SENIOR EXECUTIVE
consulting and recruitment
We appoint the leader.
We build the team.
Executive search, strategic headhunting, and specialist recruitment for healthcare and life sciences organisations. From Board appointments and executive leadership to the specialist capability around them. Permanent, interim and fractional.
BEFORE THE SEARCH BEGINS
The Appointment.
Healthcare and life sciences organisations come to us at very different points in their journey. Some are building around a new innovation. Some are preparing for growth. Some are entering new markets. Others are replacing a leader, strengthening a team or introducing capability that has become critical to the organisation’s future.
The situations may be different, but the underlying question is often the same. The organisation needs people with the experience, judgement and expertise to help it move forward.
That might be a Board appointment, an executive leader, a functional head or highly specialised capability. Whatever the role, we start by understanding what the organisation is trying to achieve and the part that person will play in making it possible.
THE ORGANISATIONS WE WORK WITH
Who we help.
The organisations we work with are diverse, but they are often facing similar decisions. Some are building around innovation. Some are preparing for growth. Some are entering new markets, strengthening leadership or introducing capability that has become critical to the next stage of the business.
Wherever they are in that journey, the focus is the same: building the right organisation for what comes next.
Building a biotech, medtech or healthtech company
Building around innovation often brings a different set of challenges. As the company evolves, so do the decisions around leadership, capability and the people needed to support growth.
Preparing for growth in the United States
For many Australian, New Zealand and APAC healthcare companies, growth eventually leads to the United States. The opportunity can be significant, but so are the decisions around leadership, capability and organisational structure.
Growing or transforming an established organisation
Growth, acquisitions, expansion, succession planning and organisational change all create new capability requirements. Sometimes it's about replacing expertise. Sometimes it's about building something that hasn't existed before.
Expanding across Australia and APAC
Entering a new market requires more than a single appointment. Success depends on having the leadership, expertise and capability needed to build momentum and sustain growth.
Leading a healthcare provider or sector organisation
Healthcare providers, payers, not-for-profits, associations and industry bodies operate in complex environments where workforce, funding, service delivery and strategy must all remain in balance.
THE PEOPLE WE APPOINT
The people.
The organisations we work with are often trying to achieve something important. They may be preparing for growth, entering a new market, strengthening governance, commercialising an innovation or building capability that does not yet exist within the business. The appointment is rarely the objective. It is part of what allows the organisation to move forward.
That might be a Chair, CEO or executive leader. It might be a commercial, medical, regulatory or operational leader. It might be specialist expertise that becomes the difference between progress and delay.
The title may be different, but the principle is the same. Every appointment should contribute to where the organisation is heading and the capability required to get there. Whether that means strengthening leadership, building a new function or introducing specialist expertise, we start with the organisation and work backwards from there.
Board & Governance
Independent Chairs, Non-Executive Directors, Advisory Boards and governance appointments that bring experience, perspective and strategic oversight.
Executive Leadership
CEOs, Managing Directors, General Managers, Country Leaders and C-suite executives responsible for setting direction and leading change.
Functional Leadership
Commercial, Medical, Regulatory, Clinical, Market Access, Quality, Finance, Operations, Technology and People leaders who build capability across the organisation.
Business-Critical Specialists
Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, Market Access, Health Economics, Digital Health, Scientific, Commercial and other specialist appointments critical to growth and execution.
HOW CAPABILITY ENTERS THE ORGANISATION
Permanent. Interim. Fractional.
The organisations we work with are not always looking for the same outcome. Some are building for the long term. Some need immediate leadership or specialist expertise to navigate an important period of change. Others need access to experience and judgement before the role, structure or workload justifies a full-time appointment.
The capability may be permanent, interim or fractional. The more important question is what the organisation needs now, what it may need next and how those decisions support the direction it is heading.
In some cases, a permanent appointment is the right place to start. In others, interim leadership creates the space to make the longer-term decision properly. Sometimes fractional expertise helps establish a function, support key decisions or build capability that can later evolve into a permanent role.
The model may change. The objective rarely does. The organisation still needs the right capability around it.
Permanent
For organisations building long-term capability and looking for leadership, expertise or specialist appointments that will continue to shape the business over time.
Interim
For periods where experience is needed immediately, whether that means maintaining momentum, leading through change or bridging a critical gap.
Fractional
For organisations that need senior capability, judgement and experience without the requirement for a full-time appointment.
WHY HUNTON EXECUTIVE
Inside the industry
Our relationships across healthcare and life sciences have been built through more than 25 years of working with the people who lead, build, finance and advise organisations across the sector. Through our search work, industry involvement and strategic partnerships, we remain close to the conversations shaping companies, markets and careers.
That gives us more than a broad network. It gives us an informed view of who has built meaningful capability, whose judgement is respected and who may be ready for a conversation when the right opportunity is presented.
Technology helps us research the market with greater speed and depth. It is experience, credibility and trusted relationships that allow us to enter it, reach people who are not actively looking and engage them in a serious conversation about your organisation.
Because we understand the organisation before the search begins, we can represent more than a role. We can explain why the appointment matters, what the person will be expected to make possible and the company they will have the opportunity to help build.
THE CONVERSATION
Start here.
You may already know the appointment you need to make. You may be considering leadership, specialist capability or a broader team build. You may simply know the organisation needs something different for the next stage.
Wherever you are in that process, the first conversation starts with understanding the organisation, what it is trying to achieve and the people required to help make it possible.