International executive search
International executive search.
Personally led.
Thirty years of international executive search experience across Life Sciences, healthcare, speciality chemicals and ingredients, and FMCG. Every assignment personally led by Jeffrey Webb.
Two ways to support your business
Executive Search &
Strategic Leadership Introductions
Some leadership needs begin with a defined appointment. Others emerge through a conversation about growth, investment or change.
Executive Search
Personally led, retained searches for a specific leadership requirement. Jeff works with you to agree the brief, then leads the research and assessment of candidates against what the business needs to achieve.
Explore executive search ↗Strategic Leadership Introductions
Confidential introductions to experienced leaders whose capabilities may be relevant to an opportunity before a formal role has been defined: entering a market, building a business, strengthening a portfolio or leading change.
Each introduction begins with a discussion of your business priorities and the individual’s interests.
Explore Leadership Perspectives ↓Sector understanding
Broad experience.
Informed by the business.
Experience across sectors, leadership functions and international markets. Each search begins with understanding the business and what the appointment needs to achieve.
Assignments span general management and commercial leadership; technical, development and operational leadership; and building teams through growth or change.
Explore the breadth of experience →
Areas of particular interest
Within this wider practice, CDMOs and epilepsy/neurotechnology hold a particular personal interest for Jeff, shaped by his earlier career in pharmaceutical production and his experience of living with epilepsy.
CDMO &
Pharmaceutical Services
Leadership across manufacturing, quality, operations and commercial development—supported by experience of pharmaceutical production as well as executive search.
Explore this expertise ↗Epilepsy &
Neurotechnology
A professional interest with a personal connection. Jeff lives with epilepsy, bringing a particular interest in the businesses, medicines and technologies that could improve patients’ lives.
Explore this expertise ↗Selected experience
Selected assignments
A successful search starts with a well-defined brief. Jeff spends time understanding the business, agreeing priorities and clarifying what the person needs to deliver.
Neurostimulation · Europe
Chief Technology Officer
Technical leadership and commercial perspective for a neurostimulation business during a funding process.
Successful outcome in eight weeks.
Read the assignment
A neurostimulation company developing a novel technology needed a highly credible technical leader during a funding process. The brief called for someone who could drive technology development while bringing a strong commercial perspective. The search focused mainly on Europe, exploring the interface between MedTech, universities and AI. The client’s specific requirements called for a focused shortlist, with a successful outcome in eight weeks.
CDMO
Managing Director
A selected appointment from Jeff’s experience in contract development and manufacturing.
Selected experience ↗Pharmaceuticals
Group Head of Quality
A selected appointment from Jeff’s experience in pharmaceutical leadership.
Selected experience ↗“Jeff delivered a strong shortlist. His reporting was exemplary and helped us refine our requirements as the project progressed. I am happy to recommend him and would add that his approach to fee structuring was refreshing at a challenging time for us as we awaited further funding. I look forward to working with him again next year.”
The search process
A considered search process
Jeff personally leads a small number of retained searches at a time, staying involved from the initial conversation through the appointment and follow-up.
Define the brief
Clarify the business context, the leadership challenge and what success needs to look like.
Research & engage
Map relevant businesses and people, approach potential candidates directly and engage them in a confidential discussion about the opportunity.
Assess & shortlist
Assess experience, motivation and suitability against the agreed brief. Present a considered shortlist with clear reporting and market feedback.
Manage the appointment
Manage interviews, support the offer and stay in touch after the appointment.
Your search partner
Jeffrey Webb
Jeffrey Webb brings 30 years of international executive search experience, following an earlier career in pharmaceutical production. His career spans global search firms, specialist boutiques and Arlanda Consulting.
He personally leads a small number of retained searches at a time, supported by trusted international researchers—several of whom he has worked with for more than 20 years.
That model combines international research reach with direct senior involvement throughout each assignment.
More about Jeff ↗Selected Leadership Perspectives
Leadership for the
opportunities ahead.
A small selection of experienced executives who could help businesses grow, change direction, enter new markets or navigate complex transitions.
Through international assignments and business conversations, Jeff meets accomplished leaders whose capabilities may be relevant to a business before a formal role has been defined. These anonymous summaries are intended to open a conversation about your priorities. Each discussion and introduction is handled personally and confidentially.
