Ian Whitehall
Life science, health tech and BioPharma market guru
C-suite sales & marketing leader
Strategy Expert
Executive Mentor
Ian has over 35 years experience of the Life Sciences, Biotech and Pharma industries - from working directly in research and manufacturing, to growing industry technology leading suppliers of instruments and production technology. Ian has an unparalleled breadth of industry insight and a deep understanding of the scientific markets at both lab and production scale. He has worked for tech starts ups and with Private Equity groups to turn round, deliver organic growth, growth via acquisition, sell and integrate companies to new ownership.
- Ian led the anti-trust sale of a leading life science equipment company from corporate ownership to private equity.
- Ian has grown a lab equipment company to double in size and add pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment to their portfolio, driving both organic and acquisitive growth.
- Ian was as an C-suite leader of a business that tripled EBITDA in under 4 years and delivered above industry returns for the investors on exit.
- Post exit, Ian has been working to establish global sales and distribution networks for a breakthrough new equipment provider.
Ian has worked in the following roles:
- CMO – laboratory instrumentation and pharma production equipment company
- CCO – laboratory instrumentation and pharma production equipment company
- EVP Sales & Service – laboratory and pharma equipment company
- Global Sales Director pharma R&D laboratory equipment company
- Global Sales Manager for Life Sciences division of analytical technologies company
- Global Sales Manager for automated laboratory technologies company
- EU Sales and marketing roles at tier 1 automated liquid handling company
- 10 years in BioPharma manufacturing at tier 1 CDMO working to scale up and produce biological drugs and antibodies