Domus Search - The European BioTech, Pharma & MedTech C-Suite Leadership Podcast Matt Grady - Partner

Delighted, as ever, to share a conversation with inspirational leader, Co-Founder & CEO of Awakn Life Sciences, Anthony Tennyson. 

I am proud to call Awakn Life Sciences a client, having worked closely with COO James Collins, Anthony, Steve Page and other leaders in the business on the Chief Medical Officer  Search, ultimately successfully completing with the appointment Dr Arun Dhandayudham. 

Anthony's journey is impressive, and he has built, alongside his co-founders, a world changing and literally mind-altering organisation in Awakn Life Sciences.  

You know that the treatment of addiction, something that affects over 20% of the world's population, is in safe hands, when you listen to Anthony speak. 

Throughout this podcast, it would be very hard for you to imagine what Nixon & the DEA were thinking in 1960!! You'll have to listen to the show to find out what they were thinking!  

Awakn Life Sciences is a revenue-generating biotechnology company who are researching, developing, and commercialising therapeutics to treat addiction with a near-term focus on Alcohol Use Disorder. With a unique blend of the drug (psychedelic) and professional therapy, delivered within the state of the art Awakn Clinics.  

You will also see that Co-Founder, Dr Ben Sessa was recently featured on the Netflix Docuseries, 'How To Change Your Mind.'  

During the podcast, Anthony and I discussed (amongst many other things):  


Anthony's career and ultimately the journey to being Co-Founder & CEO of Awakn Life Sciences 
Industry collaborations within the Psychedelic & Psychotherapy sectors (Working together to solve the bigger problems)
The Talent Crunch inBioTech, CNS & Psychedelic Industries ( and how to solve it) and the Talent Agenda for Awakn Life Siences
The huge success rate of 86% that Awakn are seeing. (where other treatment and therapies are in single digit success rate to treat the same addictions)
Netflix And much more......  

Connect with Anthony here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytennyson/  

Connect and follow Awakn Life Sciences here: https://awaknlifesciences.com/  

Check out Awakn Clinics here: https://awaknclinics.com/ 

The Domus Search Leadership Podcast forms part of Domus Search, a leading Executive Search Practice in the fields of BioTech, MedTech & Pharma Manufacturing.  For further information on the work we are doing in helping cutting edge organisations in the above fields, please do reach out and connect. 

Links to the podcast and where you can listen on your favourite platform in the comments section below.

I was delighted to be joined by Sanjeet Telang on the Domus Search Leadership Podcast today. Sanjeet is the Chief Business Officer and Member of The Board of Directors at IDEOGEN.

Sanjeet has an inspiring career and has grown his career with organisations such as Merck, Lonza, Sanofi, Roche to name a few and is a thoughtful and innovative leader, looking at ways to transform and disrupt traditional markets. Academically, Sanjeet has an MBA from HEC Paris, a MS in BioPharmaceutics from the University of Michigan and B Pharm in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Mumbai.

In this podcast episode we discussed:


The importance of networking ahead of a future career move. Something that ultimately led to his current Board Position
Keeping business simple
Intellectual curiosity
Hiring new and aspiring generations
Looking at alternative industries to hire talent
'Pharma at the speed of life'
Strategic growth and disruption

And so much more.

IDEOGEN Group is a Swiss Pharmaceutical group, providing global access to speciality medicines for unmet needs. Their mission is to solve urgent, unmet needs with speed and efficiency to improve patient's quality of life. 

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Full episode links in the comments below.

I was delighted to be joined by Jonathan Wogel, Chief Executive Officer of NorthWest EHealth & Executive Chair & Director of Zentraxa.

The Domus Search - Leadership Podcast offers a glimpse into the world of industry leaders through interactive conversations with CEO's, C-Suite Executives and Executive Leadership Teams across European BioPharma and MedTech sectors. Domus Search is THE ONLY BioPharma and MedTech Executive Search Firm with over 97% coverage of C-Suite Candidates in 45 European Countries (at any given time), and we are committed to sharing leadership insight with our European BioTech and Medtech network.

Jonathan has over 35 years global pharma, device & biotech M&A, JV licensing and scale up experience, with over 26 years as an expat. He has developed over £4Bn in M&A deals for private and PE backed businesses and launched/licenced over 50 products globally.  

