GenSearch continues its expansion with an office in the UK

Paris, 26 July 2019 – GenSearch, an international Life Science Executive search specialist is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in London and the appointment of Sharon Shields as Head of Research and Business Intelligence and Alexandra Jensen as Senior Consultant.


Sharon spent over twelve years within the Pharmaceutical industry before moving into global executive search where she has worked across the Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medtech industries, to support the successful appointment of senior leaders across all functions. Having worked for a number of the leading boutique Life Sciences executive search firms, she has gained significant strategic and operational leadership experience as Head of Research. Developing robust research strategies for challenging, complex assignments within a highly competitive, candidate driven market is a passion for Sharon

Sharon Shields
Sharon Shields

Sharon Shields: “The decision to join GenSearch was an easy one, with the firm’s highly experienced team and integrated resources. I was attracted by GenSearch’s unique business model, at a very exciting time in the organisations development.

Alexandra joins with a strong track record of placing senior stakeholders within pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical companies. Having relocated from Singapore Alexandra has a truly globalised network and approach to search mandates with experience handling retained searches in APAC and EMEA. Alexandra joins with a wealth of experience in supporting relocations from the US, Asia and Europe.

Alexandra Jensen

Alexandra Jensen: “I am very excited to be joining the GenSearch team. What attracted me to the company is their outstanding execution and support team, the long-term relationship they have with their clients, their reputation for excellence, as well as their commitment to delivering outstanding leaders.

Sébastien Stoitzner, CEO: “The team and I have an ambitious development and growth plan for GenSearch and with Sharon and Alexandra on board we are one step closer to our objective.”

About GenSearch

GenSearch is an Executive Search, Assessment and Coaching firm dedicated to the Life Sciences. Our clients and the executives we support respect us for our in-depth expertise of complex environments, the reliability of our processes, our ethical approach as well as our openness to share our knowledge and network.

For additional information, please contact:

Sébastien Stoitzner, CEO
Tel.: +33 6 09 75 41 65
sebastien.stoitzner@gensearch-consulting

Sharon Shields – Head of Research & BI
Tel.: +44 (0)7943 331365
sharon.shields@gensearch-consulting.com