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QP Insight is a set of free weekly briefings from QP Group, a specialist executive search firm with offices in Manchester and Leeds. Each one is run by the consultant who recruits in that market every day.

Weekly, every TuesdayOne short briefing per market: funding, launches, leadership moves and what they mean for the teams being built.
From the people in the roomShaped by the conversations our specialists have with leaders, investors and candidates every week.
Sources, alwaysEvery story is in our own words, with the original reporting and data credited and linked.
Meet the team

The people bringing you the market’s latest

Every briefing comes from the QP Group specialist who lives in that market. Click anyone to see their focus and get in touch.

Life Sciences
Industrial
Jack Maclean

Jack Maclean

Co-founder · Life Science Software
jack@qpexec.com
About

Jack places commercial and technical leaders across biopharma and life sciences, with a focus on life science SaaS, cloud platforms, bioinformatics and AI/ML-driven drug discovery.

Latest from Software in Science
IntegriChain hires former Intelerad growth chief Chris Hare as CRO2 Nov 2026Opentrons raises $40M to make its lab robots a platform for AI experiments2 Nov 2026Waters sells AI peak integration as a paid upgrade to Empower users2 Nov 2026Read Software in Science →
Harry Aaronson

Harry Aaronson

Co-founder · CDMO & Therapeutic Development
harry@qpexec.com
About

Harry places commercial and technical talent across global pharma, prioritising biopharma, CRO/CDMO and AI drug discovery, from individual contributors to the executive team.

Latest from Tx Weekly
Ferring agrees to buy fertility biotech Gameto in deal worth up to $1.38bn2 Nov 2026Novartis books $1.9bn del-desiran charge but keeps faith in Avidity deal2 Nov 2026AbbVie's immunology and neuroscience franchises carry another beat-and-raise quarter2 Nov 2026Read Tx Weekly →
Eric Sharma

Eric Sharma

Business Consultant · Multi-Omics & Diagnostics
eric@qpexec.com
About

Eric builds leadership and commercial teams for scaling biotech, diagnostics, lab informatics and CRO businesses, across multi-omics, NGS, digital pathology and spatial biology.

Latest from The Sequence
Proscia and Columbia team up on pathology AI biomarkers for dementia2 Nov 2026Illumina lifts 2026 guidance as clinical demand and NovaSeq X placements hold up2 Nov 2026Tempus secures EU IVDR certification for its xR RNA sequencing tumour test2 Nov 2026Read The Sequence →
Jordan Griffiths

Jordan Griffiths

Business Consultant · R&D, Clinical
jordan.griffiths@qpexec.com
About

Jordan leads board advisor and executive appointments across biotech and therapeutics, from Chief Medical Officers to VPs of Clinical Development, with a focus on oncology.

Latest from The Biotech Brief
Dren Bio raises $350M to take its rare blood cancer antibody towards launch2 Nov 2026Setara launches with $90M to run the Actio programmes Jazz didn't keep2 Nov 2026FDA draft guidance lets one licence cover patient-specific gene-editing therapies2 Nov 2026Read The Biotech Brief →
Issy Eaden

Issy Eaden

Business Consultant · Digital Health
issy.eaden@qpexec.com
About

Issy places commercial, product and technical leaders across digital health, from healthcare AI to remote patient monitoring and FemTech. She also leads Women Leading Digital Health.

Latest from Digital Health
ClarityCare raises $16.5M to put an approve-only AI agent inside health plans2 Nov 2026InTandem Capital takes a growth stake in patient affordability platform Atlas Health2 Nov 2026Midstream Health raises $20M Series A for AI agents that hunt hospital margin leakage2 Nov 2026Read Digital Health →
Anna Rabello

Anna Rabello

Business Consultant · Life Science Software
anna.rabello@qpexec.com
About

Anna places commercial and technical talent across life sciences, with a focus on cloud platforms, AI/ML-driven drug discovery and advanced materials science.

Latest from Chem Data Digest
BASF raises its 2026 earnings range and says it will not overpay for Evonik2 Nov 2026The Fenix Group hires a CTO to pull R&D together across seven coatings brands2 Nov 2026BASF lifts its Evonik offer to €24 a share as Ashland interest surfaces26 Oct 2026Read Chem Data Digest →
Joe Macklam

Joe Macklam

Managing Director · Industrial
joe.macklam@qpexec.com
About

Joe leads executive search across the HDPE pipe sector, hiring commercial, technical, engineering and operations leaders for manufacturers, distributors and engineering-led businesses.

Latest from The Poly Fuseletter
LyondellBasell says polyethylene margins are about 50% above 2025 levels2 Nov 2026Westlake finishes its Wichita Falls PVCO pressure pipe plant on time and on budget2 Nov 2026Dura-Line's HDPE conduit sales jump 47% on US data centre and telecom demand2 Nov 2026Read The Poly Fuseletter →
Tom Brennan

Tom Brennan

Senior Consultant · Heavy Civil Construction
tom.brennan@qpexec.com
About

Tom partners with US mechanical, plumbing and HVAC contractors, energy services firms and general contractors, hiring the leaders who deliver complex construction work.

Latest from MEP Digest
Meade Engineering hires ex-Shermco engineering leader Amit Sahdev as COO2 Nov 2026EMCOR lifts 2026 outlook as data centres push its booked work to $18.57bn2 Nov 2026Burns Engineering buys Midwest energy-plant designer PRVN Consultants2 Nov 2026Read MEP Digest →
Matthew Peck

Matthew Peck

Business Consultant · MEP
matthew.peck@qpexec.com
About

Matthew recruits across building systems, MEP and fire protection in North America, Europe and APAC, building long-term partnerships with consultancies and contractors.

Latest from MEP Digest
Meade Engineering hires ex-Shermco engineering leader Amit Sahdev as COO2 Nov 2026EMCOR lifts 2026 outlook as data centres push its booked work to $18.57bn2 Nov 2026Burns Engineering buys Midwest energy-plant designer PRVN Consultants2 Nov 2026Read MEP Digest →
Connor Goodall

Connor Goodall

Senior Consultant · Heavy Civil & Infrastructure
connor.goodall@qpexec.com
About

Connor connects the US construction market’s top 1% of talent with innovative, high-growth enterprises across heavy civil and infrastructure.

Latest from The Civil Brief
Jacobs and PCL picked for San Francisco's $1B wastewater nutrient upgrade2 Nov 2026Bedrock Robotics raises $600M to put autonomous excavators on more US sites2 Nov 2026Skanska and Stacy Witbeck start six years of work on LA Metro's Valley light rail2 Nov 2026Read The Civil Brief →
Alex Parsons

Alex Parsons

Business Consultant · Waterworks
alex.parsons@qpexec.com
About

Alex hires sales, estimating, branch and regional leaders for waterworks distributors and manufacturers, mapping every market against the funding and project activity driving demand.

Latest from Waterworks Weekly
Xylem trims its 2026 outlook and plans two sales plus a segment shake-up2 Nov 2026American Water sets a $4.1B 2027 capital plan and lifts its long-term spend2 Nov 2026EPA launches a PFAS technology strategy built on pilots and partnerships2 Nov 2026Read Waterworks Weekly →

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