The last 12 years have been focused on helping SMEs and startups with seed/Series A, B and Angel/PE based fundraising by developing and implementing business and commercial strategies to drive scale.  

Jonathan has an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and also holds a MBA, MPH and a PhD (Health Economics).

In this episode we discussed strategic leadership through change, securing funding, hybrid working, managing geographically dispersed teams and re-engaging a remote workforce for better engagement, development and retention within a high-growth organisation.

I was delighted to be joined by CEO & Co-Founder of Moment Company, Fiona McKinnon, on The Domus Search - Leadership Podcast. I left the podcast feeling positively inspired.  

Taking a moment for yourself to clear your mind, a few times a day, can reduce stress, increase energy and boost the immune system.  The Moment Company brings you a specifically designed set of resources to bring the practice of Moments into your day-to-day, helping you engage with the world in a positive way.   

Fiona and the The Moment Company Leadership Team are also trained, qualified and equipped to tackle workplace wellbeing and performance and have created bespoke programmes to help develop to include:  

• Stress & Wellbeing Courses   

• Mindset & Performance Workshops  

• Virtual & In-Workplace Training Programs  

• Unique physical stress management device & program  

• 1:1 Personal Mindset Coaching  

The Moment Company is uniquely positioned to support individuals and teams in creating a positive culture of wellbeing that drives greater engagement, creativity and performance.   

As a business owner, this is critical for overall business performance. As an individual looking for greater levels of wellbeing and higher levels of performance, this is essential.  

To find out more about Fiona, her co-founders Alex & Charles ,and Moment Company, visit:  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-mckinnon/ 

https://momentcompany.co/

I was delighted to meet with Marko Höynälä, Chief Executive Officer at Founder of Finnish MedTech company Kipuwex.  

The Domus Search - Leadership Podcast offers a glimpse into the world of industry leaders through interactive conversations with CEO's, C-Suite Executives and Executive Leadership Teams across European BioPharma and MedTech sectors. Domus Search is THE ONLY BioPharma and MedTech Executive Search Firm with over 97% coverage of C-Suite Candidates in 45 European Countries (at any given time), and we are committed to sharing leadership insight with our European BioPharma and Medtech network.  

Marko is the Founder and CEO of Kipuwex and has also invented three game-changing IoT products. Kipuwex is a Medical Device that wirelessly and continuously measures a person’s biomarkers which can then be accessed by health care professionals from anywhere in the world.  

Marko is an ambitious entrepreneur and based in central Finland. He was also the founder Skiiot, Cmicro and more recently Kipuwex. Marko is also the winner of three innovation competitions and the owner of six different patents.  

To find out more about Marko & Kipuwex:   

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoynala/ 

https://kipuwex.com/aboutus/

I was delighted to be joined by Professor Sam Shah, Chief Medical Strategy Officer for Numan on The Domus Search - Leadership Podcast.

The Domus Search - Leadership Podcast offers a glimpse into the world of industry leaders through interactive conversations with CEO's, C-Suite Executives and Executive Leadership Teams across European BioPharma and MedTech sectors. Domus Search is THE ONLY BioPharma and MedTech Executive Search Firm with over 97% coverage of C-Suite Candidates in 45 European Countries (at any given time), and we are committed to sharing leadership insight with our European BioPharma and Medtech network.

Professor Sam Shah is Chief Medical Strategy Officer for Numan. Sam’s interests span digital health, clinical leadership and public health. Sam is a digital health technology advisor to a number of healthcare and technology companies, spanning a range of industries including telecommunications, assessment of apps, scaling new technology into the NHS and workforce solutions.

Sam was previously Director of Digital Development for NHS England and NHSX, where he was responsible for digital development of the ecosystem and leading on a number of national transformation programmes. Sam has worked on a number of initiatives including the flagship project to digitise urgent care in the NHS. Sam headed up the national learning and development programme for NHS England, which considered different channels to access healthcare using technology.

To find out more about the great work Sam is doing, head over to his LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-shah-nhs/

Also here: https://www.numan.com/numankind/introducing-our-chief-medical-strategy-officer