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Meet the Team

Alessandro Mantell

Alessandro Mantell

Chief Executive Officer

​Alessandro is an experienced Pharmaceutical Recruitment specialist covering the CDMO, CMO and Preclinical CRO markets who started out as a Consultant back in 2016, swiftly securing a number of promotions where he last ended up managing a resourcing team focusing purely on Key Account Manageme...

Malcolm Peden

Malcolm Peden

Chief Financial Officer

Malcolm is an experienced commercial executive with a strong background in finance, having previously acted as CFO and VP Finance at several technology firms. More recently he has led the sale of two software businesses in his capacity as CEO and led another through a period of substantial internat...

Matt Barnes-Austin

Matt Barnes-Austin

Head of People

Matt is an accredited Associate CIPD Human Resources professional with experiencing leading teams in EMEA and the US across multiple industries. Prior to joining Mantell Associates, he previously worked in TV, Advertising and Supply Chain.In hi...

Siobhan McLoughlin

Siobhan McLoughlin

Head of Marketing

​Siobhan is an experienced marketing specialist, previously working in the wider professional services recruitment industry before joining Mantell Associates. She specialises in copywriting and content marketing, social media management, SEO, email marketing, graphic design and video editing. ...

Harry Jones

Harry Jones

Executive Business Manager, Small Molecule

​Harry is an experienced CDMO headhunter specialising in appointments across Small Molecule API & Drug Product markets. These typically focus on the Commercial space (Business Development, Sales, Marketing & Project Management). Harry’s clients range from the biggest, market leading CD...

Oliver Masson

Oliver Masson

Executive Business Manager, Large Molecule

​Oliver is a Business Studies graduate as well as an experienced head-hunter, having previously covered mid to senior level appointments within the Finance Technology space across the UK. He moved across to the Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical market in 2020 to join Mantell Associates in the...

Lewis Davis

Lewis Davis

Director - USA

​Lewis is a Business Manager here at Mantell Associates and joined in 2022 as an experienced headhunter with over five years Life Science experience.Lewis is focusing on the CRO and Clinical Operations arena, having recently joine...

Christian Lee

Christian Lee

Principal Business Manager, Life Sciences

​Christian is an experienced Head-Hunter who has been specialising in the Pharmaceutical & Life Science markets since 2019 and now leads the Life Science division at Mantell Associates.Having previously specialised entirel...

Sophie Packer

Sophie Packer

Principal Business Manager, Biometrics & CRO

​With 8 years recruitment experience across the Technology, Digital and Life Sciences space, Sophie joined Mantell Associates in 2023 to build out our US and EU Bioinformatics, Data Science & Biometric division.Sophie ha...

Nikhil Akkoo

Nikhil Akkoo

Business Manager - USA

​Nikhil is a US Business Manager spearheading the growth of Mantell Associates US at our Miami office. Since joining Mantell Associates in 2021 in London, he has been promoted twice and has developed an extensive network within the Life Science space working on Executive level and C-Suit...

Carl Gbolade

Carl Gbolade

Business Manager, Cell & Gene Therapy

Carl is a specialist headhunter in the Cell & Gene Therapy, and Medical Device industries. He has the capability to work across a wide range of markets within several different sectors, and his capabilities range from mid-senior positions such as 'Business Development Manager', to 'G...

Jack Dean

Jack Dean

Senior Associate, Biometrics & CRO

​Jack is a Business Management and Marketing graduate, with an extensive knowledge base surrounding business development, marketing and management.Jack moved across to the Biometrics, CRO & Clinical Operations market...

James Haddon

James Haddon

Senior Associate, Small Molecule

​James is an experienced headhunter who prior to joining Mantell Associates, spent 2 years headhunting for Senior level appointments in the Engineering industry across the UK & Europe.James moved across to the Life S...

George Hebden Lee

George Hebden Lee

Senior Associate, Biometrics & CRO

​Before joining Mantell Associates, George previously spent over 3 years building Software Development Divisions for partners across the US, Central and Eastern Europe. In 2022 he made the move across to the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical market to aid Mantell Associates with our growth, and will b...

Robin Mantell

Robin Mantell

Senior Associate, Cell & Gene Therapy

​Robin joined Mantell Associates in 2021 to help continue our enormous success in a hugely busy space. Robin brings previous successful sales and marketing experience, including client management and experience working with senior stakeholders.

Stephanie Moreno

Stephanie Moreno

Senior Associate - USA

​Before joining Mantell Associates, Stephanie had over three years of extensive experience in full-life cycle recruiting and sourcing across multiple industries, most recently in technology.In 2023, Stephanie made the ...

Ewan Rennison

Ewan Rennison

Senior Associate, Small Molecule

Ewan is an experienced headhunter with an eye for detail on providing only the best experience for both clients and candidates.Ewan joined Mantell Associates to support the team’s current growth by sourcing the...

