Show Me, Don’t Tell Me – How to Build a Brand That Works for You
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The People Behind Your Success
When you choose Hunton Executive, you gain more than a search partner. You gain a trusted advisor dedicated to your organisation’s success. Our approach is senior-led, data-driven, and people-focused, ensuring every engagement delivers clarity, confidence, and measurable results. With 25+ years of experience, we understand the challenges you face – from urgent market entry to building succession pipelines – and we know how to solve them.
Meet our team
Vanessa Meikle
CEO + FOUNDER
For more than 25 years, I’ve dedicated my career to the healthcare and life sciences industries – building workforces, advising on leadership, and supporting growth through strategic talent solutions. I’ve had the privilege of working globally to help organisations attract, retain, and develop the extraordinary leaders they need to succeed in an increasingly complex and evolving sector.
My passion for leadership began with my foundation in psychology and organisational coaching. Over the years, through every search, partnership, and conversation, that passion has deepened. I’ve seen how exceptional leadership not only drives performance but also shapes culture, fuels innovation, and creates lasting organisational impact.
In 2020, I founded Hunton Executive with a clear mission: to raise the standard of leadership across global healthcare and life sciences. Today, we partner with clients across Australia, the USA, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East delivering high-touch, insight-led executive search and leadership advisory services tailored to the unique needs of the sector.
Alongside Hunton Executive, I co-founded Axis Health Co., a hands-on advisory firm focused on solving the sector’s most critical commercial and policy challenges. At Axis Health Co., I collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry to deliver tailored, high-impact solutions across the entire product life cycle – from policy and reimbursement to commercial strategy and leadership readiness. This work enriches my insight, strengthens my networks, and expands our collective ability to drive value and success in the Australian healthcare market.
I’m also proud to have co-founded Entrepreneurial Women in Health (EWIH), a purpose-led community connecting and elevating women founders, innovators, and executives who are transforming healthcare. Through EWIH, I remain closely attuned to emerging trends, support women at all stages of their entrepreneurial journey, and contribute to building a more connected, inclusive, and innovative healthcare ecosystem. It’s a space where leadership, collaboration, and bold ideas thrive.
My work is more than a profession – it’s a mission. I’m committed to shaping the future of healthcare by aligning visionary leadership with long-term business goals, and by helping individuals and organisations grow with clarity, purpose, and resilience.
Anthea Gribbin
DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Anthea Gribbin is a highly experienced executive search, talent acquisition, and human resources (people and culture) specialist with over 20 years of success partnering with healthcare providers and services, pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech and medtech organisations across Australia, APAC, UK and Europe. She has deep expertise in hiring for complex, regulated sectors such as healthcare, mental health, pharmaceuticals, and MedTech, underpinned by her background as an HR Director in the UK healthcare system, a Talent Acquisition Lead in a multinational pharmaceutical company and leading recruitment agencies within the healthcare and life sciences market. Anthea holds a degree in Management (Leadership) and a Postgraduate CIPD qualification in HR, giving her both the academic foundation and practical experience to drive leadership transformation. Known for her hands-on, strategic approach, she builds robust human-centered recruitment functions, refines best-in-class hiring strategies, and ensures leadership talent aligns with organisational goals. Whether scaling a high-growth business or strengthening an executive team, Anthea consistently delivers senior leaders who create long-term impact.
Andrea Croft
ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Andrea Croft is an organisational psychologist who is responsible for Hunton Executive’s psychometric assessments, leadership development, performance coaching and onboarding transition coaching. Andrea is a business psychologist with extensive experience applying psychological principles to improve individual, team and organisational growth and performance. She partners with leaders and People & Culture professionals to enhance their organisation’s leadership capabilities, improve team dynamics, and create high-performance cultures. She brings a wealth of experience in assessment, coaching and leadership development gained in the Health Care and Life Sciences industry. She has worked across the Asia Pacific region, as well as in the UK and the US.
Josianne Robb
Executive Coach
Josianne Robb is a senior executive leader with a 30-year international career leading global technical and commercial teams towards design, development, commercialisation, and adoption of digital solutions. With unique leadership and corporate experience encompassing leadership development, business development and partnering, transformation and change in Europe and Asia, across several industries, Josianne has both breadth and depth of executive experience to coach leaders to deliver immediate results. Josianne is an experienced board director, c-suite executive, NLP master practitioner, executive coach, and entrepreneur. She has extensive global experience transforming people, perspective, and performance by helping people and organizations adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
Meet our partners
Our approved specialised consulting experts that support the commercial growth of healthcare and life sciences organisations globally.
Axis Health Co – a powerhouse of industry experts, each bringing deep domain knowledge and leadership experience including our own CEO, Vanessa Meikle.
Axis Health Co - Strategic management consulting
Strategic advisory, commercial partnerships and interim leadership - designed to tackle the unique challenges at every stage of a product’s lifecycle in the Australian market.
Australia and New Zealand
Axis Health Co. is a hands-on advisory firm that delivers strategic consulting and commercial expertise to life sciences and healthcare organisations navigating the complexities of the Australian market. With deep industry experience, the firm partners with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical technology, and medical device companies to solve business-critical challenges across the product life cycle. Their services span strategic leadership and advisory – offering board and executive-level guidance, interim leadership, and government and corporate affairs expertise – to commercialisation support, including new product planning, patient journey mapping, and asset development. Axis Health Co. also excels in forging strategic partnerships that broaden market access and accelerate the delivery of critical treatments through collaborations with distributors, healthcare providers, and advocacy groups. By combining sector-specific knowledge with tailored, scalable solutions, Axis Health Co. empowers clients to achieve sustainable commercial success and meaningful patient outcomes.
An organisational psychology practice dedicated to helping teams flourish and thrive
Specialistion in Psychometric Assessments, Transition Onboarding Coaching, Leadership Development and Performance Coaching
global leadership assessment and development
Andrea Croft is an organisational psychologist who is responsible for Hunton Executive’s psychometric assessments, leadership development, performance coaching and onboarding transition coaching. Andrea is a business psychologist with extensive experience applying psychological principles to improve individual, team and organisational growth and performance. She partners with leaders and People & Culture professionals to enhance their organisation’s leadership capabilities, improve team dynamics, and create high-performance cultures. She brings a wealth of experience in assessment, coaching and leadership development gained in the Health Care and Life Sciences industry. She has worked across the Asia Pacific region, as well as in the UK and the US.
Professional Development Partners
Partnering with organisations that support the educational and development of emerging and seasoned leaders.
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