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Jacques Tapiero was named president of the intercontinental region for Lilly in November 2004. The intercontinental region comprises of offices in Asia Australia Canada and Latin America. He also is a member of the company’s senior management council. Tapiero had been president and general manager of Lilly France since December 1999.
Born in Morocco Tapiero is a Swiss citizen who in 1980 received a master of business administration from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce at Clermond Ferrand in France. In 1982 he obtained a second master of business administration degree at the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale Arizona.
Tapiero joined Lilly in 1983 as a financial analyst. He held several sales and finance positions at Indianapolis France Sweden and Switzerland. He was named managing director of Lilly Sweden in 1993. From 1995 to 1999 Tapiero was president and general manager at Lilly Brazil. In late 1999 Tapiero was named president and general manager for Lilly France.
Tapiero is a member of the Thunderbird Global Council a council of leading business executives who advise Thunderbird the Garvin School of International Management the world’s leading international business management education institution. | 