George Llado, Sr. is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. An industry veteran with over 30 years of pharmaceutical business, technology, and cyber-security experience, Mr. Llado, through his time at Alexion, contributed to the development and implementation of innovative technology, enabling data-driven insights across Alexion's R&D, Commercial, Manufacturing Operations and Supply Chain functions.
Prior to joining Alexion, Mr. Llado served as Vice President and business line CIO for Merck and Co., where he led the planning and development of IT solutions for the company's Manufacturing Division. Before that, he was Merck's Vice President, IT and business line CIO for the Global Commercial Organization and various corporate G&A functions, and he led the large-scale merger integration of Merck and Schering-Plough across the IT and Shared Business Services organizations. He also held several other positions of increasing responsibility at Merck, and previously worked at Citibank, N.A.
Mr. Llado serves on the TraceLink Inc. and National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) boards. He has been a director of Charles River since October 2020. He was selected to the Board in recognition of his extensive experience as a senior executive at global companies in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as his technology and cyber-security expertise.