About City & County Healthcare
Mark Hall, Investment Director at Graphite Capital, has used Drax on many occasions to help fill suitable senior roles for portfolio company management teams, including asking the Business and Support Services team to run a search process to find a CEO for City & County Healthcare. One of the shortlisted candidates was James Thorburn, who took up the role.
The Result
Mark Hall, Investment Director at Graphite Capital, said: “We are an active user of Drax and have run numerous searches in the last few years with them. Drax ran a formal search process for us which was very thorough and rigorous, and has resulted in us recruiting a very high calibre CEO. James is one of our best CEOs. Drax has a strong network and access to capable candidates, and they are good at listening to the client and understanding what we are looking for. We are quite specific about the individual that we want in terms of what they are good at and what experience they have, and Drax really listen very intently and factor that into the search. Their multi-stage process is professional, well thought through and well presented, and leads to us securing top calibre candidates that fit. We are very happy with the service and we will continue to use them very actively. I would recommend them.”
James Thorburn, CEO of City & County Healthcare, said: “I thought it was a very good and thorough process. I was new to private equity, having worked in corporate environments previously. I really appreciated David’s guidance and insight into private equity and what they were looking for. He was always very available and gave me plenty of advice. The outcome has been an incredibly positive one; I am thrilled to be doing what I am doing, it is a huge privilege and very exciting.”
Other Work
When discussing a more recent search for a CRO, Judith Lyons, Group HR Director of City & County Healthcare, said: "The team worked seamlessly, we had a clear roadmap of the process, expectations were really well managed, update calls were timely with a good balance of content and discussion. I felt confident in the process and the expertise and knowledge of the team gave me further reassurance, I cannot recommend the team highly enough, I enjoyed working with them and they did an excellent job for us. From the initial call through to the final call, I have always felt that the team have been on our side, focussed on achieving the best outcome for us."
With almost two decades’ worth of experience, our team of experts are passionate about people and are fully equipped to help candidates and clients achieve leadership success within their private equity journey. Contact Kit Walker at kw@draxexecutive.com for an explorative discussion about your leadership change requirements within the healthcare sector.
