Air - Precision in everything

In the rapidly evolving corporate world, strategic vision, kinetic decision-making and nimble agility are essential in every leadership team. Our job is to ensure the most selective talent choices are available to our clients. We combine deep industry knowledge, unparalleled networks and a rigorous package of proprietary assessment tools to ensure our clients hire well, every time.

A successful search process requires rigorous analysis, creative logic and experienced judgment. We provide organisations with solutions. Those come in the form of exceptional shortlists and we do it with uncommon speed, balance and precision. We identify candidates in both complementary and contrasting sectors, domestically and internationally. We focus on the salient requirements without losing sight of human considerations. We expertly advocate on our clients’ behalf and have helped shape the careers of some of life sciences’ notable leaders. Our objective is always the same, to help recruit the best candidates. It’s that straightforward.

Executive Search

We help boards navigate change, understand their role, and inspire long-term success through tough conversations and actionable strategies. We help life sciences boards find diverse and skilled executive and non executive members to address complex business challenges. Our board recruitment process prioritises our clients’ greatest needs, from shareholder activism to cybersecurity and compliance issues, to diversity and innovation.

Our coaching services help leaders and organisations grow, by assessing, developing, and accelerating their potential. Our deep understanding of leadership in the life sciences industry helps us stretch, nurture and release latent talent. We help able leaders accelerate their dexterity and readiness by identifying gaps in their own capabilities and guiding them toward new behaviours and mindsets. We do so in collaboration with an experienced group of professional executive coaches, equipped with a suite of enhanced psychometric and profiling tools.

Artificial intelligence, Deep Learning, Big Data, and Machine Learning are individually or in combination, reshaping business models and organisations at a dizzying speed. Leaders are focused on developing practical use outcomes, from pilot programmes to broad systemic implementations. The top barrier to progress is talent: it’s challenging for companies to find the AI expertise they need. Increasingly, we see companies seeking not only expertise in developing AI tools, but also in implementing and harnessing existing ones. We are proud to be pioneers in attracting AI, Machine Learning & Big Data leaders to help revolutionise life sciences.

We recruit talent directly for our private equity and venture capital clients. There is often a critical need to attract leaders with very specific skillsets in order to achieve investor goals. Consequently, their candidate requirements and experience metrics often differ from those of big pharma, biotech and medtech clients. Candidates that may thrive in large corporations may not always be right for smaller, investment-heavy companies. From embryonic start-ups to more mature enterprises, the needs of investors are often finite. Our expertise in understanding and delivering this is why we partner with some of the world’s leading teams. We not only recruit for the companies they invest in, we augment their own specialist teams directly.

Our talent assessment packages help identify an executive's future potential and guide them to reach their goals. We consider their life and career experiences and long-term aspirations, assess their potential and, where required, offer a clear and balanced leadership coaching solution. As a tool, this works best as a precursor to an executive coaching programme.

Our market mapping, in the form of corporate intelligence reports, are compiled with specific client briefs, commonly focussing on competitors and market trends using raw data to help understand market positioning and value potential. It can provide insights for developing growth strategies, becoming more competitive or identifying new opportunities. By creating market maps, a business can see gaps, analyse competitors, and identify trends, to develop long-term strategies and new products or services. Our mapping is delivered in detailed report form, with the full disclosure of all sources and materials.

Our consulting expertise across the full spectrum of global life sciences and our commercial, strategic and operational experience means that we inhabit a broader orbit than most. This wide perspective can provide insightful, market-specific recommendations, covering competitor analysis, investor sentiment, market dynamics, growth trends, market entry strategies and geographic penetration plans. We can help shape our clients’ paths to markets and help attract investment partners.

Our rewards survey package provides sector-focused compensation insights. We advise clients on the design of executive, employee and sales compensation plans across each of the life sciences sectors, nationally and internationally, with accurate breakdowns and detailed benchmarking.