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Todd Winge, VP and general manager of Eli Lilly in Kinsale, says the company’s Irish sites compare very favourably with any global standard

Eli Lilly, selected as Cork Company of the Year 2021 by Cork Chamber. Collecting the award are Todd Winge, vice president and general manager at Eli Lilly in Kinsale, and Mike Smith, general manager at Eli Lilly’s GBS Centres in Cork, Kuala Lumpur and Mexico City, with Elaine Collins of Vodafone Ireland, Paula Cogan, Cork Chamber President, and Conor Healy, CEO of Cork Chamber. Picture: Darragh Kane

Eli Lilly has been operating in Ireland for more than 40 years, beginning with its purchase of a farm near Kinsale, Co Cork, which has grown to become one of the company’s key manufacturing sites.

The company also has a site at Little Island, where its Global Business Solutions (GBS) centre has been based for a decade.