Consultants

Brock Worbets

Director

As Apex’s Managing Director, Brock works with management across all specialized industry teams to help achieve the goals of the clients and candidates.Since starting in recruitment in 2003, he has worked across various sectors including chemical, industrial, pharmaceutical, medical device, and other in...

Misa Aoki

Manager

Misa is business partner with the Managing Director as well as Manager in the executive search team. She has successfully completed placements with top Global Pharmaceutical companies and works towards constantly growing her technical knowledge of the industry. With this knowledge, Misa focuses on R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and Medic...

Nina Morita

Supervisor

Nina is a Supervisor in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex, supporting professionals in the medical field.She is experienced in working in the recruitment industry, having previously worked as a coordinator at a staffing agency. She feels very happy and honored to be able to support you at a crossroad in life, considering y...

Hayate Nashida

Coordinator

Yui Maehata

Coordinator

Curtis Jordan

Director

Curtis is the Director of the Technology and Life Science & Diagnostics teams. Curtis has been recruiting in this area since 2005 and has become a trusted partner to his network of professionals and clients. He works on both contingency and retained level positions and has succeeded in...

Bar Sanitovsky

Manager

Bar is a Manager in the IT team at Apex, covering areas including but not limited to Fintech and Consulting. He is working with big corporations as well as start-ups, covering wide range of positions such as data analysis/science, business development, sales, customer service and more.Bar grew up in Is...

Jumpei Shimamoto

Consultant

Jumpei is a Consultant in the Tech & Digital team at Apex.He specializes in a wide range of senior level positions across consulting firms and cloud computing service providers.Jumpei has successfully made placements with top consulting firms.

Ryota Tamura

Consultant

Ryota is a Consultant in the Tech & Digital Team at Apex, working closely with global top-tier IT companies as well as start-ups.He focuses on hot positions such as Cyber Security Consultant/Architect, as well as a wide range of positions including Sales, Business Development, and Data Scientist....

George Sampson

Consultant

George is a consultant in the tech team at Apex. He specializes in senior-level roles across the IT industry in Consulting, Project/Product Management, Data Science/Analytics, Engineering, and Sales/Marketing. George has successfully placed skilled talent in large global tech firms and specialized start-ups. He has successfully intr...

Shun Ikushima

Senior Associate

Shun is a Senior Associate in the IT team at Apex, specializing in a wide range of high-profile positions such as Consulting, Project Management, and Enterprise & Software.He is dedicated to providing the best support to both clients and candidates with each unique background and needs, as a diligent listener as well...

Barbara Mrtvi

Senior Associate

Barbara is a Senior Associate in the Technology team at Apex. She specializes in recruiting junior to senior-level candidates across the Tech subindustries including, but not limited to: AdTech, Consulting, and Enterprise.Barbara has worked closely with start-ups and big enterprises with the purpose of finding the best c...

Yuki Suzuki

Senior Associate

Yuki is a Senior Associate in the IT team at Apex, specializing in a wide range of roles in the global and domestic companies that include world's top-tier IT firms, consulting firms and fintech start-ups. She strives to thoroughly understand the needs and interests of her clients as well as candidates by working closely with them to...

Michael Naranjo

Consultant

Michael is a Consultant in the Legal and Compliance team at Apex. He specializes in recruitment for law firms and in-house positions. Michael is knowledgeable about industries such as Technology, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Real Estate, and Media.Michael has been recruiting within the legal industry since 20...

Rika Kanaya

Consultant

Rika is a Consultant in the Legal & Compliance team at Apex. She specializes in the recruitment for both law firms and in-house positions at global and domestic companies in a broad range of industries.She has a strong commitment to providing candidates with the best opportunities for their optimal career develo...

Hiroyuki Fukuhara

Senior Associate

Hiroyuki is a Senior Associate in the Legal and Compliance team at Apex, in charge of all professions in Legal and Compliance fields.He supports recruitment for global law firms as well as businesses in a wide range of industries that include global pharmaceutical companies, Japan top-tier energy companies, and big manuf...

Nagisa Kawai

Senior Associate

Nagisa is a Senior Associate in the Legal & Compliance team at Apex, specializing in the in-house roles both in domestic and global firms.She has partnered with companies across pharmaceutical, financial, IT, and entertainment industries, including start-ups and global top-ranked multinational companies.

