Barry Alan Wren
Finance and HR Director
Diabetes and Business managememt
Lilly
South Africa
Biography
Born and schooled in Zimbabwe, Barry moved to South Africa to study at Rhodes University, majoring in Accounting and Commercial Law. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC, working in both Assurance and Transaction Services. Barry started working at Lilly in April 2015 and has spent the majority of his career in the healthcare industry. He has experience in Finance, Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources and General Management.
Research Interest
• Personal philosophy... …Find contentment with what you have, else neither possessions nor achievements will satisfy you. • Guiding principle… …Always act with Integrity and treat everyone with equal respect, whether street sweeper or CEO. • Defining moment… …The day I became a father. • Career philosophy is… …Set ambitious goals, do your best to achieve them and have fun along the way. • Greatest lesson… …Happy wife…Happy life. • What concerns me most is… …that life gets too busy that I forget to “live in the moment”.
