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James Higgins

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Managing Director & Founder at Kinara Group
📍 Greater Oxford Area, United Kingdom

James Higgins is the Managing Director and Founder of Kinara Group, a recruitment firm specializing in the Life Science, IVD, and Multi Omics sectors. He has a track record of significant commercial success, having previously built a new division to over £650, 000 in revenue. People he has worked with describe him as proactive, knowledgeable, and persistent.

Outside of his professional life, James has a background in competitive sports, having played for the 1st XV Rugby team at Lord Williams’s School in Thame. His interests extend to following key industry players like Roche, Siemens, and Agilent Technologies, indicating a deep passion for the life sciences field.

After only six years in recruitment, he founded his own company to be a disruptor in the industry.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Managing Director & Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Oxford Area, United Kingdom
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Life Science Recruitment
He founded his own firm to recruit commercial and technical talent for the IVD, Multi Omics, and Research Tools markets across the USA, EU, and UK.
Market Disruption
He explicitly positions his new company, Kinara Group, as a "disruptor" to traditional commercial recruitment in the life sciences space.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Managing Director & Founder
Kinara Group
9-2024 - 7-2025
Business Manager - IVD, Multi Omics & Life Sciences
Zenopa
9-2023 - 9-2024
Team Lead - IVD, Multi Omics & Life Sciences
Zenopa
8-2022 - 9-2023
Senior Consultant - IVD, Multi Omics & Life Sciences
Zenopa
1-2021 - 8-2022
Consultant - IVD & Life Sciences
Zenopa
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Education
1-2020 - 1-2023
Business Management 2:1
University of West London
2-2012 - 2-2019
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Lord Williams’s School Thame
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