Ai Sasaki

Senior Associate

Ai is a Senior Associate in the Legal & Compliance team at Apex, specializing in professions at both legal firms and in-house. She has worked closely with not only global top-ranked firms but also Japan's start-ups to provide support to lawyers and other legal professionals with a wide range of working experience. Her focus also i...

Paul Neville

Manager

Paul joined Apex in 2015 and is our Procurement and Supply Chain Management specialist. He is working in a cross-functional team focusing on Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Consumer roles. Paul has a background in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and has quickly established connections with...

Bakytzhamal Boshmanova

Senior Associate

Bakyt is a Senior Associate in the Supply Chain Management & Procurement team at Apex. She specializes in mid-career candidates across the Supply chain & Procurement functions including, but not limited to: Consulting, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device. Bakyt has worked closely with the largest E-commerce enterprises with the pur...

Luis Mamuric

Associate

Luis specializes in manager and executive-level positions within the Supply Chain & Procurement team. He is working in a cross-functional team that focuses on supporting global top-tier companies in Medical Device, Consumer and Pharmaceutical industries. Early in his career, Luis successfully filled a senior-level position in a...

Claire Anderson

Manager

Claire is the Manager of the Professional Services team at Apex. The Professional Services team specializes in senior positions within the functions of Human Resources, Accounting and Finance and Senior Executive Assistants.Claire has been working in recruitment since early 2016. She specializes in the Human Resources in...

Mao Nagami

Consultant

Mao is a recruiter in the Finance & Accounting team at Apex. She specializes in management roles across FP&A, Accounting, internal Auditing/ Control functions in any industries including: Automotive & Transportation, pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Consumer Products, and Industrial Manufacturing.Mao has succe...

William Stone

Consultant

William is a Consutlant on the Professional Services team at Apex. He specializes in a wide range of senior-level Human Resources, Finance, and Accounting positions across a variety of industries including: Consumer, Healthcare, Luxury Products, Chemical industries, and more.William’s industry knowledge provides a valuable tool for hel...

Tommy Cuddihy

Senior Associate

Tommy is a Senior Associate in the Professional Services team at Apex. He specializes in senior and executive roles in a wide range of industries with a focus on Human Resources, Accounting and Finance.Tommy has supported top global pharmaceutical companies with senior roles as well as small businesses and domestic indus...

Mao Okano

Associate

Mao is an Associate in the Professional Services team at Apex, focusing on the roles such as Human Resources and Finance & Accounting.With the global and cultural competency that she has developed since her childhood in Australia, she is determined to provide full support to the professionals to help them make an important ch...

Yumi Ozeki

Assistant

Michael Kaplar

Manager

Michael is a Manager in the Life Science & Diagnostics Team and has been here at Apex since 2013. He specializes in the areas of Biotechnology, Diagnostics and Analytical Chemistry and does searches for a variety of areas including sales, marketing, applications and service, effectivel...

Chihiro Hirai

Consultant

Chihirois a Consultant in the Life Science & Diagnostics team and operates in the Life Science, Biotechnology and Diagnostic fields. She works with skilled and experienced people in Sales, Marketing, Technical services and other positions to help them achieve their career goals. She prev...

Yuka Maedani

Senior Associate

Yuka is a Senior Associate in the Life Science and Diagnostics team at Apex, and works across the fields of Life Science, Diagnostics, and Analytical Instrumentation. She communicates daily with professionals with a variety of backgrounds including sales, marketing, application, and service. She s...

Natsuko Nomata

Manager

Practice Area: Sell & Buy-Side Front office Positions within Equities & FICC in Asia. The Team Manager of Apex’s award-winning Japan office, Natsuko joined in 2015 from Citigroup New York, where she was Director and Japan Desk Head of Fixed Income Sales. Natsuko’s experience entail...

Keith Dickson

Director

Keith is a Director and the leader of the Medical Device team at Apex. He has over 14 years of work experience in Japan and specializes in Manager and Director level roles in this area. Keith has successfully built and developed an outstanding network of global Medical Device clients and senior level professionals in the industry. He has suc...

Japheth Worthy

Associate Director

Jay is a Team Manager in the Medical Device team at Apex. He specializes in Marketing at the senior level for global medical device companies. Jay works hard in helping companies with their search for healthcare professionals, such as Product Managers, Marketing Managers/Directors, and Vice Presidents. He is relentless in his approach to fin...

Hinako Yamamura

Consultant

Hinako is a Consultant in the Medical Device team at Apex. She supports roles in the commercial division, especially Marketing Manager and Product Manager positions.Prior to her experience in healthcare recruitment, she worked in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries. Her 10+ years of industry knowledge and experience in both...

