Week In Review:
April 25, 2025
On The Ground
Back in December, we released our 5th Edition of the Digital Health Executive Compensation Study exclusively to the 1,000+ execs who participated. And next week, we’ll be releasing an abridged version to the public. As we prepared for that, we wanted to give you a snapshot of what we saw.
2024 did not go the way many predicted at the beginning of the year, and if anything was a humbling reminder that sometimes there's just no way to know for sure how things will go.
Understandably, we saw a significant dip in the frequency of salary negotiations, with leaders not wanting to be overzealous in a market with limited alternatives. That being said, nearly half of all respondents received a merit increase in their base last year of 7.2% on average. That led to pay being up - if even modestly - nearly across the board, signaling that keeping the best people in seat and focused on weathering the storm was critical. Non-founding CEOs and Operators saw the biggest boosts in base compensation as companies doubled down on scaling profitably.
CFOs were the execs least likely to be making a move in 2025 relative to others, which tracks with the intense demand for those leaders at the end of 2023 and into 2024, with many of them now entrenched in those new opportunities for the near future.
It's been hard to predict with certainty if we've turned the corner, but with a spike in hiring for growth-centered roles, a rebound in venture funding in Q1, and some mega deals getting done, we remain hopeful.
On The Move
- Paul Roscoe joins mend, a food as medicine company, as Chief Executive Officer (Source)
- Health Gorilla, a healthcare data network company, announced several appointments: Bob Watson (Executive Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer), Patrick Lane (President and Chief Operating Officer), Steven Lane, MD (Chief Medical Officer), Chuck Boyle (Chief Financial Officer), and Tom Visotsky (Chief Revenue Officer) (Source)
- Matt Turner and Hutan Ashrafian, M.D., Ph.D join Harbinger Health, an early cancer detection company, as President and Chief Medical Officer, respectively (Source)
- Chen Franco-Yehuda joins DarioHealth, a chronic condition management company, as Chief Financial Officer (Source)
- Alison Borland joins Modern Health, an adaptive mental healthcare company, as Chief People & Strategy Officer (Source)
- John Flack joins Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions, a prescription benefits company, as Chief Financial Officer (Source)
- Robert Watson joins Found, a weight management company, as Chief Revenue Officer (Source)
On The Hunt
- Habitat Health, a whole-person care program for older adults, is hiring a VP, Data & Analytics
- Pomelo Care, a virtual maternity care program, is hiring a Head of Outreach & Engagement
- TailorMed, a financial navigation company, is hiring a VP, Partnerships
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The roles represented here have been shared by the companies themselves via their own career pages and aggregated on the Health Talent Exchange. Given that these organizations are not necessarily Aequitas clients, we cannot vouch for or provide further insight than what has been shared here.
Founded in 2014, Aequitas Partners is the preeminent talent partner for high-growth healthcare companies. With a diverse portfolio of offerings, we work with some of the most exciting companies in the industry, assembling teams tackling the biggest challenges facing healthcare, while supporting Founders, CEOs and Boards in all facets of human capital development.
Over the last decade, Aequitas has brought you insights on a quarterly basis in our Catalyst Newsletter - everything from interviews with groundbreaking healthcare leaders, to windows into who is hiring and who they are looking for, to trends on all things talent-related in digital health. But the industry moves fast, and the pace of change is constant.
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