Guest Dave Melville, the founder and CEO of The Bowdoin Group, has built his company into one of the largest executive search firms in Massachusetts. For 25 years, local VCs and PE firms, growth-stage startups, and large enterprises have relied on The Bowdoin Group to meet their executive search and hiring needs. Melville leads The Bowdoin Group’s BioPharma practice along with overseeing general strategic initiatives, and is involved as a key resource for the firm’s growing client base. His expertise includes executive and strategic searches within the Clinical/Scientific, Medical Affairs, Commercial roles, Finance and HR fields, in addition to large-scale commercial team expansions for pre-clinical trial BioPharma companies. Melville is also constantly in the community, speaking at the Boston BioTech Forum and as part of Goodwin Law's JumpStart Bio breakfast series. Further, Melville is committed to helping people who are underserved in the Greater Boston community. He serves on the boards of Life Science Cares, Hack.Diversity, and Health Equity International (formerly St. Boniface Haiti Foundation). He’s also been involved with dozens of volunteering programs throughout his career, most recently YearUp, Rosie’s Place and Big Brother, Big Sister (a 4-time big brother). Discover more Boston Speaks Up at Boston Business Journal's BostInno: www.americaninno.com/boston/boston-speaks-up/