Editions are dated and updated regularly, with a fortnightly rotation across Southeast Asia, CDMO & API, and Epilepsy & Neurotechnology. Please contact Jeff for the latest edition and to discuss current interest and availability.
Growth, market entry & transformation
Selected experience across operations, regional general management, licensing, portfolio development and multi-country growth.
View selected leadership profiles
Operations & transformation leader
COO-level leadership across pharmaceutical manufacturing and MedTech. Led significant operational change in a MedTech business of approximately 800 people, with experience of a business transition culminating in acquisition. Interested in permanent or shorter-term transformation, integration and operational improvement mandates.
Regional GM & commercial growth leader
Broad international commercial and general-management experience, with cross-functional and P&L responsibility. Experienced in developing regional businesses through organic and inorganic growth and interested in building an ambitious regional or multi-country platform.
Pharma BD&L & commercial operations leader
Director-level pharmaceutical leader with more than 15 years’ experience across APAC, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, MENA and Emerging Markets. Experience of more than 20 licensing and acquisition deals with an aggregate value of approximately US$200m, and a portfolio of more than 100 products.
Brings deal structuring, due diligence and portfolio governance experience. Open to relocation to Southeast Asia for business development and licensing, alliance management or portfolio strategy opportunities.
APAC market development & country leadership
More than two decades of pharma and healthcare commercial leadership across Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Experience spans P&L, market access, licensing, distribution partnerships and portfolio change.
Multi-market business builder
Senior cross-functional commercial leadership across Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Track record of scaling a business from approximately US$6m to US$33m revenue in two years. Interested in substantial regional leadership and expansion opportunities.
Leadership across pharmaceutical services
Perspectives on leaders who can support manufacturing, quality, technical development, commercial growth and operational change.
Discuss this edition ↗Leadership for advancing therapies & technology
Perspectives on scientific, technical and commercial leadership for businesses developing neurological therapies and neurotechnology.
Discuss this edition ↗Perspectives
Observations
Observations from Life Sciences, executive search and lived experience.
A different direction: Thailand and Vietnam
More senior Life Sciences executives are considering a move to Thailand or Vietnam. Reflections on quality of life, growing markets and the international leadership talent these businesses could attract.
Read on LinkedIn ↗
More information. More decisions?
Reflections on long-term EEG monitoring, the growing volume of epilepsy data, and what more information could mean for treatment choices and the daily burden of medication.
Read on LinkedIn ↗Living with epilepsy
“I once had a seizure in which the name of a client company came spiralling out of the ground and circled around me.”
Read on LinkedIn ↗The next appointment
“Jeff, aren’t we just going to have to recruit someone else again in two or three years?”
Read on LinkedIn ↗When a search stalls
“Several shortlists. Plenty of apparently suitable candidates. Nobody was being hired.”
Read on LinkedIn ↗What does successful epilepsy treatment mean?
“The obvious answer is fewer seizures. Preferably none.”
Read on LinkedIn ↗Browse the back catalogue ＋
Observations from executive search, Life Sciences and lived experience. Browse by topic or read the original posts on LinkedIn.
- A different direction: Thailand and Vietnam 29 October 2026 · Read on LinkedIn ↗
More senior Life Sciences executives are considering a move to Thailand or Vietnam. Reflections on quality of life, growing markets and the international leadership talent these businesses could attract.
- More information. More decisions? 22 October 2026 · Read on LinkedIn ↗
Reflections on long-term EEG monitoring, the growing volume of epilepsy data, and what more information could mean for treatment choices and the daily burden of medication.
- Living with epilepsy Read on LinkedIn ↗
- The next appointment Read on LinkedIn ↗
- When a search stalls Read on LinkedIn ↗
- What does successful epilepsy treatment mean? Read on LinkedIn ↗
- The value of visiting client operations Read on LinkedIn ↗
- Experience with implantables Read on LinkedIn ↗
- Changing drinking habits: two perspectives Read on LinkedIn ↗
“I have two rather different reasons for being interested in the changing drinking habits of young people.” Reflections from White Rabbit Cocktail Bar in Bali and lived experience of epilepsy.
- Every morning starts… Read on LinkedIn ↗
“Effective treatment for my epilepsy has enabled me to continue building my career, travelling internationally, raising my family and doing work I genuinely enjoy.”
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Discuss your
leadership requirements
For a confidential discussion about a planned appointment, your longer-term leadership needs or your own career aspirations, contact Jeff directly.