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Mike McDermott

Title: Chief Global Supply and Quality Officer, Executive Vice President

Company: Pfizer Industry: Healthcare & Life Sciences

As Executive Vice President and Chief Global Supply Officer, Mike McDermott directs Pfizer’ s massive internal manufacturing network and supply chain operations. A nearly fourdecade veteran of the company, he is widely recognised for his decisive leadership during Project Light Speed, where he engineered the manufacturing scale-up and ultra-cold-chain logistics required to deliver the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the world. Today, he continues to drive operational excellence, facility automation and high-volume sterile production across Pfizer’ s global manufacturing footprint.

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