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10 AstraZeneca operations leaders
These ten current and former AstraZeneca operations leaders have held director-level or more senior operations roles at AstraZeneca, from site operations heads to vice presidents of country and regional operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in pharmaceutical companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chad Kellner, MBA, CMRP
LinkedInExperience: Head, Gaithersburg Site Operations · AstraZeneca
Head, Gaithersburg Site Operations at AstraZeneca since October 2022; the profile describes leading a team of engineers, scientists, finance, space management and compliance professionals delivering facilities for biologics research and development. Kellner has also been Senior Director, Engineering and Finance at AstraZeneca since 2021, and was Director, Site Operations Maintenance, Engineering & Automation there (2019–2021).
Chris Maddock
LinkedInExperience: Vice President EMEA Supply Region & UK Operations · AstraZeneca
Former Vice President EMEA Supply Region & UK Operations at AstraZeneca (2019–2023) and former Vice President Global Clinical Supply at AstraZeneca (2016–2023). Maddock has been Vice President S 4HANA Global Operations Business Lead at AstraZeneca since May 2023, and the profile also lists Supply Director - International Region (2013–2016) and Global Supply Director (2011–2013) at AstraZeneca.
Derek Seaborn
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Sweden Operations & Redwood City · AstraZeneca
Former Vice President Sweden Operations & Redwood City at AstraZeneca (2017–2021), and Vice President External Supply & Manufacturing at AstraZeneca since January 2021, based in Macclesfield. Other AstraZeneca roles on the profile are VP Supply & Manufacturing, Wuxi Supply point (2014–2017) and Head of Supply & Planning, Global External Sourcing (2013–2014).
Fredrik Åsell
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Sweden Operations · AstraZeneca
Vice President, Sweden Operations at AstraZeneca since March 2025; the profile says the role is accountable for AstraZeneca's largest manufacturing unit, in Södertälje, Sweden. Other AstraZeneca roles listed are Vice President, Pack 2030 transformation lead (2024–2025), Vice President and General Manager, UK Operations (2021–2024) and Vice President Quality, Supply Biologics (2018–2021).
Jason Naef, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Site Lead - Manufacturing , Supply and Site Operations · AstraZeneca
Senior Director - Site Lead - Manufacturing , Supply and Site Operations at AstraZeneca since May 2023, a role the profile places in Durham, North Carolina. Naef has also been Director of Formulation at AstraZeneca since 2020, and the profile lists Senior Process Facilitator Formulation (2017–2020) and Formulation Process Facilitator (2012–2017) at AstraZeneca.
Mark Proctor CBE
LinkedInExperience: Vice President UK Operations · AstraZeneca
Vice President UK Operations at AstraZeneca since April 2024; the profile describes being General Manager for AstraZeneca's Macclesfield Operations site, a COMAH site manufacturing steriles, parenterals and OSD formulation and packing. Other AstraZeneca roles listed are General Manager, Liverpool Operations (2021–2024) and Global Supply & Strategy Exec. Director (2017–2021).
Pam Cheng
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President - Global Operations & IT and CSO · AstraZeneca
Executive Vice President - Global Operations & IT and CSO at AstraZeneca since June 2015; the profile headline gives the role as Executive Vice President - Global Operations & IT, Chief Sustainability Officer. The profile describes a career spanning manufacturing operations, pharmaceutical development, supply chain and logistics and commercial operations, and lists President, MSD China at Merck (2011–2015).
Sarah Dayre
LinkedInExperience: SVP, EMEA Supply & Sweden Operations Macclesfield Campus Lead · AstraZeneca
SVP, EMEA Supply & Sweden Operations Macclesfield Campus Lead at AstraZeneca since March 2025. Other AstraZeneca roles on the profile are RVP Supply EMEA & Macclesfield Campus Lead (2023–2025) and VP & General Manager, Wuxi (2017–2021); the profile also lists SVP Technical Operations at Guerbet (2021–2023).
Shane Doyle
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations & Sustainability for Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease Unit · AstraZeneca
Head of Operations & Sustainability for Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease Unit at AstraZeneca since July 2021; the profile summary describes Doyle as Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Sustainability at Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease. The profile also lists SVP, Head of Global Operations (2018–2021) and SVP, Manufacturing, Engineering & Capital Projects (2017–2018) at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Vera Meliala
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · AstraZeneca
Senior Director of Operations at AstraZeneca since August 2021; the profile describes designing and implementing operational frameworks aligned with the company's business objectives. The profile also lists Plant Director at Abbott (2016–2021), Associate Director Manufacturing at Abbott (2015–2016) and Sr. Production Manager at Abbott (2012–2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question: a site operations head suits questions about running one manufacturing or research site, while a country, regional or global operations executive suits questions about networks of sites and supply. Check whether the relevant AstraZeneca role is current or past before asking about recent practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a pharmaceutical company decide what to standardize across manufacturing sites and what to leave to each site?
- 02What does it take to run a regulated sterile or oral solid dose manufacturing site well day to day?
- 03How do operations leaders balance internal manufacturing with external supply and contract manufacturers?
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