December moves 2020
Investors
- Michael Moore has joined Equillium Bio as VP, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
- Forbion closed its fifth Life Sciences fund at €460M
Analysts
- Kane Slutzkin has joined Numis as Healthcare Equity Research Director. He was previously at UBS
Media
- Kyle Blankenship has joined Endpoints as Senior Editor. He was previously at Fierce Pharma
- Kate Burgess FT Lombard Editor has left the publication
November moves 2020
Investors
- Jon Edwards has joined Red Tree Venture Capital as managing director. He was previously at Medicxi
- Bruno Strigini joins PE firm Permira as a senior adviser focusing on healthcare
- Thuja Capital Management launches Thuja Capital Healthcare Fund III and expects to raise €75M to EUR €100M once fully completed
- SR One Completes Spin-out from GSK and Closes First Fund at $500 Million
Analysts
- Mark Hong has joined Bryan Garnier as Healthcare Investment banker, in London
Media
- Nicholas St. Fleur joined STAT as Science Reporter
- Kat Lay has been promoted to Health Editor of The Times
- Eliza Slawther has been appointed Pharma Reporter at APM Health Europe
- Catherine Schuster Bruce joined Business Insider UK as Healthcare Reporter
- Frank Vinluan has left Xconomy
- Adam Samson appointed Markets News Editor at the Financial Times
- Naomi Ackerman joined the Evening Standard as City Reporter
- Louise Moon joined The Daily Telegraph as Business Reporter
- Christian May, Editor of City AM, is leaving and will be temporarily replaced by Andy Silvester
October moves 2020
Investment firms
- Joe Anderson joined Sofinnova Partners as Partner in the Crossover Fund
- Jeroen Bakker Principal at Novo Seeds has joined Rappta Therapeutics’ Board
- Omega Funds’ Managing Director Claudio Nessi and Principal Francesco Draetta joined Chord Therapeutics’ Board
- Kate Rowley previously Investment Director for Bioscience Managers has been appointed Chief Business Officer at Abcodia Ltd
Media
- Olivia Goldhill has joined STAT News as Investigative Reporter, from Quartz
- Mark Latham appointed Editor of Private Equity News
- Stefan Wagstyl appointed Editor of both FT Money and FT Wealth
- Alex Lawson has started as Senior City Correspondent at the Mail on Sunday
- Emma Dunkley has been appointed as City Correspondent at The Mail on Sunday
September moves 2020
Investment firms
- Annalisa Jenkins appointed NED at Trustedoctor
- Edward Kliphuis joined Amadeus Capital while remaining an advisor at M ventures
- Jean Hynes to succeed Brendan Swords as CEO of Wellington Management in 2021
- Abhijeet Lele and Jon Levy appointed Senior Partners at Novo Holdings Principal Investments
- Bidhi Bhoma has been appointed Chief Executive Officer at Liberum Capital
Analysts
- Dr. Brian White and Andrew Keith found new firm Calvine Partners
Media
- Catherine Longworth joins pharmaphorum from Medtech Insight, Informa Pharma Intelligence
- Laurel Ives appointed Digital Health Editor at the Daily Telegraph
- Linda Geddes appointed Science Correspondent at the Guardian
August moves 2020
Investment firms
- Tony Scawthorn will be appointed as joint CEO of Zeus Capital Limited, alongside John Goold (STA)
- Muna Therapeutics Chief Scientific Officer Rita Balice-Gordon has joined Novo Seeds as Entrepreneur in Residence
Analysts
- Mick Cooper, previously an analyst at Trinity Delta has joined the BEIS, Office for Life Sciences.
