London, Manchester, Munich, 22nd September 2006
Northbank
Communications Limited, the leading consultancy in science and
life science communications, announces the appointment of Frances
Bornstein as Associate Director, to head its Financial
Communications and Investor Relations practice.
Most
recently, Frances ran a consulting business in Switzerland, most
notably advising Intercell through its IPO on the Vienna Stock
Exchange, including its IR program. Previous to that, she worked
at the SWX Swiss Exchange, most latterly as Vice President and
Head of Issuers & Investor Relations. At SWX she advised companies
for over five years on new issues and aspects of being a public
company.
Frances was responsible for the Positioning and Marketing of the
equity market and for the development of all life science related
activities. Frances also headed the strategic segmentation project
for the equity market which included the launch of Small and Mid
Cap indices (SPI EXTRA, SMIM) and the SWX Life Science indices (SXI
LIFE, SXI BM).
Her early career included broadcast and news agency journalism
covering business and finance, in Munich and Zurich. She has a
degree in Business specializing in Marketing and Strategic
Management.
At Northbank
Frances will be based in its London offices, working with current
clients and growing its Financial Communications and IR business
both in the UK and In Europe. She replaces Emma Palmer who left in
July to join ING Wholesale Banking.
Commenting on
Frances’ appointment, Sue Charles, CEO of Northbank, said:
“Northbank has been steadily growing its Financial Communications
practice with a focus on Life Science companies and I am delighted
that Frances has joined the team to further establish our client
base and reputation in this area.”
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For further
information please contact:
Sue
Charles, CEO +44 (0)20 3008 7550
s.charles@northbankcommunications.com
Frances Bornstein - New Associate Director at Northbank
Communications
For a high
resolution photograph, please contact:
Vicky Pateman,
Marketing Assistant/PA +44 (0)20 3008 7560
v.pateman@northbankcommunications.com
Notes
Northbank Communications Ltd -
www.northbankcommunications.com
Northbank Communications, a full service PR and communications
consultancy, focused on serving science-based companies and
organisations, with a strong focus in the life science industry.
Northbank has specialist practices in Corporate, Marketing and
Financial Communications, and an in house design studio.
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 31
staff with an annual turnover in excess £2.5m (€3.6m). In 2005
Northbank was finalist in the PR Week Specialist Consultancy of
the Year Award and, in the 2006 PR Week League Table, was ranked
108th overall and 16th in the Healthcare Top
50, achieving one of the fastest growth rates at 81%. In 2006 it
was also finalist in the CIPR Awards for Excellence in both the
corporate and healthcare categories.
