22 October 2020
Top hires for VC & PE portfolio companies Q3-2020
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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 | Vaccines | UK |
| CEO | Medical devices | Germany |
| Chief Financial Officer (US-based) | Rare diseases | Denmark |
| Chief Financial Officer | Medical devices | US |
| VP Research | Rare diseases | UK |
| VP Discovery | Cell therapy | Singapore |
| VP Engineering | Medical devices | Switzerland |
| VP Business Development & Licensing US | Genome editing | Ireland |
| Head of Regulatory Affairs | Diagnostics | UK |
| Head of CMC | Immuno-oncology | Singapore |
| Head of US Sales & Business Development | Recombinant products | UK |
| Marketing Director APAC | Surgical devices | France |
| Site Leader Manufacturing Operations France | CDMO | US |
| Chair | CNS diseases | Belgium |
Newly opened projects include:
| Function | Focus area | Location |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | Haemostasis therapeutics | Netherlands |
| Chief Human Resources Officer | Surgical implants | US |
| Chief Business Officer | CNS diseases | US |
| Chief Scientific Officer | Gene therapy | UK |
| Chief Development Officer | Vaccines | Switzerland |
| Head of Growth/Chief Marketing Officer | Digital health | Germany |
| VP Business Development UK & Europe | Drug delivery | US |
| VP Industrial Operations Europe | Consumer health | US |
| VP Product Development | Vaccines | US |
| VP Commercial Europe | In vitro diagnostic products | Israel |
| VP Business Development US | Oncology | Singapore |
| Head of Data & Analytics | Antibody therapeutics | UK |
| Chair | Drug delivery | UK |
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