Dr. Marta Piñeiro-Núñez

Senior Advisor to Lilly Research Laboratories (LRL) leadership in Indianapolis, USA

Marta is currently Senior Advisor to Lilly Research Laboratories (LRL) leadership in Indianapolis, USA, focused on strategic transformation projects linked to LRL’s Next Generation Research agenda. 

Her prior assignments included a stint as Chief of Staff for the Small Molecule Chemistry organisation, and a decade as Director/Executive Director for the Lilly Open Innovation Drug Discovery program. 

With over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, first as a medicinal chemist in drug discovery projects and later in strategic/management positions, Marta has led a variety of efforts to operate today’s pharmaceutical R&D business, as well as to design and execute business models representing its future state. Marta holds a PhD in organic chemistry from Indiana University and was an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow at Colorado State University.