Experience

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  The RSA Group

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Consultant

    • Apr 2015 - Present
    • London, United Kingdom

    I advise my clients on the appointment of senior level professionals across most functions from Discovery Research to Clinical Development, Commercial and General Management. At RSA I will continue to work on most functions, with a particular focus in R&D, Medical, Market Access and Commercial.

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  TLS Executive Search

  • London

  • Founder & Managing Director

    • Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
    • London

    I have established Talent in Life Sciences to offer high quality, flexible and personal recruitment solutions that deliver clear and measurable benefits to my clients. This mission is grounded in my lifelong passion for this industry and my absolute conviction that partnerships built on trust will deliver the best long term value for me, and importantly, for my clients.We work with our clients to identify, engage, assess and attract high quality candidates in the following functions:• discovery research, pre-clinical & clinical development, clinical operations, • market access, health economics & outcomes research, P&R, medical affairs• regulatory affairs, medical information, communications• sales & marketing, business development & licensing• manufacturing and general management

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  Alexander Mann Solutions

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head of Talent Acquisition - Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

    • Sep 2009 - Sep 2013
    • London, United Kingdom

    Alexander Mann Solutions is a leading provider of talent acquisition and management services across a number of industry sectors. It integrates outsourcing capability and consulting expertise to enable organisations to attract, engage and retain top talent. I led the Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences Talent Acquisition practice which is part of the Professional Services Business of AMS. • Successfully built a profitable centre of excellence by designing, and delivering ‘value – add’ client solutions for senior level recruitment by working closely with key internal and external stakeholders, across AMS and non-AMS accounts in the Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences sectors• Successfully built, trained and led a team of in-house and external research associates to deliver high quality executive recruitment solutions

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  Whitehead Mann

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Consultant in Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice

    • Nov 2000 - Feb 2009
    • London, United Kingdom

    Focused on the full spectrum of the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors, successfully building client relationships and conducting search assignments for senior leadership roles in a wide variety of functions, including commercial and general management, with particular expertise in Research & Development.

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  North East Surrey College of Technology

  • 1992 - 2000: Director of Research & Reader in Neuropharmacology

    • 1992 - 2000

    Led research team of PhD and technical staff investigating the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs and the biological basis of depression. Published in high impact scientific journals and presented at national and international conferences.

  • Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology

    • 1987 - 1992

    Managed the Pharmacology degree course and lectured extensively to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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  St George's Hospital Medical School

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Post-doctoral scientist

    • 1982 - 1987
    • London, United Kingdom

    Research into the biological basis of depression, funded by the Wellcome Trust.