Waggener Edstrom appoints vice president
pharmafile | July 20, 2012 | Appointment | Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing | Anna Gray, Waggener Edstrom
Comms agency Waggener Edstrom has announced that Anna Gray has been appointed to lead the agency’s UK Healthcare Practice.
Joining as vice president, Gray brings with her over 16 years of experience in agencies; including roles as director at WPP’s Burson-Marsteller, leading cross Atlantic programmes and at boutique healthcare agency Galliard, working on its lead client, Roche.
Recently Gray led the global Cardiovascular business for Novartis and Oncology teams for Bayer out of Cohn & Wolfe’s London office.
At Waggener Edstrom, Gray will lead the healthcare team, working on UK and International business and collaborate with colleagues across EMEA, APAC and the US.
“Healthcare is a priority for the agency, which is being backed up with significant investment by the company,” said the agency’s general manager Cairbre Sugrue.
“Along with the recent acquisition of Patzer PR in Germany, our goal is to build out our proposition in Europe and Anna has a wealth of experience from a variety of different healthcare sectors, which will really support our ambitious goals.”
Speaking about the position, Gray said: “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to work with such a highly reputed global team that retains its core values of independence and entrepreneurialism. The global support for our UK and EMEA teams combined with the focus on healthcare as a key growth area provides a strong environment to grow both the healthcare team and our client roster.”
In her new role, Gray will report directly to Sugrue and work across a portfolio of clients specialising in areas including Ethical Pharmaceuticals, Patient Group Relations and Digital Healthcare.
