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Leader Biography

Declan O’Connor

Senior Vice President, Operations and Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)


Declan O’Connor serves as Alkermes’ Senior Vice President of Operations and EHS. In this role, Mr. O’Connor leads Alkermes’ manufacturing operations at the Athlone, Ireland and Wilmington, Ohio sites, as well as its commercial supply chain function. He is also responsible for the strategic development of operations activities and site infrastructure development.

Mr. O’Connor has more than 25 years of experience in commercial operations, supply chain, and general management. He joined Alkermes as Vice President and General Manager in Athlone upon completion of the merger between Elan Drug Technologies (EDT) and Alkermes, Inc. in September 2011. Prior to this role, Mr. O’Connor held several senior operations positions for Elan Corporation Plc including Head of Global Supply Chain, Vice President of Finance EDT and Head of Finance U.S. Operations.

Mr. O’Connor earned a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from University College Dublin, Ireland and is a Chartered Accountant.

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