Experience

F-star, an invoX company

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Head of Talent Acquisition

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  F-star is clinical stage Biopharmaceutical Company committed to delivering life-changing treatments for the estimated 80% of patients whose cancer fails to have a durable response to immunotherapies. Our novel technology platform of tetravalent mAb2 bispecific antibodies have a natural human antibody format. This allows for a straightforward manufacturing process, and may provide a favorable safety profile and strong biological potency F-star is clinical stage Biopharmaceutical Company committed to delivering life-changing treatments for the estimated 80% of patients whose cancer fails to have a durable response to immunotherapies. Our novel technology platform of tetravalent mAb2 bispecific antibodies have a natural human antibody format. This allows for a straightforward manufacturing process, and may provide a favorable safety profile and strong biological potency



Lonza

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Global Talent Scout-Cell and Gene Therapy

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  At Lonza, our Cell & Gene offering spans across development and manufacturing services, products, solutions, testing and automation platforms as well as tools and technologies to enable clients to develop, de-risk and industrialise their therapies, from basic research to commercialisation. As a Global Scout, I will be supporting Lonza's strategy of ensuring robust Succession Plans for key leadership positions in Cell and Gene Therapy through the identification and engagement with external talent. Show less



Sirius Talent Solutions Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Feb 2012 - Present

  The overall aim of SIRIUS Talent Solutions is to help companies build talent management solutions that are aligned to corporate vision, culture and business strategy. It is essential that talent and expertise is developed to meet the future needs of the organisation. Companies with mature, integrated people strategies record higher revenues, productivity and increased profitability with lower staff turnover. SIRIUS Talent Solutions’ aim is to provide the next generation of recruitment outsourcing which calls for a genuine business partnership between provider and client, with a strong focus not just on recruitment and selection of talent but on the overall engagement, integration, development and retention. Working in collaboration with Novera Search, we provide our clients with a full range of sourcing solutions; from Contingency to Executive Search, including market insights and mapping. Our services range from operational recruitment outsourcing to development of a complete talent and career development strategy Show less



Kymab Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Head of Talent Acquisition

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Kymab is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a deep pipeline of novel antibody-based therapies in a broad range of indications. The Company generates its product candidates using its proprietary, integrated platforms collectively called IntelliSelect®. Kymab’s platforms have been designed to maximize the diversity of human antibodies produced in response to immunization with antigens. Selecting from a broad diversity of fully human antibodies allows for the identification of antibodies with optimal drug-like properties. I will be responsible for setting up the Talent Acquisition function at Kymab Show less



AstraZeneca

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Global Talent Scout-Oncology Business Unit

  • May 2020 - Mar 2021

  Talent Acquisition helps to deliver AstraZeneca’s ambitious business strategy through recruiting best in class (internal and external) talent to meet the needs and demands of the business. The Talent Scout is responsible for creating and maintaining business critical, senior level and skillset -aligned external talent pipelines. Talent Acquisition helps to deliver AstraZeneca’s ambitious business strategy through recruiting best in class (internal and external) talent to meet the needs and demands of the business. The Talent Scout is responsible for creating and maintaining business critical, senior level and skillset -aligned external talent pipelines.



abcam

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Head of Talent Acquisition UK/EMEA

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

  Abcam is a highly successful and rapidly growing global business focused on supporting research discovery and clinical applications to improve patient lives with ambitions to more than double in size in the next 5 years. We have an ambitious growth strategy and our talent and people capability is critical in enabling and supporting the delivery of our strategy and our continued growth. The Head of Talent Acquisition role is critical in delivering the talent and people capability that Abcam needs for now and the future. The key focus is on transforming our recruitment capability and offering an outstanding recruitment service to internal customers through developing a best in class Talent Acquisition strategy and step changing our approach to candidate attraction, sourcing and selection. Show less



AstraZeneca

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Talent Scout

  • Jan 2017 - May 2019

  Talent Acquisition helps to deliver AstraZeneca’s ambitious business strategy through recruiting best in class (internal and external) talent to meet the needs and demands of the business. The Talent Scout is responsible for creating and maintaining business critical, senior level and skillset -aligned external talent pipelines.

• Global Recruitment Lead-Global Medicines Development (GMD)

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2017

  As Global Recruitment Lead within AZ I am responsible for developing and implementing recruitment strategies in partnership with Senior Business Leaders, HR Business Partners and the hiring community. Working across multiple locations my role is to drive the execution of a global recruiting strategy (planning, tracking, implementation, troubleshooting) for specific client groups within Global Medicines Development (GMD). GMD is a key component of the AstraZeneca Strategy. Our GMD mission is to transform innovative molecules into medicines that improve patient health, save lives and add value to our business. GMD works with our two biotech units–Innovative Medicines and Early Development (IMED) and MedImmune – and the Global Portfolio and Product Strategy (GPPS) organisation. GMD’s role is to understand where there is unmet medical need, to shape our therapy area strategies and to identify the medicines we need to invent, develop and deliver to patients around the world. Show less



Gilead Sciences

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist-UK and Nordics

  • Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

  Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, cancer and inflammation. Our portfolio of 16 marketed products includes a number of category firsts, including the only complete treatment regimens for HIV infection available in a once-daily single pill. Gilead’s portfolio also includes Sovaldi™ (sofosbuvir) for chronic hepatitis C, which, as part of a combination antiviral treatment regimen, provides high cure rates and a shortened course of therapy for many patients. Show less



Takeda

• Japan
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Recruitment Business Partner

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2014



Amgen

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Talent Acquisition Manager-UK, Ireland.

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  Responsible for the recruitment and selection across all areas of the business for the UK, Ireland and the Nordic and Baltic region. Responsible for the recruitment and selection across all areas of the business for the UK, Ireland and the Nordic and Baltic region.



Pall Corporation

• London, United Kingdom

• EMEA Interim Recruiter

  • Feb 2012 - Jan 2013

  Pall Corporation (NSYE:PLL) is a filtration, separation and purification leader providing fluid management solutions to meet the critical needs of customers across the broad spectrum of life sciences and industry. Pall works with customers to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies. The Company's engineered products enable process and product innovation and minimize emissions and waste. Pall Corporation, with total revenues of $2.4 billion for fiscal 2010, is an S&P 500 company with more than 10,000 employees serving customers worldwide. Show less



OLR Scientific (formerly Scientific Staffing Solutions)

• Director

  • Oct 1999 - Feb 2012

  Scientific Staffing Solutions Ltd is a recruitment service dedicated to the provision of a cost effective, customised, innovative service to scientific employers, and specialises in bio-pharmaceutical research and manufacturing companies providing graduate scientific and Specialist Process Engineering staff at a variety of levels. The Company is owner managed and staffed by graduate scientists and engineers with extensive industry knowledge and recruitment experience. Scientific Staffing Solutions Ltd is a recruitment service dedicated to the provision of a cost effective, customised, innovative service to scientific employers, and specialises in bio-pharmaceutical research and manufacturing companies providing graduate scientific and Specialist Process Engineering staff at a variety of levels. The Company is owner managed and staffed by graduate scientists and engineers with extensive industry knowledge and recruitment experience.