REASON FOR THE SEARCH

ArchiMed is looking to fill a new position due to their expansion from an increase of deals across the DACH region.

THE PRIVATE EQUITY FRIM

ArchiMed was established in 2014 by the global leaders of 3i Corporation Healthcare team. They focus on investing in healthcare globally in a variety of industries including Biopharma, MedTech, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Healthcare IT, and Consumer Health. They work closely with their portfolio companies to drive business growth through international expansion, additional products, acquisitions, and organic growth. They invest in both small and mid-cap companies.

THE SEARCH REQUIREMENT

• Private Equity (10+ years)
• Experience in leading deals from origination to exit
• M&A experience
• Finance or transaction experience
• Deal flow experience

WHY RAW SELECTION

ArchiMed had worked with a few other search firms before coming to Raw Selection. Because of the complexities of the search, they hadn’t received any suitable candidates from the other firms and so decided to go retained with Raw Selection to guarantee the right candidate.

Filling this role also came with three major challenges:

1. The firm is located in Lyon, which is not an area that is typically rife with Private Equity firms and talent.
2. The firm required a non-French candidate with international investment experience who would relocate to Lyon.
3. The firm had a strict non-compete in place with a number of international funds, which significantly reduced the talent pool available to them.

THE PROCESS

To secure the candidate, Raw Selection followed their extensive 15-step process to ensure a great match was found for the vacancy.

Upon starting this search, Raw Selection’s managing partner worked with the hiring manager Andre-Michel Ballester, and other key team members, in order to build out a full picture of the company, the employees, the culture, and exactly the type of profile that was needed to succeed in this position.

After conducting over 120 screening calls and 15+ interviews, Raw Selection identified Marcin Goszyk, who was subsequently hired for the role.

Raw Selection followed their extensive 15-step search process, identifying 450 potential profiles, which was then cut down to a shortlist of 9, all of whom had been fully interviewed and measured for culture fit.

They did this by focusing on non-core PE countries and by finding profiles that were more flexible for relocation. They also created a search pack with lots of information on relocating and living in Lyon to sell the location as well as the role.

This search was urgent with an immediate need to fill, so by choosing the retained option, ArchiMed knew they could expect quick results, and we were able to provide the candidate they ultimately hired within 3 weeks of taking on the search.

THE CANDIDATE

"I was delighted to work with Marcin to secure an opportunity with Archimed. Marcin is such a genuinely open and honest individual. He had worked at some impressive private equity firms, having been a Principal at The Riverside Company, then had worked for smaller private equity firms in Poland. Across his career, Marcin had completed a huge number of deals and add-on acquisitions operating in the lower to middle market/small cap sector. Marcin made the move to Archimed in Lyon, France, relocating from Poland to join the firm."

Alex Rawlings, Founder & Managing Partner of Raw Selection

OUR THOUGHTS ON THE SEARCH

Relocating people in Europe always makes searches a difficult process. Talented people are always open to moving, but then the fundamentals of family life, connections, etc., can break down the process. Archimed gave us a clear mandate to relocate professionals from across Europe to Lyon, France. We approached a huge number of private equity professionals, building an exceptional shortlist of profiles. We were able to successfully place Marcin in his new role at Archimed.

GET IN TOUCH

Raw Selection favors a meticulous approach to talent research. Our process for selecting the right talent means we can boast a 100% success rate for all our retained and engaged C-Suite clients, with 100% of placed candidates still in their roles after 12 months.

If you are looking for new talent, please get in contact with Alex today at alex.rawlings@raw-selection.com