Grace McArdle serves as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing and Quality for Elanco. 

Grace is well positioned to lead the complex, dynamic agenda of Elanco Manufacturing and Quality – from supply chain excellence across our portfolio to delivering future innovations for our customers. With more than 20 years of experience, Grace has held multiple roles across Manufacturing at both Eli Lilly and Elanco – from process and capital engineering to operations and site leadership. She has worked across multiple manufacturing technologies including vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and active pharmaceutical ingredients. More recently, Grace has led the Elanco Manufacturing Strategy and Operational Excellence teams and served as the Vice President of Global Supply Chain.  

Grace holds two master’s degrees in engineering – Biopharmaceutical Engineering from University College Dublin and Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast.