Christos Richards Partner and Managing Director Email: christos@levinandcompany.com Christos Richards, President of Levin & Company, has twenty-three years dedicated to executive recruitment, for a broad range of clients in medicine, science and technology. Beginning in 1982 serving a diversified base of high technology companies, his practice evolved into Life Sciences in 1989. Initially serving environmental consulting firms, Christos very shortly thereafter initiated a focus in Biotechnology and Biomedical Devices, and has now specialized in Life Sciences for the past sixteen years.

Throughout his career Christos has worked with venture-backed early stage, mid-cap, and with Fortune-500 companies. His clients benefit from his international experience in general management, and an ability to communicate across a broad range of science and technology platforms. This includes emerging-growth industries, and the convergence of classical life sciences with high technology.

Christos' accomplishments include:

• Founding and managing an executive search firm, which served both domestic and international clientele for over ten years.
• Managing the San Diego search practice for a major multinational executive search firm and serving as their North American High Technology Practice Team Leader.
• Creating and trademarking the brand name Nexium®, which he eventually sold to a pharmaceuticals marketing company.