Meet our Team - BioTalent

James Cox

CEO & Co-Founder

James is the Group CEO and a Co-Founder of BioTalent. Before this, he had a successful career at Hobson Prior, part of Acacium Group, a leading pharmaceutical staffing business, where he set the record for the highest yearly perm billings in Independent Clinical Services history, launched a new office, and scaled out a global recruitment te...

Nicholas Boyle

Managing Director, UK and DACH

Nick is an LLB graduate from the University of Glasgow who has been recruiting within life sciences since 2013, while still remaining as passionate about the market from day one. Nick is Managing Director for BioTalent in the UK and DACH markets having led successful teams of recruiters on b...

Shaun Robinson

Managing Director - USA

Shaun is the Managing Director of Trinnovo Group USA, overseeing our ambitious growth plans for the largest staffing market in the world. Before this, Shaun cultivated a decade of experience growing private and public staffing businesses across the US and Canada. Shaun has grown multiple businesses across a range of markets, diversifi...

Steven Fuller

Global Community Manager, Race in STEM

A dynamic and open-minded thought leader, Steven Fuller is a passionate speaker, mentor, and advocate in the D&I space, where he cultivates ideas, challenges companies on how to diversify their workforce, and builds meaningful connections with a range of communities. Steve is the Global Community Manager for Race in STEM, a BioTalent and...

Sarah Pawar

Associate Director - Quality (EU)

Sarah recruits within the UK and Irish market for professionals in the Quality Assurance space – in particular, Qualified Persons. She supports a wide range of clients from large-scale manufacturers to small-scale start-ups. "Working in a life-changing industry is...

Dan Jeffery

Sales Director - Contracts (EU/UK)

Dan is the Sales Director at BioTalent and leads our Contracts division globally. Dan specialises in building partnerships with companies across the Life Science spectrum, focusing onQuality Assurance hires within

Michael Kakoullis

Associate Director - Quality & Regulatory (US)

Michael has been delivering solutions in the life sciences recruitment space since 2016. He has helped organisations scale multiple teams across the UK, EU, and now the US. Michael is currently the Head of BioTalent's US division, where he helps develop, scale, and expand our offices in both...

Jochen Surrey

Senior Client Engagement Manager - BioTechnology (EU)

Jochen is focused on building partnerships with both new and existing clients across the US and Europe. With a passion for creating bespoke solutions to support high-growth organisations including Seed, Series A, and Series B companies, Jochen is adept at supporting our partners to implement co...

Alex Smith

Business Manager - Clinical (EU)

Alex is one of our Business Managers and leads our EU Clinical Operations and Development recruitment. He specialises in providing a top-tier service to the Life Science arena across Europe, with focus on Biotech, CRO and Pharma companies – providing permanent solutions across contingent, retained a...

Charlotte Sweetman

Team Lead - Contract Engineering

Charlie is a Team Leader at BioTalent and heads up our Process Controls and Automation team focusing on the US market. Charlie offers a wealth of niche specialist experience in supplying resources across the full automation pyramid to Biotech/Pharmaceutical companies.

Ella Jobson

Team Leader - Medical & Drug Safety (EU)

Ella is responsible for managing partnerships with new and existing clients across Europe and the US, implementing and executing tailored solutions across our specialist brands and geographies, which meet our clients' immediate and long-term goals....

Leah James

Client Engagement Lead - MedTech (EU)

Leah is part of the Client Engagement team at Biotalent, specifically for the DACH region. Leah partners with Medical Devices, Software as a Medical Device, and Biotechnology companies throughout phases of growth. Prior to this role, Leah specialised in the QARA market.

Rebecca Wallis

Senior Consultant - Quality & Regulatory (EU)

Rebecca specialises in delivering QA/RA candidates to clients in the MedTech and Medical Device industries. Rebecca jumped into the industry back in 2017, and after taking a break to raise her son, she is excited to be back working in the forever-growing MedTech market!'

Arbeloa Mehmeti

Recruitment Consultant - R&D (EU)

Arbeloa is part of the Medical Device Engineering division within BioTalent and primarily focuses on appointments across the UK and Europe. He has worked in recruitment for nearly a year and has developed a deep passion for helping professionals find the right opportunity to work on products ...

Dixie Rowley

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Quality (EU)

Dixie is part of the Quality Assurance division at BioTalent and primarily focuses on senior appointments across the UK and Ireland. She is passionate about working within the Life Sciences industry to develop strong relationships with both candidates and clients.

Jogesh Bowry

Senior Recruitment Consultant - R&D (EU)

Jogesh specialises in advanced therapeutics, MSAT & bioprocessing recruitment across the UK and DACH regions, utilising his scientific academic background in his role. Jogesh has a Master's degree in Chemistry from the University of Southampton.

Caleb Clarkson

Recruitment Consultant - R&D (US)

Caleb specialises in building Computational Biology and Bioinformatic teams within the Biotech, Biologics and Pharma space in the US.

Duncan Johnston

Recruitment Consultant - Candidate Engagement (EU)

Duncan specializes in building Quality Assurance teams within the Biotech, Biologics, and Pharma space throughout Germany. He supports organizations ranging from small-scale start-ups to large manufacturing sites.

