Interim Validation Specialist, remediation after an IGJ inspection
Interviews within the first week · started immediately after
An inspection by the Dutch health inspectorate left a manufacturer with findings on validation and quality that needed experienced hands, fast. Russell already knew which validation specialists were available that month and had the request out to them within an hour of receiving it. Interviews took place within the first week and the specialist was contracted and on site straight after, with a defined remediation scope and the contract structured around the Wet DBA.
Fractional Qualified Person, mid-size pharmaceutical company
Full-time search declined · fractional QP placed instead
A mid-size pharmaceutical company wanted a full-time Qualified Person. Russell worked through the actual certification workload with them: nowhere near a full-time role, and a full-time QP would have had too little to get their teeth into. He placed a fractional QP for a few days a month instead, with the assignment structured around the Wet DBA, at a fraction of the cost.
Three quality specialists, large biopharmaceutical manufacturer, Leiden
Delivered in three weeks · all started within a month
A large biopharmaceutical site needed three senior quality specialists at the same time — method validation, quality systems improvement and validation — with a start date weeks away. Russell delivered all three within three weeks, sourcing part of the team from outside Europe where the Dutch market was already stretched, and every one of them started within a month.
Interim Chief Operating Officer, diagnostics manufacturer
Delivered within one month
A diagnostics manufacturer needed operational leadership immediately, not after a permanent search. Russell delivered an interim COO from the market map within a month of the brief, giving the business a steady hand while the long-term structure was decided.
Interim Regulatory Affairs Specialist, diagnostics company
Permanent RA lead left mid-IVDR programme · defined project · structured around the Wet DBA
A diagnostics company lost its permanent regulatory lead in the middle of an IVDR programme, with technical documentation to upgrade and a notified body waiting. Replacing the role permanently would have taken months the programme did not have. Russell placed an experienced freelance RA specialist with IVDR experience from the market map, on a clearly defined project scope and a contract set structured around the Wet DBA, to pick up the programme where it had stopped while the business decided on the permanent structure.
Interim Technology Transfer Lead, biotech
Interim · a specialist manufacturing programme
A biotech company needed an interim Technology Transfer Lead for a specialist manufacturing programme. Scope, technical requirements and immediate priorities were agreed first, so the search focused on people who could contribute quickly. Through the biotech network and targeted referrals, Russell identified interim professionals and tested their hands-on transfer experience, availability and suitability. The conversations went beyond a list of skills: how each person would work with the teams involved, and what the programme's challenges, responsibilities and expectations really were, so both sides could judge the fit. An interim Technology Transfer Lead was placed on the programme.