Lilly SA announces appointment of first local MD in over a decade and introduces Diabetes Conversations at this year’s SEMDSA / DESSA Congress

Abstract

Jacques Blaauw, 37, has been appointed as Lilly’s new managing director for South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa. He is the first local MD in over 12 years. Jacques takes over from American Jim Ringer who has been heading Lilly South Africa for the past three years. Ringer returned to Lilly’s global head office in Indianapolis, Indiana.