Shola Anjalee Sonagara

Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Candidate Engagement (EU)

Shola works in the Candidate Engagement team and focuses on securing permanent roles within the Quality Assurance market. She has a Master's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Nottingham and uses her knowledge & admiration for the Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences industries to ensure she sources the best candidates for her client...

Dominic Pritchard

Principal Consultant - Medical & Drug Safety (EU)

Dom has a medical background having trained and worked as a Physician Associate in Breast Cancer Surgery. He has recruited within Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, and now PV/Drug safety, where he focuses on the freelance/contract/consultant workforce. He is incredibly well networked, e...

Ellis Lentell

Team Leader - Engineering & CQV (EU)

Ellis started his recruitment career in 2017 before moving across to BioTalent in March 2021. As a Senior Consultant. He has progressed within the company and currently leads our Engineering Team across the UK, Ireland and DACH regions, supporting global Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical o...

Georgette Shiels

Recruitment Consultant - R&D (EU)

Georgette specialises in delivering exceptional talent into hard-to-fill roles across R&D discovery up to early-stage clinical drug development in the biopharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Greg Hammond

Associate Director - R&D (EU)

Greg has a BSc in Biochemistry and an MSc in Managing the Environment with Bioenergy from Aberystwyth University. Gregg started his recruitment journey in 2015 and has always been dedicated to supporting the Biopharmaceutical industry. He is passionate about Advanced Therapeutics and has attended conferences on the advancement of technology ...

Hannah Hollamby

Business Manager - Clinical (EU)

Hannah leads our Regulatory Sciences team here at BioTalent (Clinical/RA/PV/Medical Affairs/Med Info) where she specialises in the Clinical space; predominantly placing Medics with expertise in Clinical Development and Medical Affairs into Pharma/Biotech organisations.

Josh Greaves

Business Manager - Quality & Regulatory (US)

Josh has a passion for placing people in roles they can thrive in. Josh has been delivering senior talent solutions in the Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs space since 2016, and now he heads up our Medtech division on the west coast of the US.

Luisa Namadila

Recruitment Consultant - Quality (EU)

Luisa is a Quality Assurance Specialist for the Swiss Region. After completing a degree in Psychology from the University of Southampton, Luisa embarked on her journey through the world of recruitment. Having joined the business in 2021, Luisa is eager to progress through the ranks and keep making a positive impact in the Quality Assurance sp...

Lewis Besbeech

Recruitment Consultant - Data Science & AI (EU)

Lewis specialises in Medicinal & Computational Chemistry across the UK and Europe, providing bespoke advice and support for candidates and clients throughout all interactive stages and aftercare processes.Lewis was born on the South Coast of England in Sussex; he has lived in various places across the UK and is now situated in Sou...

Louise Cleland

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Quality & Regulatory (EU)

Louise specialises in the Quality & Regulatory field of medical devices & digital health across the UK & Switzerland. She was born in Brisbane, Australia but now resides in the heart of London. She loves working with startups to medium-sized companies and has supported companies o...

Natasha Cole

Team Leader - Candidate Engagement (EU)

Natasha focuses on the Quality Assurance space in the Life Sciences sector, working specifically with biopharmaceutical or cell and gene therapeutic sectors. Natasha is currently heading up the Candidate Engagement Team within QA.

Natalie Wattenbach

Team Leader - Candidate Engagement (EU)

Natalie focuses primarily on supply chain and business-facing positions for clients within life science industries across the UK & DACH regions. Natalie also leads the Candidate Engagement function within the Technical Operations / R&D team.

Ashley Lawrence

Co-Founder

Ashley has over a decade of experience in the global recruitment market. His breadth of knowledge encompasses international mobility, alternative delivery models, and change management. A proven entrepreneur in the field of recruitment, Ashley co-founded the award-winning Trust in Soda...

Helena Sullivan

Chief Marketing Officer

Helena is our CMO, leading marketing strategy and delivery for all Trinnovo Group brands (which BioTalent is part of) globally. Her team are responsible for communities, social media, and thought leadership including events, podcasts and blogs, digital marketing, bids & tenders, and more.Helena starte...

Anisha Patel

Chief Financial Officer

Anisha joined Trinnovo Group (which BioTalent is part of) in December 2022 and is now our CFO. She controls the finance function and is focused on providing the ...

Ben Adams

Co-Founder

Ben co-founded BioTalent with a clear vision: to create a staffing agency built around people, culture, and excellence. Ben became a senior advisor to Ex-Military Careers, our social enterprise for veterans, and his success across all businesses saw him win NatWest Entrepreneur of the Y...

Alex Willshere

Group Director of Talent, People & Performance

Alex is an Associate Director at Trinnovo Group (which BioTalent is part of) and heads up our group-wide Learning, Development & Performance team. Alex works closely with our C-level and Directors to ensure

Lucy Neal

Associate Director of Marketing

Lucy is the Associate Marketing Director & Head of Thought Leadership at Trinnovo Group (which BioTalent is part of) and Founder of Women in DevOps, a community on a mission to close the DevOps gender gap and inspire the future leaders of the tech world. She is responsible for strategic p...