Meet the Pfizer Executive Leadership Team: Doug Lankler

Meet the Pfizer Executive Leadership Team: Doug Lankler 

Doug Lankler is Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance & Risk Officer. He has overall responsibility for the Company’s corporate compliance programs and reports to the Chief Executive Officer.

Doug has been with Pfizer since 1999. He has been the Chief Compliance & Risk Officer since 2006. Prior to that, Doug led various functions within Pfizer’s Legal Division.

Prior to joining the Company, Doug was with the United States Department of Justice as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. While in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he prosecuted white collar fraud, corporate crimes, traditional organized crime and terrorism. Doug was a recipient of the United States Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award.

Before joining the Department of Justice, Doug worked in the Litigation Department of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York.

Doug graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany and cum laude from Cornell Law School.

Source: Pfizer Press Releases – Meet Our Executives