Liftstream is an executive search recruitment company in the life sciences sector
Liftstream signs up for UK Government’s Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search Firms
Author: Karl Simpson, CEO, Liftstream – Feb 12th 2018 The UK government some years ago (2011) introduced a Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search firms, which was implemented by the Department of Business in the wake of the Lord … Continue reading
Board Succession Requires Refreshing Plan
Author: Karl Simpson, Liftstream Succession planning should concern every board of directors, irrespective of whether private or public. Increasingly, public company shareholders and representative organisations such as ISS or Glass Lewis are scrutinising the degree to which succession plans for … Continue reading
5 Steps to Appointing More Executive Women
Author: Karl Simpson This month, Corporate-UK trumpeted the fact that the FTSE 100 has reached a target threshold of 25% women representation across their board of directors (here). This is an achievement driven by voluntary participation encouraged from the targets … Continue reading
Shire appoints new Chairwoman to Board and closes Viropharma acquisition
Authored by Karl Simpson It seems Linkedin has started the year with a real emphasis on telling us all about the new jobs our contacts have or the jobs they’ve got in the past year. One which sprung up in … Continue reading
FTSE Females Falter but Diversity on course
Authored by Karl Simpson Much has been made of the diversity agenda in recent months since the Davies’ report hit the wires. It is good to see that so much is written and said about finally addressing this topic and … Continue reading