10 Elanco operations leaders
Grace McArdle, Executive Vice President Manufacturing and Quality at Elanco, is one of ten Elanco operations leaders listed here, alongside people who hold vice president roles in manufacturing, external manufacturing, quality and R&D operations at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Elanco from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Gary Oldham
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Manufacturing Productivity, Transformation and Strategy · Elanco
Gary Oldham has been Vice President Global Manufacturing Productivity, Transformation and Strategy at Elanco since August 2025, based in Greater Indianapolis. The profile headline gives the role as Vice President – Manufacturing Strategy and Engineering at Elanco, and the row lists it at the executive level.
Grace McArdle
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President Manufacturing and Quality · Elanco
Grace McArdle has been Executive Vice President Manufacturing and Quality at Elanco since July 2023 and has also held the role Vice President Supply Chain Operations since March 2020. At Elanco, Grace McArdle was Executive Director Manufacturing Strategy and Operational Excellence from 2019 to 2020 and Senior Director API External Manufacturing from 2017 to 2020, and the profile describes API, parenteral and finishing manufacturing leadership.
Laura Watenpool
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Omnichannel Operational Excellence · Elanco
Laura Watenpool was Vice President, Omnichannel Operational Excellence at Elanco from September 2022 to October 2023, a role the listing places in the Operations department at the vice president level. At Elanco, Laura Watenpool was also Executive Director Sales and Operations, US Pet Health from 2019 to 2022, and Laura Watenpool has been Vice President of Sales at Virbac since October 2023.
Maire O'Reilly
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Quality, HSE and Technical Services · Elanco
Maire O'Reilly has been Senior Vice President Quality, HSE and Technical Services at Elanco since March 2022 and has also held the role Vice President Technical Operations since January 2020, based in Basel. At Elanco, Maire O'Reilly was Executive Director Quality Manufacturing and R&D from 2019 to 2020, Senior Director Quality Manufacturing and R&D from 2018 to 2019 and Senior Director Quality from 2015 to 2018.
Margaret Platter
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, R&D Global Clinical Operations · Elanco
Margaret Platter has been Sr. Director, R&D Global Clinical Operations at Elanco since June 2020, working remotely from Georgia, and the profile describes leading professionals who provide scientific and operational support to advance the R&D pipeline. At Elanco, Margaret Platter was Advisor, Global R&D Operational Excellence from 2018 to 2020 and Manager, R&D Operations from 2011 to 2015.
Michael Zoabi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Operations and Transformation R&D · Elanco
Michael Zoabi has been Vice President Global Operations and Transformation R&D at Elanco since September 2024, based in the Sydney area. At Elanco, Michael Zoabi held the roles Executive Director R&D Operations from 2019 to 2024 and Senior Director Global Development Operations from 2016 to 2024, and was R&D Site Head and Global Operations from 2015 to 2019.
Nick Davis
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Manufacturing · Elanco
Nick Davis has been Vice President of Manufacturing at Elanco since November 2024, based in Liverpool, England. Nick Davis was Vice President of Manufacturing at TriRx Pharmaceutical Services, LLC in 2024, Chief Executive Officer at Lloyds Clinical from 2022 to 2023, UK Operations Director / GM there from 2021 to 2022 and VP of Manufacturing / Site GM at Ipsen from 2018 to 2021.
Olivier Froelich
LinkedInExperience: Vice President External Manufacturing Network · Elanco
Olivier Froelich was Vice President External Manufacturing Network at Elanco from April 2017 to February 2026, based in Basel, and also held the role Basel Site head and President of the Board of the CH legal entity from 2022 to 2026. Olivier Froelich was Senior Director External Manufacturing - Asia-Pacific, Latin America and API networks at Elanco from 2015 to 2017 and Head Global Manufacturing Science & Technology at Novartis Animal Health from 2013 to 2014.
Philipp Kahr
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global External Manufacturing · Elanco
Philipp Kahr has been Vice President Global External Manufacturing at Elanco since February 2026, based in the Cologne Bonn region, and the profile describes responsibility for the Global External Manufacturing Organization. At Elanco, Philipp Kahr was Vice President Global Supply Chain from 2023 to 2026 and Executive Director Manufacturing & Quality Finance from 2020 to 2023, and was Director Controlling at Bayer Animal Health from 2016 to 2020.
Ryan Carson Hull
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Quality and HSE · Elanco
Ryan Carson Hull has been Vice President Global Quality and HSE at Elanco since August 2026, based in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. At Elanco, Ryan Carson Hull was Executive Director Quality Assurance- Biotech Network from 2025 to 2026, Executive Director Quality- External Manufacturing from 2022 to 2025, Senior Director Technical Services & Manufacturing Sciences from 2021 to 2022 and Site Head from 2017 to 2021.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you stepped into your current operations role?
- 02How do you set priorities for your team when several operations goals compete?
- 03What has your own experience taught you about keeping quality steady while changing a production process?
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