Selected search mandate
Chief Commercial Officer
Life Sciences · Switzerland — anonymised and published with client consent.
All mandates
- Business context
- Late-stage business preparing for first commercial launch in multiple markets.
- Search challenge
- Launch experience in the relevant therapeutic area was held by a population of fewer than forty accessible executives across Europe.
- Outcome
- Mapped the full population, approached twenty-two, presented a shortlist of four and completed the appointment.
How the search was run
- 01
Mandate Definition
- 02
Leadership Profile
- 03
Market Mapping
- 04
Target Identification
- 05
Executive Approach
- 06
Assessment & Calibration
- 07
Shortlist Presentation
- 08
Client Interviews
- 09
References & Due Diligence
- 10
Offer & Negotiation
- 11
Appointment
- 12
Transition & Onboarding
Assessment framework
Executive track recordFunctional expertiseScale and complexityP&L responsibilityTransformation experienceInternational exposureBoard interactionCultural alignmentStrategic capabilityLeadership styleMotivationCompensation alignment