Find a consultant Annie ShenSenior PartnerUSA +1 351-220-8600Annie is a Senior Partner and Healthcare & Life Sciences practice leader for North America, covering the USA and Canada. Based in Boston and Toronto, she specializes in senior executive hires, including CEOs, Chief Business/Commercial Officers, Chief Scientific/Technology Officers, Chief Medical Officers and Executive leaders in R&D, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs and other core functionals . Her clients range from venture-backed startups and biotech firms to mid-large pharma, AI-driven drug development platforms, and MedTech companies, both globally and in North America.Get in touch Annie is a trusted advisor to business owners, investors and CEOs of local and multinational companies operating in North America looking for executive hiring and talent insight. She focuses on helping clients solve complex recruitment challenges that reside at the intersection of business operations and workforce development. She works together with a highly experienced team of consultants that specialize in Life Sciences and Technology Industries, place C-suite and VP level executives across various functional team globally.Before joining executive recruitment industry, Annie was a research scientist. She graduated from China State (Shanghai) Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry with master’s degree majoring in Microbiology Pharmaceutical. After obtaining her second master’s degree in business administration from the University of Illinois. Then she joined the management and recruitment consulting industry. To date, she has accumulated over 12 years of experience in recruiting top-tier professionals globally.IndustryIndustryLife SciencesFunctionFunctionBoard LevelEngineering & ManufacturingPolicy, Economics & Regulatory AffairsOperational & General ManagementSalesCFO & Financial ManagementTrack RecordChief Scientific Officer - Global Biotech Chief Technology Officer - Global BiotechClinical Development Vice President, Nasdaq listed Biotech Chief Medical Officer - Global Biotech Chief Executive Officer - Fast Growing Medical Device, surgical robotic Chief Business Officer - Clinical Stage novel drug development company Global Regulatory Affair, Vice General Manager - Global leading pharma Scientific Advisory Board - Global Biotech Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder - Novel Cell Therapy Biotech More Principals and Partners in North America Paul Webster Managing Partner USA & CanadaFinancial ServicesPaul Webster is Managing Partner at Page Executive North America and a Global Practice Leader for our Financial Services Practice. 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Focusing on Technology within Banking, Financial Services and Advisory Sectors. Rachel specializes in Core technology, Product Management, Data Tom Smith Senior Partner USATom is a Page Executive Senior Partner based in the USA, who combines his impressive recruitment acumen and people skills with a white-glove approach to his executive-level assignments. View all consultantsTestimonials I sincerely appreciate the quality of service provided by Annie since May 2022. She recommended many excellent candidates and met our needs quickly and effectively with continuous adjustments. In my opinion, she is a professional and efficient consultant who is truly providing real value for customers/potential customers. She exhibits the following characteristics: Exceeds expectations, Passionate: She is full of enthusiasm and energy at work, drives the project forward, and assists us in achieving recruitment targets, Professionalism: She can quickly understand the requirements and provide assistant on all stages of the recruitment process; she is prepared to deal with complex situations and answers questions with expertise. Grace Zhou, Founder & CEO, ImmVira/Cell & Gene Therapy Page Executive is a great HR partner with its expertise. They can accurately understand the talent needs of their clients to find the right candidate to fit in adapting to the growth of the business and the organization. They are followed by reference checks, on boarding process and candidate feedback interviews etc. , which help to smooth the transition for the candidates. Annie is a great leader and competent adviser, demonstrating her professionality , intelligence and diligence. We had great collaboration and communication. It was a very exciting experience to be a partner with the Page Executive U.S. team. Jolin Zhou, Head of HR, Adagene Thank you for your support throughout the recruiting and onboarding process. I am particularly impressed by and appreciative for the professionalism and dedication, efficiency and engaging attitude you have shown throughout the process. As an observation, I have worked with many recruiters in the past 30 years of my professional career and many are from so called “top notch” firms, clearly you are truly top notch, one of the best. John C. Ma, Founder & CEO, Ronovo/Surgical Robotic
