Northbank Strengthens PR team with New Account Manager

27 Jan 2004, London , Manchester and Munich Northbank Communications, the science based communications consultancy, has expanded its London team with the appointment of Rebecca Todd, PhD as Account Manager.

Rebecca joins Northbank from WestawayGillis a consultancy specialising in NHS marketing and communications, where she worked with major pharmaceutical clients, such as GSK and AstraZeneca, and gained an in depth knowledge of UK healthcare policy. She was previously Senior Account Executive in the healthcare division of Cohn & Wolfe.  Whilst there she worked on Communiqué award winning campaigns ‘Fatal attraction – Lifting the Smokescreen’, a high profile media campaign to raise public awareness of the issues surrounding women and smoking, and ‘IgE – 21^st Century Thinking in Asthma’ a targeted asthma awareness campaign. Prior to that Rebecca was PR development Officer of the Peterlee Education Action Zone.

Rebecca brings to Northbank in depth scientific knowledge, having gained her PhD in the field of genetics, as well as four years PR experience. She will be working on a variety of client accounts including: Affymetrix Inc, Integragen Inc, HUGO, Solexa Ltd and DNA Research Innovations Ltd.

Sue Charles , CEO of Northbank, said “Rebecca adds both PR and scientific expertise to our team and her up to date experience of the commercial end of pharmaceutical marketing broadens our offering.”

Rebecca commented, “I look forward to working at Northbank, having come from product marketing it will be an exciting experience for me to be involved in communicating the research side of the life science industry.”

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For further information please contact:

At Northbank Communications

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

For a picture contact  

Ellen Marriage,  +44(0)20 7886 8156  
e.marriage@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 .

The consultancy employs 20 staff with turnover for current year expected to exceed  £1.5m (€2.175m).