Cara Baker

Chief Research Officer

Cara Baker is an expert in senior appointments within biotech, diagnostic, CDMO and MedTech companies in North America and Europe. Cara joined Morgan Prestwich in 2011 and was promoted to being Chief Research Officer in 2022.

Cara has a BA Hons in Primary Education and recently completed her CIPD qualification in HR Management. Prior to joining Morgan Prestwich, Cara worked a teacher for 7 – 12 years olds in her local school.

She has a profound passion for the Life Sciences industry, she typically worked as Greg’s direct researcher on all senior appointments. Her portfolio of placements includes NED’s, C-Level and VP’s. She has personally placed exceptional candidates in 17 countries.

 

Cara's Expertise

Commercialisation

The Morgan Prestwich Team are the only search firm globally to have exclusively built over 14 biotech companies entire international launch teams (Leadership, Commercial, Medical), both above-country and in-country.

Delivering ground breaking medical innovation to a patient’s bedside relies on the expertise of professionals in Leadership, Medical, Product Launch, Market Access, Marketing and Sales, and these are core to our heritage. Led by our Senior Client Partners, Magdelena Meyer, Emile Haddian (Medical Affairs) and Iman Askari, all supported closely by CEO, Greg Bell, our commercialisation practice has extensive global networks which deliver an A Class team alongside your A Class medicine.

Medical Affairs

Our clients are focused on leading edge scientific innovation, making Medical and Medical Affairs a pivotal function. Simon Felton, one of the sector’s most knowledgeable and experienced consultants, leads this practice. Simon, together with his team, can build a client’s entire medical function across Europe and North America, from global and above-country senior leadership through to in-country affiliate build out. Our multilingual team of experts work on business-critical projects from Chief Medical Officer recruitment through to building entire teams of MSLs.

Clinical Development

Our expert clinical development team support clients from Pre-Clinical through clinical phases I – IV. We strengthen Boards and Leadership teams to develop their science in preparation for commercialisation or acquisition. We work with true start-up Biotech companies in rare, orphan, and speciality diseases, where science can have a real impact on patient lives.

Great Science Deserves Great Teams

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Great science truly deserves the greatest teams to deliver on the promise to patients, caregivers, and society in important areas of clinical need. Our promise is to identify the very best talent for each part of your journey towards building a fully integrated global Biopharmaceutical business.

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