Surgical.ai case study – Chief Financial/Operations Officer in UK healthcare company

9 February 2022

2 minutes (213 Words)

About:

Surgical.ai are a hands-on company builder that provides investment and guidance for innovative technologies, helping to bridge the artificial intelligence gap in healthcare. By focusing on technologies designed to impact surgery – the most mission-critical segment of the hospital – they are working to solve healthcare’s problems of highest acuity.

Requirement:

Surgical.ai had reached a point where a CFO/COO was needed, as they were growing exponentially and were about to go through their biggest fundraising round yet (which turned out to be $100m). They needed someone who could professionalise and grow the finance function, be a sparring partner for the two co-CEOs, and be a key, market-facing part of the fundraise.

Solution:

We commenced the search mid-December 2019, and an ideal candidate was already in our network, we were able to organise a meeting with the CEO just before the 2020 new year. We also ran a 6-person interview process at La Fosse’s London office in January 2020 with Surgical.ai’s Chief of Staff . We provided an 8-person shortlist within 4 weeks (including 10 days off over Christmas) from the start of the search.

Result:

By the end of February, we had presented the offer to the original candidate from our network, who later accepted the position.

 

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