London, Manchester, Munich, 25th November 2003 ….. Stefan Platz, Account Manager and Head of the Munich office for Northbank Communications Ltd has successfully graduated with an MBA in Entrepreneurship for Applied Biomedicine from the Danube University in Krems, Austria. His final year thesis focused on financial reporting for biotech companies.

The University of Krems MBA program is the first to focus on the special needs of the life science and health care sectors. Stefan joined Northbank in September 2002, half way through his MBA. He has completed the MBA part time whilst helping to expand Northbank’s presence in Germany. In addition to his MBA, Stefan has an MSc in genetics.

“We are delighted that Stefan has successfully complete his MBA. The theoretical knowledge he has gained together with his scientific and communications skills are highly valuable to Northbank and our clients”, says Sue Charles, CEO at Northbank and an MBA graduate of Cranfield Management School in the UK.

“Northbank provided tremendous support and assistance during my MBA – providing the opportunity to immediately apply the knowledge I had gained in an entrepreneurial environment, as well as providing contacts for my thesis”.

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Sue Charles, CEO                 +44 (0)20 7886 8152             s.charles@northbankcommunications.com 

Notes to the Editor

Northbank Communications Ltd - www.northbankcommunications.com

Northbank focuses on serving science-based companies and organisations, with a strong focus in technical product companies and 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, focused on either marketing or financial audiences. The consultancy has a fully equipped design studio offering on- and off- line design solutions, based at its Congleton office.

Northbank Communications was formed through the merger of Charles Consultants into STMP Marketing Solutions Ltd in 2002. A full service PR and communications firm, the consultancy operates from offices in London and Congleton (near Manchester) in the UK and Munich Germany.