N2 Talent

N2 Talent is a recruitment firm that works with engineering biology and biotech companies. It recruits scientific, technical and leadership roles in healthtech, agritech and cleantech, across functions including R&D, regulatory, commercial and C-suite and board positions.

Its services are engaged search for scientific and technical roles, executive search for c-suite and board-level leaders, and market intelligence on a client's talent landscape. It presents curated shortlists of assessed candidates rather than large numbers of CVs, and says it takes on a limited number of projects at a time. Candidates can also register their CVs with the firm.

The company was founded by Simeon Ractliffe, Founder and Search Partner, who began in science, specialising in analytical chemistry, before moving into recruitment over 20 years ago. The team describes itself as scientists with more than 20 years of industry experience in biotech and life sciences. Over the past five years, it reports that 83% of offers were made within six weeks of the brief, 97% of searches were completed and 94% of placements were still in role after 18 months.