Matthew West has worked in the advertising, PR and marketing fields for 25 years. He received a B.S. from Cornell University and a Masters from Harvard University. For 13 of those years, he has worked for McCann in the pharmaceutical and healthcare communications space as an Account Manager and Vice President, Chief HR/Talent Officer. In 2014, Matthew joined a talent acquisition firm to build and lead the first ever Pharmaceutical Advertising and Marketing recruitment division. Matthew’s unparalleled strategic business sense, understanding of brand building and recruitment of extraordinary talent make him a galvanizing asset to partner with on business. Matthew went on in his career and continues to lead other companies with their strategic talent needs including talent acquisition, learning and development, diversity and inclusion, organizational business planning and employee engagement consulting. Matthew has secured client relationships with over 40 companies including pharmaceutical advertising and PR agencies, healthcare communications firms as well as Fortune 500 manufacturers. He has worked with each of the major global Advertising/PR holding companies as his clients. Matthew is truly the industry’s Talent Connector. What makes Matthew’s leadership in the recruitment of talent so transformational is the fact that he understands what it is like to work in an agency environment. There aren’t too many “recruiters” who have actually worked in agencies as account managers and then went on to become Chief HR/Talent Officers and then went on to recruit talent for multiple industries. He understands and appreciates the value of “culture” and “fit” for both the company as well as the candidate. Matthew gets to know each candidate personally. On many occasions, Matthew spends days at companies listening to and learning their values, lingo, and what makes the company “tick.” By spending this extra time learning, Matthew’s matchmaking ability and strategic council is magical for both the candidates and the companies. Matthew was awarded the prestigious PharmaVoice Top 100 Most Inspiring People in the healthcare marketing industry as well as Workforce Management’s Game Changers Award for Business. In addition, PM-360 named Matthew a top Innovator in Talent for the industry.