Emer Brady

Emer Brady

People Partner

Emer is an experienced administration specialist and joined the Mantell Associates team in 2021 to support the growth of the organisation and work in the People team.Emer previously wo...

Maddy Savva

Maddy Savva

Talent Acquisition Partner

​​​Maddy is an experienced Recruitment Consultant and comes from a Sales background, with three years of global industry experience across the EU/EMEA. Before joining Mantell Associates she previously worked within the IT sector specialising in the Microsoft Dynamics field.

Rumman Ahmed

Rumman Ahmed

Associate, Life Sciences

​Rumman is a specialist headhunter and joined the Mantell Associates team in 2022 to further aid our global expansion within the Life Science space. Rumman is a commercially focused individual with previous experience in sales, client services and business development. He brings with him a strong academic background in Law, including a...

Amelia Brown

Amelia Brown

Associate, Biometrics & CRO

​​Amelia joined the Mantell Associates team in 2022 as an Associate, to aid our global expansion across US and Europe. Prior to joining the team, Amelia previously worked in Account Management, and now specialises in headhunting within the Pharmaceutical and Life Science space.

Onur Dilek

Onur Dilek

Associate, Large Molecule

Onur is a specialist head-hunter with a 1st Class Honours in Marketing now focusing within the Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Space. In 2021, Onur joined the Mantell Associates team to support the growth in all things Large Molecule, including, Biologics, Biosimilars, Vaccines and Ce...

Christopher Gomez

Christopher Gomez

Associate - USA

Christopher graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in April 2021 and previously worked as a recruiter in the Life Science space, specializing in Tech Ops/CMC.At Mantell Associates, Christopher will focus on headhunting candidates to get leads and referrals in the Life Science space. He will work to bring in new clien...

Valentina Narvaez

Valentina Narvaez

Associate - USA

​Valentina joined the Mantell Associates team in October 2022 as an Associate. Valentina achieved her Master's Degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology and has previously worked in an executive search firm working on a broad range of goals. She now specialises in headhunting within the Pharmaceutical and Life Science space.

Conor O'Sullivan

Conor O'Sullivan

Associate, Small Molecule

​Conor joined the Mantell Associates team in 2022, after having gained vast sales experience over the past four years including a year recruiting within the Life Science space.Conor has joined the team to furthe...

Maria Sanchez

Maria Sanchez

Associate - USA

Before joining Mantell Associates Maria worked within the regulatory affairs space, from clinical to post approval within various organisations, from start-ups to Big Pharma. She has extensive experience within all modalities in new drug development, cell and gene therapy, small molecule, CMC, stra...

Oliver Wood

Oliver Wood

Associate, Life Sciences

​Oliver is an Accounting and Finance graduate, with a strong business mindset. He has previous experience headhunting within the Technology sector, placing people into infrastructure and DevOps roles.Oliver joined Mantell Asso...

Teni Balogun

Teni Balogun

Marketing Associate

Teni is an ambitious Sociology graduate from the University of Sociology and joined Mantell Associates in 2022 to be a part of our global expansion.

Colette McLoughlin

Colette McLoughlin

Marketing Associate

​Colette is a marketing and administration specialist, who joined the Mantell Associates team in 2022 to support the growth of the organisation and work in our Marketing team.Colette worked in the theatre industry bef...

Megan Field

Megan Field

Junior Associate, CRO & Clinical Operations

​With a background in investment stocks and shares, Megan joined the Mantell Associates team in 2022 to aid our global expansion across the US and Europe. She will specialise in headhunting across the CRO & Clinical Operations space, as well as networking and building relati...

Huseyin Pulat

Huseyin Pulat

Junior Associate, Cell & Gene Therapy

Huseyin joined the Mantell Associates team in 2022 as a Junior Associate, after graduating with a first-class degree in Finance and Investment Banking from the University of Greenwich. He has joined MA to aid our global expansion, working closely with our various divisions across the Pharmaceutical and Life Science space and networking...

Michael Selwood

Michael Selwood

Junior Associate, Large Molecule

​Michael joined the Mantell Associates team as Junior Associate, after graduating from Leeds Beckett University with a 2:1 degree in Physical Education.In 2022, Michael joined the Mantell Associates team. He wanted to be surro...

Jack Smith

Jack Smith

Junior Associate, Life Sciences

​Jack joined Mantell associates back in 2022 to further grow our presence in the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industry.He has joined the Life Science division to further aid our global expansion within the space and ...

Thomas White

Thomas White

Junior Associate, Small Molecule

​Thomas joined the Mantell Associates team in 2022 to contribute to our exciting growth within the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industry.He has joined our Small Molecule division to further aid our glob...

Tommy Mantell

Tommy Mantell

Market Research & Administration Assistant

Tommy is currently an ​Undergraduate studying Business Management and Economics at Nottingham Trent University, in the aspiration of achieving a high-level Bachelor of Arts degree.Preceding his final year of University, he is completing an internship at Mantell Associates as Market Research and Adminis...