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Russell Potter

Principal Consultant
Pharmaceutical Commercial
Tokyo

30-years in talent management and management consulting globally, Russell is an expert in leadership and business strategy.

He is focused on commercial pharma executive hiring for our pharmaceutical clients in Japan. He specializes in Director to Country Manager level appointments. 

As a leadership trainer, executive coach and former management consultant, he is uniquely skilled in creating the very best match for each search. 

He joined Recruit Group in 2017 as APAC L&D Manager where he was responsible for training leaders and consultants in SE Asia, India, China and Japan.

Russell is an executive coach, an author on neuro-psychology and has trained the regional management teams at companies including Standard Chartered Bank, Coach, H&M and Mistui and Co. 

With a degree in Business Administration, he is also a member of the CIPD (for HR professionals in the UK) and an ICF qualified coach.

As the pharmaceutical industry undergoes rigorous innovation, Russell has set out to apply his executive coaching and entrepreneurial skills by partnering with decision makers to place top talent in Healthcare & Life Sciences.

He has successfully partnered with pharma clients to deeply understand their needs (current and future) and to introduce executive leaders with the capabilities and desire to solve those challenges. 

His personal values are to “Help good people do great things.”