Haruka Kanno

Consultant

Haruka is a Consultant in the Medical Device team at Apex. She is mainly in charge of professional areas such as Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Safety, and Clinical.Haruka majored in English at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After graduating, she worked in the Human Resources industry as a branch...

Yuri Kwak

Consultant

Yuri is a Consultant in the Medical Device team at Apex. She is mainly responsible for field services, technical support, and customer services positions in the field.She earned a bachelor’s degree in International studies and studied English and customer services during her one-year stay in Canada. After graduating, she...

Krzysztof Filonowicz

Consultant

Kris is a consultant in Medical Device team Apex. He specializes in mid to senior level position in Medical Device Industry including: Product Manager, Marketing Manager, Business Director, Commercial Effectiveness and Country Manager. Has been working in recruitment industry since 2015. Before joining Apex hew as leading a team ...

Ruby Ta

Consultant

Ruby is a Consultant in the Medical Device team, responsible for a wide range of technical positions such as Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Safety, and Clinical Development.Ruby has supported top medical device companies as well as start-up businesses and is determined to find the best matches for b...

Ellis Warren

Consultant

Ellis is a Consultant in the Medical Device team at Apex. He specialises in regulatory affairs, quality assurance, clinical affairs, safety, and technical support. He has been in the medical device industry since 2019 and specialises in manager and executive-level positions. Ellis has successfully completed placements with a variety o...

Haruka Tadokoro

Senior Associate

Haruka is a Senior Associate in the Medical Device team at Apex, with a specific focus on Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and Clinical roles in the medical device industry. She has been working closely with both global top brands and small start-ups to provide best support. After graduating from college, she worked for an advertising age...

Saki Maehara

Coordinator

Saki is a Coordinator in the Medical Device Team, Consumer & Luxury team, and Supply Chain & Procurement team, supporting the Directors and the teams.Once she graduated from International Christian University, she worked at a large Japanese company in the education field. Communicating with people has always been...

Miho Shirai

Coordinator

Miho is a Coordinator in the Medical Device team at Apex. She specializes in a wide range of position in commercial side such as Marketing and Sales. She is supporting with top global foreign companies, as well as Japanese startup companies in medical device industry. She is always thinking about what is the best matching for both companies ...

Nick Orens

Director

Nick is a Director in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex. He specializes in a wide range of senior level positions across the pharmaceutical industry including; Clinical Development, Project Management, Safety, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs.Nick has successfully completed placements with top global pharmaceutical compani...

Noa Nakamura

Manager

Noa has been with Apex since 2011 and is a career consultant in the Pharmaceutical team focusing on Medical Affairs, Safety, PMS, MDs, and related fields. She understands the needs of clients and has been successfully seeking out key Manager and Director level positions as a core member of...

Ouichi Taniguchi

Manager

Ouichi is the Medimove Team Manager. He mainly supports sales professionals in the healthcare industry.He has almost 20 years of experience in human resources and recruiting in several areas including the healthcare industry and has significant experience as a salesperson and a trainer. He ...

Jorge Escobedo

Manager

Jorge is a Manager in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex. His team specializes in senior level positions within the technical areas of Pharmaceutical companies including; Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Safety (Pharmacovigilance and PMS), Medical Affairs, Clinical Development/R&D, and senior level commercial roles.

Kyohei Kato

Manager

Kyohei has been with Apex since 2013 and is a Manager in the Pharmaceutical team focusing on Medical Affairs, Safety, PMS, MDs and related fields. He is a true Japanese business professional and prides himself on his customer service.

Kane Elkind

Manager

Kane is a Manager in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex. He specializes in senior-level positions within the Commercial and Medical areas of Pharmaceutical companies including; Marketing, Business Development, Corporate Strategy, Quality Assurance, Medical Affairs Leadership, and Operational Excellence.Kane graduated from t...

Nerey Aranas

Manager

Nerey is a Manager at Apex, focusing on mid-career to executive level positions in healthcare and management consulting industries. She works closely with pharmaceutical and consulting companies to support them with their urgent and difficult searches.Nerey has successfully completed many placements in several areas such...

Sidney Schaben

Consultant

Sidney is a Consultant in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex, and focuses on clinical and technical areas in the pharmaceutical industry.He has lived in Japan since 2014 and has experiences working and living in various countr...

