustainability at Novartis (2019–2020); the profile describes 28 years in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
James Hughes
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Packaging & Device Operations, and Factory of the Future Transformation · AbbVie
Vice President Global Packaging & Device Operations, and Factory of the Future Transformation at AbbVie since December 2023. The headline also describes a Vice President AI and Digital Transformation role at AbbVie and lists business strategy, AI and automation.
Kathryn A. Kalivoda
LinkedInExperience: Head of Manufacturing Strategy · AbbVie
Head of Manufacturing Strategy at AbbVie since April 2024 and Operations Product Lead since September 2025. Former Senior Director Manufacturing Strategy (2023–2024), Director, External Manufacturing (2021–2023) and Director, Supply Chain NeuroScience Brand (2019–2023) at AbbVie.
Marc O'Donoghue
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Global Supply Chain · AbbVie
Vice President of Global Supply Chain at AbbVie since March 2024. Former VP External and Contract Manufacturing (2021–2024), Vice President of Biologics Manufacturing (2020–2021), Site Director - API and Biologics Operations (2016–2020) and Site Director (2015–2016) at AbbVie.
Marco Froehlich
LinkedInExperience: Site Head & Managing Director Operations · AbbVie
Site Head & Managing Director Operations at AbbVie since October 2024; the profile describes leading operations at AbbVie Ludwigshafen for pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution. Former Site Director, General Manager (2023–2024), Director Operations (2022–2023), Director Technical Operations & Opex (2018–2022) and Director Bulk Manufacturing OSD (2016–2018) at AbbVie.
Patrick Kenefick
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Supply Chain - Planning, Distribution and Logistics Services · AbbVie
Vice President, Supply Chain - Planning, Distribution and Logistics Services at AbbVie since October 2015, and Divisional Vice President, Distribution and Logisitc Services since September 2015. Former Vice President, Manufacturing Quality Operations (US PR) and Global Supply Chain Quality (2013–2015) and Director, Global Commercial, Distribution and Supplier Quality (2012–2013) at AbbVie.
Paul Coffey
LinkedInExperience: Vice President External Manufacturing · AbbVie
Vice President External Manufacturing at AbbVie since March 2026. Former Vice President Manufacturing - European Region (Pharma) (2024–2026), Vice President Manufacturing - Medical Technology (2021–2024) and Vice President Manufacturing - Eye Care & Sterile Fill (2020–2021) at AbbVie, and former Vice President Manufacturing Eyecare & Biologics at Allergan (2019–2020).
Sean McEwen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Contracting (ME&C) · AbbVie
Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Contracting (ME&C) at AbbVie since June 2025. Former Senior Vice President of Global Quality Assurance and EHS (2024–2025), Vice President of Global Quality Assurance (2019–2024), Vice President of Science & Technology (2015–2018) and Vice President of Biologics Manufacturing (2013–2015) at AbbVie.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question: the chief operations officer and network vice presidents suit questions about how the global manufacturing and supply organization is structured, while site heads and operations directors suit questions about running one plant or product platform. Check whether each AbbVie role is current or past before asking about recent practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a pharmaceutical company balance internal plants with external and contract manufacturers?
- 02What does it take to run a site that makes biologics, sterile fill or small molecule products to regulatory standards?
- 03How do operations leaders plan factory digitalization and automation across a global manufacturing network?
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