People First. Technology Forward. Planetary Impact.
Specialist executive search and leadership advisory for Animal Health, veterinary, and One Health organizations — across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.
Kennedy McArthur is an executive search and leadership advisory firm at the nexus of Animal Health, veterinary, human pharma, and planetary health. We hire the leaders the next decade of the sector requires.
The sectors sustaining life deserve search delivered with the same rigor as the science itself.
A search firm built around conviction, not coverage.
Generic firms offer breadth. We trade breadth for depth, and depth for outcomes.
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Sector specialism
We work exclusively at the Animal Health and One Health intersection. Our pipelines, references, and intelligence are concentrated where you operate — not spread across twenty industries.
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Operating context
Both partners have spent careers inside global Animal Health and investor-backed life sciences businesses. We bring the operating brief, not just the search brief.
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Cross-sector translation
We move talent between human pharma, AgTech, and Animal Health — bringing progressive commercial leadership into a sector that needs it.
Six sub-sectors. One operating context.
Mandates delivered across livestock, companion, equine, aquaculture, pharma, and AgTech — with the same operating fluency in each.
01CompanionVeterinary, pet health, diagnostics, and clinic networks. 02LivestockBovine, swine, poultry — production agriculture leadership. 03EquinePerformance, breeding, and equine veterinary medicine. 04AquacultureSalmon, shrimp, alternative proteins — blue-economy mandates. 05Human healthPharma, vaccines, biotech — R&D, regulatory, and commercial leadership. 06AgTech & ESGLand, watershed, climate-aligned capital, AgTech operators.
Five disciplines. One mandate.
We map ecosystems, not roles. Deep-domain intelligence paired with the discipline of a long-term value-creation plan.
- 01Executive SearchTargeted, retained search for board, C-suite, and senior leadership.→
- 02Talent Pipelining & ScoutingProactive scouting aligned with long-term value creation plans.→
- 03Market Mapping & Competitor IntelDiscrete, data-driven mapping across EMEA, North America, and APAC.→
- 04Onboarding & Retention AdvisorySenior placements integrated to create lasting value from day one.→
- 05BoardForge ArchitectureA data-driven methodology underpinning human capital strategy.→
Trusted by leaders across Animal Health, sustainability, and life sciences.
Joe is a highly skilled, wildly effective communicator and recruiter. I had the pleasure to work with Joe during an executive search. He builds relationships and collaborations very quickly and has a super broad view of the animal health industry. A progressive thinker, challenger, and driver of greater good — I am grateful he is choosing to work in the animal health space to make it even better.
Joe is an accomplished recruiter who I have used successfully to help us staff executive roles including Cluster VPs, Country Managers, BU and corporate functional leadership. I will continue to look to Joe as a partner and advisor as we grow our organisation, plan for succession, and continuously strive for diversity of talent.
Stewart gets results, and is a pleasure to do business with.
I found Stewart great to work with. Incredible insight and industry contacts.
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