Case Studies – McLean

CEO search for Africa healthcare venture, backed by a global responsible investor

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We were tasked with finding an impactful CEO for a recently acquired Oncology venture who are committed to improving access to high quality cancer care across Africa. The board tasked us with conducting a search both within and outside of the continent to ensure we produced a professionally and culturally diverse shortlist.

SOLUTION

We developed a compelling brief, which presented an exciting growth proposition as well as the opportunity to deliver real social change for growing communities. Our search was genuinely global, comprising top leadership with experience in Africa, North America and Europe. We fully evaluated local talent, in particular individuals who would be first-time CEOs to ensure a wide-ranging longlist. The successful candidate is now in situ driving this vital initiative forward.

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Project Team for major regeneration programme in London

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We were approached by the executive of Central London governing body to identify key personnel to support a complex regeneration project. The client needed to bring, under one structure, a diverse range of specialist skills covering real estate, logistics, transport, economic planning and communications and stakeholder management.

SOLUTION

Through our Interim practice, Mclean identified an overall Programme Director to lead the intelligent client function. Through our diverse sector practices, we then recruited an additional five appointments covering the necessary areas of specialism. The team worked together over an 18mth+ period, enabling the project to hit key milestones before being transitioned back in-house for more BAU project management.

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Head of Responsible Investing for UK asset manager

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We were mandated by a leading UK Asset Manager to appoint a business leader to oversee the group’s overall responsible investing strategy. The candidate was to be tasked with embedding ESG into their overall investment philosophy and processes across all funds managed.

SOLUTION

We conducted an extensive global search for leaders with world-leading expertise and unwavering execution ability. The search attracted a highly diverse shortlist of candidates from global financial institutions through to boutique investment houses with expertise in sustainability, ESG and social impact investing. The successful candidate is now enacting change within the organisation at an impressive pace, including the launch of a new global sustainable fund.

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CEO search for technology transfer entity

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A business at the heart of government’s science, technology and innovation agenda with a mandate to deliver considerable growth through spin-out, venturing and licencing. As part of succession planning, McLean were mandated to identify a high-calibre CEO to lead its next phase of growth.

SOLUTION

We conducted a robust but creative search for proven and aspirational leadership within private and public sector markets. The process fully interrogated relevant scientific, technology and R&D intensive markets, attracting commercial leaders with a high innovation ethos. We assembled a 4-candidate shortlist with 50:50 gender balance and the project was successfully concluded.

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New Non-Executive board for a technology led off-site housing venture

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A highly innovative start-up with recent global investor backing, gearing up for considerable expansion. Our client is a technology led off-site construction venture, striving to bring forward solutions to the affordable housing crisis. We were tasked with building the company’s first non-executive board; to embed proper governance and bring together the skills needed to scale a leading technology entrant within the housing sector.

SOLUTION

We conducted a multi-market and multi-geography search which attracted world class leadership from the public and private sectors. This included leadership with expertise in advanced technology and industrial automation; as well as leaders of national renown from housing, regeneration and government.