Ridda

As Managing Director of the Life Sciences, MedTech & HealthTech Division at Mark James Search, Ridda partners with innovative organisations to solve their most pressing talent challenges through a blend of retained search, interim, and contingent workforce solutions.

 

With two decades of recruitment experience, Ridda specialises in building high-performing teams during critical growth phases. His expertise spans Commercial leadership (Sales, Marketing, Market Access), Project Management, Operations, and Change & Transformation - with particular success in helping scale-ups commercialise innovative products and established firms navigate market expansion.

 

Whether it's sourcing strategic hires for a breakthrough medical device company, building a commercial team for a digital health platform, or providing interim leadership for a pharmaceutical transformation program, Ridda leads strategic engagements with clients ranging from PE-backed startups to global enterprises. His consultative approach focuses on understanding each organisation's unique challenges to developing talent strategies that enable sustainable growth.

 

When not headhunting talent, Ridda can be found on the sidelines coaching his son's football team. What started as a favour to help out has turned into a mini academy, though he admits his own football skills haven't improved quite as much as his coaching.