About Us

Our Founder

Bonnie Newman Sacarny has 25+ years of experience in executive search.  She founded Aron/West International, a retained executive search firm, in 2000.  Previously, she served as Head of Research Recruitment for a NY executive search firm where she placed PhD scientists and later MDs in clinical research.  Her placements have been in large pharma & biotech, including Pfizer, Glaxo, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Genentech, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Johnson & Johnson companies, Abbott, and others.  Over many years, she has specialized in working closely with C-Suite professionals to help build their start-up companies.  She enjoys this niche area helping to grow these organizations from the ground up by finding talented, high-level executives.  Her network includes professionals from every therapeutic area in pharma, biotech, venture capital, government institutions, and academia in the US, Canada and abroad. Her business experience also includes working at the Xerox Corporation in major accounts and sales. This work draws on her recruiting and business experience as well as her studies in the sciences. Bonnie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University.

Our Firm

Aron/West International was created to provide outstanding search services for the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Diagnostics and Device industries. We are committed to representing and placing outstanding PhD, MD, DVM, MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, MBA and PhD/MBA candidates in the areas of Discovery Research, Pre-Clinical, Translational, Clinical, Board of Directors, Scientific/Clinical Board Leadership and Business positions for our US and Canadian client companies. Our candidates are from industry and other institutions.  They are nationwide and from outside the US. We work only on retained searches and welcome speaking with you about how we can best help your company with successful, future growth.

What You Should Expect

• Your goal becomes our goal. We are persistent with ongoing communication every step of the way, to find you the most qualified and motivated candidates.
• We understand your sense of urgency. That’s why we work quickly and efficiently to develop a comprehensive, individualized search plan to locate difficult to find, highly specialized, talented leaders. Our practice is to study industry trends and to be familiar with your corporate culture and organizational structure. We have developed extensive industry-specific networks to help us identify experienced, well-skilled employees for you.

We look forward to accomplishing these goals, bringing you continued success and developing a long lasting business relationship with your organization.