Media
- Matt Atherton is now Health Reporter at the Daily Express
- John Simons has been appointed Deputy Health & Science Editor for the Wall Street Journal
- Karl Mathiesen has joined POLITICO Europe, based in Brussels
- Natalie Grover has left Endpoints News and is now Science Correspondent at The Guardian
- Peter Evans has left Sunday Times
- David Crow is no longer US Coronavirus Correspondent at Financial Times and is now covering US elections
- Ben Woods is re–joining The Daily Telegraph as Senior Business Reporter
- Drew Armstrong is now senior editor for Healthcare at Bloomberg Business
July moves 2020
Investment firms
- Claire Terlouw has joined LifeArc Ventures from Syncona
- Priya Mande has joined the UK Vaccine Taskforce on secondment from PsiOxus Therapeutics
- Regina Hodits, Managing Partner, Wellington Partners, is now a member of the board
Analysts and banking
- Richard Parkes has joined Exane as Equity Analyst from Deustche Bank
Media
- Joseph Walker, Healthcare Reporter, Wall Street Journal is now covering the European pharmaceutical industry.
- Harriet Clarfelt, Investment Writer, Investors Chronicle is now covering healthcare
- Lauren Wolf has joined Nature News as Bureau Chief for the Americas; she was previously Deputy Editorial Director at Chemical & Engineering News
- Kashmira Gander has been promoted to Deputy Science Editor at Newsweek (US) from Health Correspondent
June moves 2020
Investment firms
- Luc Debruyne and Gérard Lamarche appointed to the Board of Directors of Fund+
- Kemal Malik appointed as Non-Executive Director at Syncona
- Christian Schetter, PhD has been promoted to Managing Director at Arix Bioscience
- Graham Stafford has left Man GLG to join Endurant Capital as partner
Analyst and banking
- Dylan van Haaften has joined Bryan Garnier as Healthcare Equity Research Analyst
- James Mainwaring has joined Atlantic Equities from Stifel
Media
- Harriet Clarfelt is now covering the healthcare sector at Investors Chronicle
- Virginia Hughes has joined The New York Times as Editor for Health & Science
- Anna Gross is covering the ‘science of coronavirus’ for the Financial Times’ Science & Environment team
May moves 2020
Investment firms
- Tatiana Brask joined Novo Holdings A/S as Manager for Fund Investments in Novo Seeds
- Fiona MacLaughlin has joined J& J innovation – JJDC from INKEF
- Stephan Christgau has founded Eir Ventures
- Vinayak Nikam has left Vivo Capital
- Dr. Anja Harmeier left Roche and joined BB Pureos Bioventures
- Martijn Mulder left NIBC Bank and joined Ampersand Capital Partners
Analyst and banking
- Richard Parkes, Director, Pharmaceuticals Equity has left Deutsche Bank Securities
- Hugo Solvet left Bryan Garnier & Co. and joined Exane BNP Paribas
- Dorothea Hill left Hardman & Co and has joined GSK
Media
- Amber Tong has relocated to Hong Kong and has been promoted to Editor at Endpoints News
- Anna Smith has left PharmaTimes, where she was a Reporter
- David Brenchley has been appointed Acting Deputy News Editor at Investment Week
- Chloe Cheung has joined FT Adviser as a Reporter, covering investment platforms
- Adam Smith starts as Science and Technology Reporter at the Independent
- Lucy McNulty has been appointed City Editor at Financial News
April moves 2020
Investment firms
- Paul Sekhri and Sanford (Sandy) Zweifach joined Medicxi as Venture Partners
- Arix Bioscience appointed Dr. Naseem Amin as Executive Chairman, promoted Jonathan Tobin to Managing Director and John Cassidy to Principal
Analyst and specialist sales
- Kerry Holford and Luisa Hector have joined Berenberg from Exane to head up the Global Pharmaceutical Equity research
- Fowey Harvey joined Liberum from IQIVIA as Healthcare Analyst
- James Mainwaring has left Stifel
Media
- Mike Ward has joined Decision Resources Group, part of Clarivate as Global Head of Thought Leadership.
- Carlo Martuscelli left DJ/ WSJ to join POLITICO
- Helen Albert has left Labiotech and is now working as a freelance journalist
- Ben Fidler has joined Biopharma Dive from Xconomy
