London, Manchester, Munich - 5 October 2006 … Northbank
Communications, the leader in life science PR and communications,
has announced three promotions in its London team. Katja Stout,
co-founder of the agency in 2002 has been voted onto the board of
directors and becomes Director from Associate Director. Sarah
Jeffery and Lorna Watson both of whom joined in 2005, move up from
Senior Account Manager to Account Director.
Katja is a shareholder in Northbank, having been a co-founder. She
focuses on Corporate and Financial Communications including
integrated messaging, PR and integrated corporate image campaigns.
Notable clients include BioInvent International, Daniolabs, Diatos,
Oxford BioMedica, ProtAffin and Syntaxin. Katja is currently
studying part time for an MBA at Tanaka Business School, Imperial
College London.
Sarah joined the Northbank team in April 2005 from an in house
role at GE/Amersham. With more than 15 years in the global,
hi-tech B2B environment, Sarah provides senior level counsel for
the development of clients’ integrated marketing communication and
design programmes. She leads the marketing aspects of Northbank’s
largest client, Sigma-Aldrich.
Lorna joined Northbank in August 2005 from NextGen Sciences. She
has built a portfolio of clients predominantly in the genomics and
proteomics fields, focusing on integrated PR and marketing
campaigns. Her clients include Biacore, deltaDOT, Nautilus
Biotech, Peakadilly and Solexa.
Sue Charles, CEO of Northbank said,
“We very much focus on promotion from within and are committed to
the development of our staff. These promotions reflect the
progress that each has made in their career and contribution to
Northbank, and underline Northbank’s expansion and growth on the
back of continued client wins. Since launch in 2002, Northbank has
grown to a team of 31 professionals, advising some 100 clients on
a global basis. We now serve clients in UK, US and most countries
across mainland Europe, as well as in Australia and Singapore.
2006 to date has seen over 40% revenue growth. The last three
months have been record months for us.”
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For further information please contact:
Sue Charles, CEO
Tel: +44 (0)20 3008 7550
Email:
s.charles@northbankcommunications.com
For high-resolution images please contact:
Vicky Pateman, Marketing Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)20 3008 7560
Email:
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.
