Sreeji Gopinathan joins Lupin as Chief Information Officer

Mumbai, October 03, 2019: Pharma major Lupin Limited announced today 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, he 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.

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Commenting on the appointment, Nilesh Gupta – Managing Director, Lupin said, "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."

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Lupin is the 8^th largest generics pharmaceutical company by revenues (31^st Mar 2019, Bloomberg LTM) respectively. The Company is the 3^rd largest pharmaceutical player in the US by prescriptions (IQVIA MAT Jun 2019); 3 ^rd largest Indian pharmaceutical company by global revenues (31^st Mar 2019, Bloomberg LTM); 5^th largest generic pharmaceutical player in Japan and 6^th largest company in the Indian Pharmaceutical Market (IQVIA MAT Jun 2019).