Coulter Partners

About Us

Coulter Partners provides leadership consultancy to Life Sciences, Health and Technology innovation businesses globally. We build teams that change the world and create a better future. Over 20 years we have delivered on 1000s of assignments across the USA, Canada, UK/Europe, and APAC, advising companies and investors on how to shape and hire their boards and leadership teams. We strongly impact value and growth. Our 110 experts operate uniquely as one global team. With our track record, AI, bespoke systems and wealth of data, we fuel the ability of investors, boards and executive teams to deliver value from innovation.

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The Coulter Partners team is made up of 110 experts, working in 40 countries, holding 250,000 conversations with industry leaders each year. Together we channel data and learning to the benefit of our clients. We are a diverse group of experts with backgrounds ranging from science and technology, to the arts, finance, and more. Our reward system is designed to drive one-team behaviors and we work together seamlessly to combine industry experience and global insight with our passion for progress. Our team understands and is up to date with the challenges you face and the opportunities your business can maximize. This means we can find and develop exceptional individuals to drive you forward.

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Solutions And Expertise

Our network is carefully curated and gives us access to leaders who can guide science, technology and innovation-driven companies through all stages of growth and evolution. Our executive search is an end-to-end process, underpinned by rigorous data and analytics from our dedicated Business Intelligence function and CP:Net™, our proprietary AI-driven candidate and company database.  Our Board Advisory brings over two decades’ experience in building, advising and evolving boards for private and public companies. We understand what value a board can bring and how to evaluate its suitability for the stage of the business and the 3–5-year plan. We also provide leadership advisory at every step of the way. We have a network of mentors and advisors that bring the next level of insight to your organization, to build teams that change the world.

Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Culture Shaping
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Onboarding
  • Recruitment Research
  • Succession Planning
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  • Agriculture
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Clinical Research
  • Consulting
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Data & Analytics
  • Devices
  • Energy
  • Family Offices
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Foundations
  • Healthcare Services
  • High Tech
  • Industrial
  • Industrial Products
  • Internet
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Machine Learning
  • Medical
  • Medical Devices
  • Natural Resources
  • Non-Profit
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Software
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology
  • Venture Capital
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  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Data/Analytics
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Supply Chain

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News Briefings

Coulter Partners Completes Searches for Cambridge Epigenetix
 Coulter Partners Cambridge Epigenetix Hayden Jeffreys COO Joanne Mason VP

Executive search firm Coulter Partners recently helped Cambridge Epigenetix (CEGX), a pioneer in the development and application of epigenetic technologies, to secure the appointment of two diagnostic experts. Hayden Jeffreys joins the company as chief operating officer and Dr. Joanne Mason becomes vice president of biomarker discovery. The appointments are designed to further strengthen CEGX’s in-house expertise

Coulter Partners Expands As Life Sciences Sector Booms

Global life sciences recruiter Coulter Partners has made seven new appointments in the U.S., Switzerland, Germany and at its London headquarters. Joining the firm are Nona Footz, client partner; Samantha Simonnet, director on the U.S. West Coast; Jean Kim, associate director in New York; and Marie-Garance Leroy, senior consultant in Zurich. Also, Samantha Ng was appointed senior

Coulter Partners Recruits Chief Medical Officer for Kymab

Executive search firm Coulter Partners has placed Dr. Sonia Quaratino as chief medical officer of Kymab Group, a human monoclonal antibody biopharmaceutical company. She will manage the clinical development of the organization’s expanding therapeutic antibody portfolio. Dr. Quaratino is an immunologist and joins Kymab from Novartis, where she served as global clinical program leader – transitional clinical oncology, responsible for

Coulter Partners Opens Office In Zurich

Executive search firm Coulter Partners has opened a new office in Zurich and tapped Phillipp Buis to serve as executive director. This strategic expansion at the firm enhances Coulter Partners’ presence in this key Swiss life sciences market, while also strengthening its German, Austrian, and international networks further. Mr. Buis joins the Swiss based team at Coulter Partners to

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Press Releases

Coulter Partners Recruits Chief Financial Officer for BONESUPPORT

LONDON, U.K., January 23, 2017 — Coulter Partners was delighted to partner with BONESUPPORT AB to secure the appointment of Björn Westberg as Chief Financial Officer and Director. A Scandinavian medical technology company, BONESUPPORT AB is an emerging leader in innovative injectable bioceramic bone scaffolds to treat bone voids caused by trauma, infection, disease or related surgery. Mr

Coulter Partners Places Non-Executive Director on the Board of Therachon AG

LONDON, UK, January 8, 2017 – Coulter Partners was delighted to partner with global biotechnology company, Therachon to secure the appointment of Hans Schikan, Pharm.D., as a non- executive director to the Board of Directors. Therachon focuses on developing treatments for rare, genetic diseases that currently have no available treatments. Their lead pipeline candidate, TA-46, is

Coulter Partners Recruits Chief Medical Officer for Albumedix

LONDON, U.K., January 4, 2017 — Coulter Partners was delighted to partner with Albumedix to secure the appointment of Dr. Giles Campion as Chief Medical Officer. Albumedix develops albumin-enabled therapeutics using its albumin-based products and technologies for advanced drug and vaccine formulation, extended drug half-life and improved drug delivery. Using its products and technologies, Albumedix is advancing

Coulter Partners Places Chief Financial Officer for Medigene AG

LONDON, U.K., December 1, 2016 — Coulter Partners was delighted to partner once again with Medigene AG to secure the appointment of Dr. Thomas Taapken as Chief Financial Officer. Medigene AG is a publicly listed (Frankfurt: MDG1, prime standard) biotechnology company headquartered in Martinsried near Munich, Germany. The Company develops highly innovative, complementary treatment platforms to target various

Coulter Partners Places Chief Scientific Officer for Erytech

LONDON, U.K., November 8, 2016 — Coulter Partners was delighted to partner once more with Erytech Pharma to secure the appointment of Dr. Alexander Scheer as Chief Scientific Officer. ERYTECH Pharma (Euronext Paris:ERYP) (Paris:ERYP) (ADR:EYRYY) is a French biopharmaceutical company developing ‘tumor starvation’ treatments for acute leukemia and other oncology indications with unmet medical needs. “Alexander brings a

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D, E & I: VIEWS FROM LEADERSHIP SERIES – Lene Gerlach, Founder and Chair of Women in Life Science Denmark (WiLD), and Partner at Eir Ventures
D, E & I: VIEWS FROM LEADERSHIP SERIES – Yael Gruenbaum-Cohen, Partner at aMoon and Founder of WE@HealthTech
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D, E & I: Views From Leadership Series – Charlotte Valeur, Founder of Institute Of Neurodiversity, ION
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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: Views From Leadership Series- Quita Highsmith, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Genentech
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