Dapo Ajay

Dapo has enjoyed a long career with AstraZeneca, holding a variety of senior Operations and Commercial roles.

In April 2014 Dapo assumed the role of AZ Chief Procurement Officer accountable for the company’s external spend and supplier base across the end to end value chain.

Dapo has held a wide variety of leadership roles across the AZ business, most recently VP Global External Sourcing where she was responsible for Operation’s global supply chain related external spend; and VP Cornerstone in GMSO, where she led the development of a new set of company-wide strategic commercial capabilities, ‘the Cornerstone model and mind-set’, and led the team responsible for the Branded Generics business initiative.  Previous roles included leadership of the iPR business and UK manufacturing sites and heading the International Project Management and Asset Capability Group. 

Dapo has a pharmacy degree and is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.