Slone Partners Appoints Co-CEO

February 3, 2025 – Life sciences-focused search firm Slone Partners has appointed Eric Fink as co-CEO and managing partner. “Eric is a tremendously talented business strategist who brings significant industry experience and compelling insights to our organization,” said Adam Slone, founder and chairman. “His efforts to establish Slone Partners as a leader in fractional search are creating new opportunities for our company and our client partners, who are adjusting to shifting market dynamics by forging new hybrid workforce models consisting of both full-time and fractional specialists, expanding capacities at reasonable costs.”

“I am extraordinarily excited to work closely with Eric as we continue to expand both our retained search and fractional search businesses to better meet the talent needs of our clients,” said Slone Partners co-CEO Leslie Loveless. “Eric and I share a passion for fulfilling Slone Partners’ mission of building innovative companies one leader at a time and sustaining important long-term relationships with our clients that further reinforce our unique value proposition. Together, we seek to move our organization forward, leveraging our teams’ many strengths and creating innovative new pathways for success.”

“The opportunity to serve as co-CEO alongside Leslie is one that I eagerly look forward to,” said  Mr. Fink. “We are aligned on a business plan that scales and expands our range of services while upholding the guiding principles that define our company—transparency, trust, accountability, and a commitment to excellence. With an exceptional team in place, we are confident that Slone Partners will continue to be a leader in the industry and a comprehensive talent partner for our clients in life sciences, healthcare, the non-profit sector, and beyond.”

Mr. Fink has nearly 25 years of diversified experience building and scaling teams, capabilities, and companies across various functional areas and stages, evolving global life sciences companies from start-up through mid-cap. Throughout his career, he has served in several operational leadership roles across commercial, human capital, IT, legal, communications, and finance, and has counseled executive teams and boards of directors on enterprise-wide strategy, opportunities, and risks.

Prior to joining Slone Partners, Mr. Fink served as COO of ABio-X Holdings, a private Boston-based investment and incubation company, where he built and scaled the G&A and operating functions of the company and its portfolio companies. Before that, he served as chief human resources officer at Silence Therapeutics; CHRO at Freeline Therapeutics; executive vice president, CHRO at Global Blood Therapeutics; and in a variety of leadership roles ending as vice president, human resources at Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

In his new role at Slone Partners, Mr. Fink will work alongside Ms. Loveless, helping to guide the firm’s strategic business planning and operations, and overseeing its new fractional talent service, which the firm launched in October. This new service line is designed to complement the firm’s executive search practice, providing current and new clients access to a network of fractional talent comprised of hundreds of verified seasoned leaders and functional experts. These professionals are available on-demand to fill commercial, clinical development, financial, human resources, operations, regulatory, and scientific roles in life sciences, healthcare, and non-profit sectors.

Fractional Talent

“The launch of the fractional talent service aligns with the needs of dynamic companies as they seek part-time, interim, and project-based leaders and specialists to support their workloads, business models, and budgets during periods of growth and restructuring,” Slone Partners said.

Related: Slone Partners Expands Private Equity, Healthcare, and Non-Profit Executive Search Markets

“Fractional talent is a growing need across nearly all sectors, and we view this new service line as a strategic, cost-effective solution for both current and prospective clients looking to strengthen and complement their internal capabilities and build flexibility into their workforce plan,” said Eric Fink, president, who oversees the company’s fractional talent network and placements. “Our unique fractional talent network serves as the bridge connecting organizations with the experts they need to fill critical gaps and execute project-based work.”

Slone Partners is a nationally recognized senior-level recruitment provider that specializes in delivering executive, management, and leadership talent for the diagnostic, biopharmaceutical, healthcare information technology, and laboratory testing industries. The firm has offices in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Recently, Slone Partners was included among Hunt Scanlon Media’s “Top 50 Healthcare & Life Sciences Search Firms.”

In 2000, Mr. Slone founded Slone Partners and acted as CEO from 2000 to 2016. He remains chairman today. His industry knowledge and extensive contacts have enabled Slone Partners to place thousands of executives and industry professionals. Today, Mr. Slone remains engaged with Slone Partners, with a specific focus in strategy, finance, M&A advisement, and business development in Boston and California.

Related: Slone Partners Appoints Practice Leader for Healthcare

Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor  – Hunt Scanlon Media

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