Experience matters

Natalie has more than 10-years recruitment experience and joined Skills Alliance in 2023 as an Associate Director of Medical Devices. She oversees specialist markets, including Aesthetics, Ophthalmology and Medical Imaging for North America and EMEA. Professionally, her focus lies in placing commercial professionals/executives into permanent positions within these markets, and overseeing a team of consultants, each responsible for their own region.

Akbar joined Skills Alliance in 2019 with 7 years proven Medical Device recruitment experience and has taken on a Team Lead role, focusing on the Medical Device Market and delivering searches across EMEA.

Nicole started her career in recruitment at Sthree in 2010 and has been working in Life Science industry since then. Building strong Teams from scratch is one of her fortes, and since 2021, she has been responsible for building the german office in Frankfurt. Professionally, her focus lies with the placement of professionals/executives into permanent positions in the areas of Quality, Regulatory, Medical, Market Access, HR and Supply Chain.

Jasmine focuses her expertise within in the manufacturing space in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and CDMO industries across France and Benelux. Having a scientific background, she has a passion for the industry and has successfully completed placements in niche areas within the Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, Technical Operations and Site Head departments. She specialises in management level positions to VPs/COOs.

Caroline is a recruitment leader with fourteen years’ global Life Sciences experience. With a BSc in Psychology, she began her career specializing in European R&D recruitment solutions, specifically clinical operations, before joining Skills Alliance in 2015. She moved out to launch our Seattle office and is now driving the US business forwards with the vision of becoming a global leader in the life sciences sector. Caroline is passionate about helping SME biotechnology companies scale up rapidly and brings a wealth of people-centric solutions to her clients.

Mark has worked at Skills Alliance since 2010. He oversees the UK Permanent Division, having previously managed the UK & European Clinical Operations Team for 5 years. Mark also recruits for senior clinical positions in the UK. The team places people from CTA to VP level in the UK and across the whole of Europe. He has over 10 years’ experience recruiting clinical professionals in the UK, Europe and the US.

With over 9 years of recruitment experience, Harpreet started his recruitment career with Phaidon International. He began his career focusing on Medical Affairs and Clinical Development, going on to place several CMOs in the Biotech space. In 2018 he joined Skills Alliance and now leads our European Permanent teams having built the London division from scratch. Harpreet is focussed on growing our global staffing division, both in new and current locations.

Emily joined Skills Alliance in 2024 as Associate Director to lead the Medical Device, Notified Body and TIC function across North America and Europe. Herself and the team focus on sourcing niche talent, evaluating technical skill sets, and guiding candidates through the recruitment process, ensuring a high level of detail and precision due to the stringent nature of these roles. They collaborate closely with hiring managers to meet rigorous hiring standards and support compliance-oriented initiatives to maintain robust quality assurance and conformity assessment within the hiring process.

Rachael joined Skills Alliance in 2016 and possesses over 12 years’ of Life Science recruitment experience.  Having successfully managed multiple teams with a global footprint from London, Rachael is now located in New York where she leads an office of experienced recruiters and heads up our East Coast staffing business across both contract and permanent hires.

Since joining in 2019 Lewis has supported quality and regulatory contract placements for global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. His team has specialists to support quality and regulatory at every stage of the drug product life cycle and his personal focus is assisting clinical stage biotech’s.

With over 9 years of recruitment experience, Dan started his recruitment career with Allegis Group. He began his career focusing on Quality Assurance and Validation within the Pharma/biotech space. Having supported large scale projects and large MSP accounts, Dan now leads our Global Client Services team and is focused on growing Skills Alliance client relations across all 3 brands globally.

Sebastiaan is a headhunter with over 7 years of experience in the European and North American Consulting and Advisory market. With experience recruiting for the Big 3, Big 4, and boutique firms, he joined Skills Alliance in 2024 to build and grow their consulting & advisory presence within Healthcare & Life Sciences. His focus lies in the placement of consultants in permanent positions within the Management Consulting, Technology consulting, and Transaction advisory sectors.

Shane brings 7 years of recruitment experience across Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics, Procurement, and Sales. They began their career at ChapmanBlack before moving to Phaidon International, where they serviced companies across North America and Europe, specialising in placing senior executives and transforming global supply chain teams.

Since joining Skills Alliance in 2024, Shane has taken on a leadership role, now heading the Global End-to-End Supply Chain team, where they continue to drive recruitment excellence and deliver strategic talent solutions for organisations worldwide.

Jacob has been executing global biotechnology buildouts for almost a decade with a strong reputation in the Venture Capital market. Having worked with some of the worlds leading organizations, he has a significant network of physicians and scientists across the clinical stage biotechnology space.

Chris began his recruitment career in 2017 at Concilium Search, before moving to Skills Alliance in 2020. With a strong focus on supporting Medical Device and Diagnostics companies across Europe, he has specialised in placing contractors within the Quality and Regulatory sectors. Today, Chris leads our Medical Device contract offering, overseeing a team of expert consultants who provide support throughout the entire product lifecycle across both Europe and the US.