London, Manchester, Munich, 5 May 2005…Northbank Communications, the full service PR and marketing consultancy focused on science-based companies, has announced the appointment of Sarah Jeffery as Account Director. She will assume responsibility for developing clients’ integrated marketing communication and design programmes in addition to growing Northbank’s customer base.

Sarah joins with 16 years experience working for Amersham Biosciences (created from the merger of Amersham Life Sciences and Pharmacia Biotech, and now part of GE Healthcare).  Her career has spanned R&D, Product Marketing and Marketing Communications during which she has worked on all of Amersham’s most successful brands. She combines an in-depth knowledge of life sciences and biotech markets with more than a decade of delivering global and pan-European communication campaigns. She brings a breadth of expertise across all channels complimented by her experience of branding and corporate identity.

Sarah has an honours degree in microbiology from University College London, after which she spent 2 years in post-graduate research. She is a member of the Institute of Direct Marketing (IDM). 

Commenting on the appointment, Peter Colley, Director and co-founder of Northbank said “Sarah’s science background, wealth of experience in a broad range of marketing initiatives for Amersham, and tremendous knowledge of the market will be of great benefit to Northbank’s customers.  She’ll also add significant strength to our new business drive which will help to grow our business.”