Executive Search Expertise
At Kelham Partners, we deliver rexecutive search for companies producing and distributing ingredients across the personal care, pharmaceutical, nutrition, and consumer product value chains.
Whether you’re manufacturing actives and excipients, supplying functional food ingredients, or formulating bio-based additives, we understand the regulatory, scientific, and commercial complexity of your market, and we find the people who can scale within it.
Our clients span multinational manufacturers, private equity-backed platforms, distributors, and contract partners operating globally. We support cross-functional leadership hiring across commercial, operations, R&D, and regulatory functions.
Personal Care & Cosmetics
Household & Industrial Cleaning
Nutraceuticals & Functional Ingredients
Food & Beverage
Flavours, Fragrances & Additives
Animal Health & Nutrition
Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs & Excipients)
Who We Support
We recruit for leadership roles across all major segments of the global ingredients market.
From personal care ingredient manufacturers and excipient producers to bioactives innovators and feed additive manufacturers, we understand the nuances of ingredients and formulation businesses across regulated global markets.
Typical Roles We Recruit
Commercial
Global Sales Directors, BU Leaders, Category Managers, Strategic Account Managers, Sales Managers and Business Developers.
Technical & R&D
Heads of Innovation, Product Development, Application Scientists, Formulation Leaders.
Operations & Supply Chain
Site Directors, Global S&OP Heads, Manufacturing & Logistics VPs.
Regulatory & Quality
Heads of QA/RA, Compliance & Product Stewardship, Pharmacovigilance Leaders.
C-Suite & Executive
General Managers, Division MDs, VP Commercial, COO, CTO.
Deep Sector Knowledge. Global Delivery.
Whether you’re manufacturing APIs under GMP, sourcing botanical actives, or scaling sustainable food ingredients, we speak your language.
As specialist recruiters in the chemical and ingredients industries, we partner with clients across Europe, North America, and Asia to identify the senior leaders who can drive commercial performance, technical credibility, and regulatory confidence.
Hiring in the ingredients space?
We’d love to help you find high-impact leaders who understand science, regulation, and commercial performance.
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