RSA announces new Board members
pharmafile | September 20, 2012 | Appointment | Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing | Nick Stephens, RSA executive search
Life sciences executive search and interim management specialists RSA has announced the appointment of Nick Stephens as executive chairman, John Callagher as chief executive and Sarah Wilding as a non-executive director.
The appointments follow the retirement of RSA’s chairman, Roger Stephens and Board director, Edna Stephens.
After 31 years of continuous growth and development, founder and chairman of RSA, Roger Stephens, and his wife Edna, are both retiring their Board positions. As shareholders in the business Roger and Edna will continue to act as mentors to the Board.
“The business I founded in 1981 has grown from a family boutique to be a world leader in its field and we’ve built a remarkable team inside the company as well as a loyal network of candidates and clients across the globe,” says Roger Stephens, founder of RSA.
Nick Stephens (pictured) will take on the role of executive chairman. Stephens has been a director of RSA since 1986 and joined the business full-time in 1995 where he has been vital in the growth and development of RSA’s ever expanding global network.
John Callagher will take on the role of chief executive. With over 19 years of executive search experience, he has won, implemented and led a number of search projects across 23 countries for some of the world’s leading organisations. Callagher originally joined RSA as managing director of RSA Switzerland before quickly progressing to head of EMEA.
With experience in top management consulting, board level assessment and high level Executive Search, Sarah Wilding joins RSA as a non-executive director. Currently Wilding is partner at Heads!, an International Executive Search company focussing on senior-level recruitment for Public, Private Equity and Venture Capital high growth businesses.
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