Pharmaceuticals
Our clients are varied in the pharmaceuticals/healthcare sector. We work with a range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, from FTSE 100 clients to smaller R&D biotechnology companies and also with healthcare companies, providing consumer health, beauty products and high-tech diagnostic products.
Examples of completed assignments
| Senior Legal Counsel | International Health & Beauty Group |
| Legal Director | FTSE 100 Pharmaceutical Giant |
| In-house Legal Counsel | Biotechnology Plc |
| Tax Reporting Manager | Private Health Insurer |
| Deputy Head of Tax | Global Pharmaceutical Company |
| European Tax Manager | Medical Diagnostics Company |
Karen
Glass
London office
Karen specialises in placing lawyers from mid-level to General Counsel level on a permanent basis into a range of financial services clients, including retail and investment banks, insurance companies and professional services organisations.
She initially qualified as a lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna and practised as a projects lawyer before moving to Speechly Bircham LLP as a commercial lawyer. She then decided to move into legal recruitment and joined a global recruitment company, where she placed lawyers of all levels into FTSE350 companies.
Paul
Murphy
London office
Paul works in the Commerce team and specialises in recruiting from Senior Manager to Head of Tax.
Since joining Pure in 2005, Paul has successfully recruited for a number of leading companies and has established relationships with companies within the FTSE 100, 250 and overseas multinationals.
Paul trained in tax at KPMG in London and followed this with an in-house tax role at Reckitt Benkiser plc, before joining Pure. He read Law at Hull University.
Kimberley
Britt
London office
Kimberley joined Pure in 2007 and has become a key member of the Interim Tax team. Her principal focus is on the placement of tax professionals into temporary and contract assignments predominantly within the Industrials, Consumer Services, Healthcare, Technology and Telecommunications sectors.
In addition to the above, Kimberley also specialises in recruiting tax professionals into Practice, both accounting and legal firms.
Prior to joining Pure, Kimberley spent six years establishing a successful property finance company in Melbourne, Australia, providing professional taxation advice on both residential and commercial property.
Adam
Akbar
London office
Adam joined Pure in 2005 from a well-recognised international search firm. He is responsible for leading and expanding our finance search practice, specialising in the placement of Controllers, Directors,Treasurers and CFOs. He has spent his entire career working in the field of finance appointments, during which time he has executed high-profile assignments for a wide variety of businesses from multinationals to SMEs. Adam primarily works in partnership with consumer-focused and services based businesses.Adam graduated in Economics & Management from Cardiff University.
Adam is a passionate football fan, an avid reader and a keen travel enthusiast.