Paul O’Neill

Paul O’Neill serves as Executive Vice President and Head of Quality & Operations for Specialty Brands. In this capacity, he leads internal and external manufacturing, supply chain distribution, device engineering, quality, technical services, and product support.

With more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing operations, plant start-ups, technology transfer, and supply chain management, Mr. O’Neill has held leadership roles at major biopharmaceutical companies.

Mr. O’Neill joined Mallinckrodt in March 2023, previously serving as Senior Vice President of Quality & Operations, Specialty Brands. Before Mallinckrodt, he served as Executive Director of Biologics Operations at Merck, where he was responsible for overseeing the end-to-end supply strategy for Keytruda and the biologics (mABs) pipeline. Mr. O’Neill’s earlier roles at Pfizer and Wyeth included responsibilities across plant operations, supply chain management, new product launches, site start-ups, and network design.

Mr. O’Neill holds an MBA from the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at the University of Delaware and a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology from University College Cork.