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London, Manchester, Munich, 5 December 2005 … Northbank Communications, the full service PR and marketing consultancy focused on science-based companies, has announced the appointment of Adam Michael as Account Director. Previously director of his own biotech-focused consultancy, Placenta Publicity, Adam brings with him several clients, most notably two leading biopartnering conferences in Europe, BioSquare and BIO-Europe, organised by the EBD Group, and headed up by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the US trade association.
Welcoming Adam to the team, Sue Charles, CEO of Northbank said, “With five years PR experienced gained at Placenta and De Facto, and five years experience in journalism at leading biotech publications BioCentury and Nature Biotechnology, Adam brings strong media relations and copywriting skills to the team.”
In 2002 Adam established Placenta Publicity Ltd, a boutique media relations firm, specialising in biotech and healthcare. Prior to this he established and ran the media relations division of De Facto, conducting trade and financial PR for a host of biotechnology businesses across Europe and the US. Prior to his move into PR he spent two years at BioCentury as European News Editor and earned his spurs as a journalist during two years at Nature Biotechnology as Assistant Editor. Adam has an honours degree in Applied Biology from The University of Hull.
Commenting on his appointment, Adam said: “Northbank has clearly established itself as the leader in science and life science communications, and I very much welcome the opportunity to expand my experience and client base, working with the expert team at Northbank.”
At Northbank, Adam works with clients to focus the media relations component of their communications strategies, especially in the context of investors and biopartnering, and has responsibility for further developing his portfolio of clients in the biotech and life science sector. To date he has attracted Diamond Light Source, Macrozyme, and Immogenics as clients.
For
further information please contact:
Account Director, Adam
Michael
About Northbank Communications Ltd - www.northbankcommunications.com
Northbank Communications is a fully integrated PR and communications consultancy, focused on serving science-based companies and organisations, with a strong emphasis on the life science industry. Northbank helps early stage companies establish a corporate presence through PR, image development, website design and corporate materials, as well as value adding services including business plan writing and investor presentations. For more mature companies the consultancy can offer a range of dedicated services or integrated campaigns, targeted at either marketing or financial audiences. The consultancy has a fully equipped design studio offering on and off-line design solutions.
Northbank Communications Limited was formed through the
merger of Charles Consultants into STMP Marketing Solutions Ltd in November
2002 and operates from offices in London and Congleton (near Manchester) in
the UK, and Munich, Germany. The Company employs 24 staff with an annual
turnover of ~£2m (~€2.9m; ~$3.6m).
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