London, Manchester, Munich 5 August 2005 … Northbank Communications, the full service PR and marketing consultancy focused on science-based sectors, has announced three promotions and a new addition in its London team, as a result of continued client growth. Taking on additional responsibilities are Ashley Lilly who moves up from Senior Account Executive to Junior Account Manager, Rowan Minnion who moves from Account Executive to Senior Account Executive and Jodi Lewis who moves from an administrative role to Account Executive. Hannah Carter joins the team as Account Administrator to provide additional support.

Ashley joined Northbank in August 2004, having relocated from Austin, Texas, USA to the UK.  Working across the corporate and financial communications practice, her clients include  MNLpharma (formerly Molecular Nature), Oxford BioMedica, Oxford Immunotec, Plant Impact, Symphogen, ProtAffin and the London Biotechnology Network’s annual Genesis Conference.

Rowan joined Northbank in September 2004. His clients span marketing, corporate and financial accounts. As Senior Account Executive he is focusing in particular on financial communications, supporting publicly AIM-listed biotech companies including York Pharma, CeNeS Pharmaceuticals, SR Pharma, Physiomics and Plethora Solutions.

Jodi also joined the Northbank team in September 2004 and to date has focused on Marketing and Office Management. In her role as Account Executive, she will support a number of private European biotech clients in their corporate communications including Scil Technology, Santaris Pharma and Borean Pharma.

Starting as a new employee on 4^th July, Hannah Carter joins the team with a BSc in Forensic Anthropology/Health Sciences and experience in PR and marketing administration. As Account Administrator she will support clients across all of Northbank’s practice areas.

Sue Charles, CEO of Northbank said,

“Attracting talented staff and seeing them grow and develop as the Company grows is very rewarding. All three staff that joined us in 2004 have made an excellent contribution to the team and their promotions are well deserved. Hannah has already made her mark and we are delighted that she joined the team.”

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