Life sciences.

Your Recruiting Partners in Life Sciences.

Global headhunters in Life Sciences & Healthcare for over 20 years.

Our Life Sciences practice is led by Managing Director, Phil Brakewell, who brings over two decades of global search experience partnering with some of the world’s most innovative organisations — from FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 leaders to pioneering private equity-backed ventures.

With a background spanning retail, consumer, and technology, Phil brings a fresh, cross-sector perspective to the rapidly evolving world of Life Sciences. His focus is on helping businesses transform through leadership — identifying executives and specialists who can drive scientific progress, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

Named one of the Top 100 Leaders in Staffing in 2023, Phil combines strategic insight with a passion for innovation and technology, ensuring that every search benefits from cutting-edge tools, deep market intelligence, and a genuine understanding of the people behind the science.

With global reach, advanced AI-powered sourcing, and a seamless delivery model, our Life Sciences team connects transformative organisations with exceptional talent — enabling discovery, innovation, and impact worldwide.

Phil Brakewell.

Managing Director

+44 (0) 7889 441124

Phil@partnerwise.co.uk

OUR WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

24/7 AI-Sourcing.

Our fusing of traditional network’s with AI global sourcing tech rapidly opens the gateway to previously unreachable, exclusive and more diverse candidates, insights and intelligence that enriches the performance of our customers.

Customer Led Approach.

We invest time to understand and from which craft personalised solutions and product and service offerings and fee structures that directly address your specific challenges or aspirations.

our global reach.

Our reach is highly specialist, genuinely global, data driven and fully supported by multiple years of industry and talent hiring expertise.

Outpace the Competition.

Harness our expertise to recruit leaders who understand the dynamics of the Life Sciences market.

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  • “I worked with Phil for a couple of years and my dealings with him were invariably open and honest. We worked to develop a new recruitment model for Coats and Phil was instrumental in making that a success. He always worked with a high degree of integrity and inevitably delivered, even on the most challenging search assignments.”

    SVP HR | Transformation leader