Animal and Human Nutrition & Health

Since 2010, Hamden Executive Search has partnered with leading organisations across the global Animal and Human Nutrition & Health industries.

In 2025, we further strengthened our team with the addition of two Managing Partners – Sam Farrell and Samuel Walden – bringing deep industry expertise across these markets.

In Animal Nutrition & Health, the shift toward natural feed additives, advanced genetics and sustainable production is reshaping livestock, aquaculture and pet nutrition markets.

In Human Nutrition & Health, expanding demand for functional ingredients, dietary supplements and alternative proteins continues to fuel rapid global growth.

As trusted industry specialists, Hamden partners with organisations to secure executive leaders, niche experts, and high-impact mid-level talent who drive lasting competitive advantage.

Animal Nutrition & Health

For over 15 years, Hamden has been a trusted recruitment partner for some of the most niche and challenging searches worldwide.

Through our 4-week Direct Full-Market Search process, we help clients secure the best available talent in the market across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC.

We build long-term partnerships with organisations of all sizes, supporting across sales, marketing, product management, technical, R&D, regulatory, quality and operational functions.

Our work spans the full Animal Nutrition & Health value chain, from feed additives and premixes to vaccines, diagnostics, antibiotics, and genetics & breeding. This allows us to support clients working across all species – poultry, swine, ruminants, aquaculture, equine, and companion animals.

Human Nutrition & Health

Our expertise spans Consumer Health; Dietary Supplements & Nutraceuticals (including probiotics, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and Omega-3s); specialty food & beverage ingredients; flavours & fragrances; plant-based & alternative proteins; and specialised nutrition.

This breadth allows us to understand the technical, regulatory and commercial forces shaping the industry, as well as the leadership capabilities needed to succeed in a fast-evolving, health-driven global market.

We work with both private equity–backed growth businesses and established industry leaders, delivering senior appointments across C-suite, commercial, operational, R&D and regulatory functions. With deep industry insight and a global network, particularly strong in North America, Europe and Southeast Asia, we provide strategic guidance and talent solutions to organisations advancing human nutrition, health and sustainable wellbeing.

As a consequence, more and more companies are enlisting search services to facilitate their growth plans across the Globe. Our clients have capitalised on our ever-expanding networks and we have assisted them in increasing their market share with a large focus on key growth territories. With an extensive network, Hamden can offer access to specialist candidates that can make a direct and lasting impact in this ever-growing industry. We have access to top talent across the whole food and farming value chain, from farmer inputs across crops and livestock, through to commodities, processing, ingredients and additives for the food and beverages on our shelves.

Without the right people, our clients would not be able to develop and promote innovative products for emerging countries and niche markets to meet the expectations of their customers.

The most sought after talent in this industry is not actively looking for new challenges. We use our 6 Stage Process and our Direct Search methodology, to confidentially promote the opportunity and attract these valuable individuals. This identification, approach and assessment offers our clients the opportunity to select from a shortlist comprised of only top performers.

In my Global Management position within Alltech’s Animal Nutrition business a particular challenge was seeking a Regulatory Affairs Manager to look after our product registration and regulatory environment in India and the surrounding countries. Hamden team found us the right candidate, one who can meet the challenges of a changing regulatory and business environment in the territory.

Director Regulatory Affairs EMEA

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The professional work of Hamden as well as their deep overview of the market with a global network was providing us a number of potential candidates which were fitting to our requirements. Even for highly skilled and specialized position Hamden could always provide us with a list of candidates from whom we could select the best fitting one.

Director Operations & Finance

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In 2019, Alltech Animal Nutrition in Brazil retained the services of Hamden for an important search.
We found them to be extremely valuable in our search for a Quality Manager LATAM and they were able to deliver a shortlist of high calibre candidates, directly in the target market and within the promised timeframes.
Their knowledge of complex and technical roles in the Animal Nutrition market has allowed us access some of the top candidates in this area, that we would not have been able to contact without their help.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Hamden Executive Search and their retained service.

Alltech do Brasi
HR Director – Latin America

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