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
Industries
  • 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
Functions
  • 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

News Briefings

Coulter Partners Fills Board Position for Nanotechnology Company Nanoform

Although boards of directors are considered the backbones of organizations, director recruiting has grown markedly more challenging, say recruiters who conduct searches in that area. As a result, companies continue to turn to executive search firms to help find new board members. Recently, life sciences-focused executive search firm Coulter Partners placed Mads Laustsen as a non-executive board member for Helsinki-based

Coulter Partners Opens in Sydney and Singapore, Makes Three Key Appointments

Life sciences-focused executive search firm Coulter Partners has opened new offices in Sydney and Singapore in addition to making three key appointments. Steven Johnson joins the firm as executive director in Sydney, while Martin Grindrod takes over as director in Singapore. In London, Rob Sansom joins as director to consolidate the international commercial pharmaceutical team.

Coulter Partners Opens in Paris, Expands Staff

Life sciences-focused executive search firm Coulter Partners has continued its recent growth with the opening of new office in Paris and 14 new appointments worldwide. All of this follows an extremely successful year which saw the firm’s revenues increase by 31 percent, making Coulter one of the fastest growing search firms this past year. “Another remarkable

Coulter Partners Recruits CEO for ArunA Bio

Persistent talent shortages and the need to develop and retain employees with critical business and technology skill-sets will continue to challenge global life sciences companies for the foreseeable future, according to Deloitte’s global sector outlook on life sciences. Navigating this new world of work requires a dramatic change in strategies for leadership, talent and human resources.

Press Releases

Coulter Partners Secures Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman for Agendia

LONDON, UK, April, 26, 2017 – Coulter Partners was delighted to partner with Agendia, Inc., a world leader in personalized medicine and molecular cancer diagnostics, to secure the appointment of Patrick J. Balthrop Sr., former CEO of Luminex, as Non-Executive Chairman. “Patrick’s knowledge and experience in driving rapid growth in technology-led companies is exceptional, and will

Coulter Partners supports Bluebee in appointment of Chairman and Non-Executive Director to the Board of Directors

LONDON, UK, April 21, 2017 – Coulter Partners was delighted to work with Bluebee, a leading provider of high performance genomics solutions, to secure the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. Lars Kongbak has been appointed as an independent director, and Nicolas Roelofs will become Chairman of the Board. Bluebee (www.bluebee.com) provides

Coulter Partners places Chief Medical Officer for Poxel SA.

LONDON, UK, March 15, 2017 – Coulter Partners was delighted to partner with Poxel SA to secure the appointment of Christophe Arbet-Engels, MD, PhD, MBA, as Chief Medical Officer and EVP Late Development & Medical Affairs, based in Boston. POXEL SA (Euronext – POXEL – FR0012432516) is an international biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of

Coulter Partners places Chairman and Non-Executive Director on the Board of Oxford BioTherapeutics

LONDON, U.K., February 9, 2017 – Coulter Partners was delighted to partner with international biotechnology company, Oxford BioTherapeutics, to secure the appointments of Bernd Seizinger M.D., Ph.D. as Chairman and Jean- Pierre Bizzari, M.D. as non-executive director to the Board of Directors. A clinical-stage biotechnology company developing antibody therapeutics for cancer, Oxford BioTherapeutics has a

Coulter Partners Places Executive Vice President Research and Development for Kymab

LONDON, U.K., January 26, 2017 — Coulter Partners was delighted to partner with Kymab to secure the appointment of Dr Arndt Schottelius as its first Executive Vice President Research & Development. Kymab Group Limited is a leading biopharmaceutical group focused on the discovery and development of fully human monoclonal antibody drugs using its proprietary Kymouse™ antibody platform. Dr