27 July 2021
Top hires for VC & PE portfolio companies Q2-2021
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Recent top global hires for Venture Capital and Private Equity backed companies, covering a broad range of disciplines and sectors across Life Sciences, Health, and Tech.
This quarter’s successful placements include:
| Function | Focus area | Location |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | Microbiome-based therapeutics | US |
| CEO | CNS diseases | Singapore |
| Chief Medical Officer | Autoimmune disorders | Italy |
| Chief Scientific Officer | Immuno-oncology | UK |
| Chief Medical Officer | Analgesics/Pain solutions | US |
| Chief Technical Officer | Synthetic bio & metabolic engineering | Denmark |
| VP Clinical Operations | Vaccines | Denmark |
| VP Marketing | Drug delivery | Ireland |
| VP Sales | Drug delivery systems | Germany |
| VP People | Oncology | US |
| Head of Global Clinical Affairs | Vascular stent technology | UK |
| Head of Data & Analytics | Antibody therapeutics | UK |
| Laboratory Director | Veterinary services | UK |
| Quality & Regulatory Affairs Director | A.I. enabled diagnostics | US |
| Board Director | Oncology | Singapore |
| Digital Board Director | Fertility services | Denmark |
| Senior US Venture Partner | Life science VC | UK |
Newly opened projects include:
| Function | Focus area | Location |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | RNA epigenetics | Belgium |
| President US | Immuno-oncology | China |
| Chief Commercial Officer | Point of care diagnostics | Belgium |
| Chief Operating Officer | Rare diseases | China |
| Chief Medical Officer | Regenerative medicine | US |
| Chief Technical Officer | Life science tools | Germany |
| Chief Financial Officer | Precision cancer therapeutics | US |
| Head of Sales | Pharmaceutical logistics & supply chain | Sweden |
| VP Sales & Marketing | Neurostimulation devices | Finland |
| VP General Manager Pharma Services | Molecular diagnostics | US |
| R&D team build | mRNA immunotherapies | UK |
| Partner | Transatlantic life sciences investor | UK |
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