Marc Kitten, Imperial Professor & Candesic Co-Founder: Private Equity and Life Sciences Consulting

Описание: From French business school to Deutsche Bank’s 90s trading floor and then into strategy consulting at McKinsey, Marc Kitten has built a career at the intersection of finance and healthcare consutling.

In this episode of the Imperial Investment Insights Podcast, host Ronnie sits down with Marc Kitten (Imperial Lecturer & Co-Founder of Candesic) to explore what it really takes to build a specialist consulting firm, stay resilient through crisis, and spot where life sciences and private equity are heading next.

What you’ll hear:

Marc’s early life in France, and why he chose finance (with a long-standing interest in technology)

What working in derivatives at Deutsche Bank in the 90s was really like and why he eventually left

Chicago Booth vs European business education: teaching, competition, and what “great professors” look like

How McKinsey “rewired” his thinking and what he had to unlearn from banking

Why he co-founded Candesic: the gap in mid-market healthcare consulting across pharma, biotech, medtech, and health services

Leadership and resilience through the Global Financial Crisis and COVID including the reality of talent poaching in a boom

Marc’s view on the UK’s life sciences future: London’s talent advantage, but Europe’s scaling and capital-raising challenge

The next 5–10 years: globalisation, AI beyond LLMs, and why prevention + personalised medicine will reshape healthcare

A preview of Marc’s upcoming book: the first textbook on private equity in healthcare and life sciences (publishing in May)

Whether you’re a STEM student curious about consulting, an aspiring investor, or interested in the future of healthcare, this conversation breaks down big ideas with real-world perspective and plenty of honest career lessons you won’t find in lecture notes.