Anri Sato

Consultant

Anri is a Consultant in the Pharmaceutical Team at Apex and focuses on R&D and Medical Affairs positions.From her experience in hospitality and services in the United States, she can help and support you in Japanese and...

Yuki Ozawa

Consultant

Yuki is a Consultant in the Pharmaceutical Team at Apex. She specializes in supporting professionals in clinical, medical affairs and regulatory affairs. Yuki always keeps in close communication with both clients and candidates to ensure successful matches and can provide support in both English and Japanese.

Yuko Matsuda

Consultant

Yuko is a Consultant working in the Pharmaceutical Team at Apex and focuses on Medical Affairs and Marketing positions.She is always thinking about what would be best for her customers, and she listens very carefully to understand all of their needs and interests.After graduating from University, Yuk...

Reina Yanagisawa

Consultant

Reina is a Consultant in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex. Her specialty is in Marketing, Medical Affairs and Safety.She has worked with top global companies to smaller specialized companies. Her network provides her to have deep understanding of the industry, introducing candidates and clients with the best match.

Ian Wright

Consultant

Rei Wagatsuma

Consultant

Rei is a Consultant in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex, with a specific focus on Medical Affairs and Marketing positions.She earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance at the university in Pennsylvania, before working at Honolulu branch for an American travel agency.With her broad experience, she is deter...

Chihiro Gunji

Consultant

Chihiro is a Consultant of the Pharmaceutical team at Apex, specializing in the professions in the Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, and Medical Affairs.She was involved in the import-export business of networking gear, experienced in having a lot of business trips to six countries abroad, where she had developed...

Satoru Kudo

Consultant

Satoru is a Consultant in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex, with a specific focus on Clinical Development and Medical Affairs.He had worked for a NPO in Melbourne, Australia, as a manager supporting more than eight hundred multinational staffers and volunteers annually facing poverty or physical/mental disabilities.

John MacAloon

Consultant

John is a Consultant in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex. He specializes in a wide variety of senior level positions in the healthcare industry including Executive Office, Business Development, Regulatory Affairs, Safety, Marketing, and Quality Assurance.John has worked with some of the top global pharmaceutical companies on their mos...

Risako Kita

Senior Associate

Risako provides career consultation and support specializing in roles in Clinical, Medical Affairs, and Regulatory Affairs.She places great value on communication so that a candidate who switches job for the first time can feel comfortable with the process.She is determined to provide th...

Ryusaku Osaki

Senior Associate

Ryusaku is a Senior Associate in the Pharmaceutical team, working closely with both global pharmaceutical companies and small start-ups.He is passionate about matching talented individuals to the right company in a wide range of areas such as Clinical Development, Safety, and Regulatory Affairs.

Rio Taguchi

Senior Associate

Rio is a Senior Associate in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex. He specializes in roles such as clinical development and project management.He previously worked in the fitness industry, offering his clients solutions to their health concerns.His experience helps him provide professional solutions to ca...

Brad Trees

Senior Associate

Brad is a Senior Associate in the Pharmaceutical team at Apex. He specializes in a wide range of mid to senior level positions in the pharmaceutical industry including but not limited to: Medical Affairs, Project Management, Clinical Development, and Commercial. Brad has worked closely with clients of bioventures to mega pharma compan...

Mio Hizatsuki

Associate

Mio is an Associate in the Pharmaceutical Team at Apex. She specializes in a wide range of mid to senior level positions across healthcare consulting and pharmaceutical industry especially in commercial and marketing areas. She managed to close an important marketing role at a top global pharmaceutical company early in her career. Mio...

Chihiro Mizushima

Supervisor

Chihiro joined the Apex team in 2013. She started her career as Assistant in the Professional Services Team, adding a tremendous amount of support and value for four years. Currently, she is a proud member of the Pharmaceutical Team with a specific focus on Safety/Clinical/Medical Affairs ...

Chihiro Kobayashi

Coordinator

Chihiro Joined Apex in 2018 as a Coordinator in the Pharmaceutical Team, specializing in Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs and Marketing.She studied Hospitality Management at Pennsylvania State University. After returning to Tokyo, she managed the Front Desk at a 5 Star Hotel.Her refined hospitalit...

Nao Takuma

Coordinator

Nao is a pharmaceutical team coordinator at Apex, supporting professionals in broad area including marketing, sales, PR, PV, PMS, QA, and RA.She is experienced in the service/hospitality industry in Japan and Canada, and communicates carefully with candidates. She is determined to understand candidate’s needs and provide career support...

Aya Nishida

Coordinator