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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059478-22-000143"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LLY"
cik: "0000059478"
company_name: "ELI LILLY & Co"
filed_at: "2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T23:08:56.212660+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eli Lilly elects Dr. Mary Lynne Hedley to board effective May 15, 2022

## Summary
- Dr. Mary Lynne Hedley elected to Lilly's Board of Directors, effective May 15, 2022.
- She will serve on the Science & Technology Committee and the Ethics and Compliance Committee.
- Hedley is a Senior Scientific Fellow at Broad Institute; previously co-founded TESARO (acquired by GSK) and served as President/COO.
- Board determined she is independent under NYSE standards and company guidelines.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059478-22-000143
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LLY
- cik: 0000059478
- company_name: ELI LILLY & Co
- filed_at: 2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59478/000005947822000143/0000059478-22-000143-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59478/000005947822000143/lly-20220502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059478-22-000143
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059478-22-000143.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059478-22-000143.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Mary Lynne Hedley was elected as Director at ELI LILLY & Co.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 2, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Eli Lilly and Company (the “Company”) elected Dr. Mary Lynne Hedley as a new member of the class of 2025, effective May 15, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59478/000005947822000143/0000059478-22-000143-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.