Girls on Top - Northbank Communications Strengthens Senior Team with Three Promotions

London, Manchester, Munich - 5 October 2006 … Northbank Communications, the leader in life science PR and communications, has announced three promotions in its London team. Katja Stout, co-founder of the agency in 2002 has been voted onto the board of directors and becomes Director from Associate Director. Sarah Jeffery and Lorna Watson both of whom joined in 2005, move up from Senior Account Manager to Account Director.

Katja is a shareholder in Northbank, having been a co-founder. She focuses on Corporate and Financial Communications including integrated messaging, PR and integrated corporate image campaigns. Notable clients include BioInvent International, Daniolabs, Diatos, Oxford BioMedica, ProtAffin and Syntaxin. Katja is currently studying part time for an MBA at Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London.

Sarah joined the Northbank team in April 2005 from an in house role at GE/Amersham. With more than 15 years in the global, hi-tech B2B environment, Sarah provides senior level counsel for the development of clients’ integrated marketing communication and design programmes. She leads the marketing aspects of Northbank’s largest client, Sigma-Aldrich.

Lorna joined Northbank in August 2005 from NextGen Sciences. She has built a portfolio of clients predominantly in the genomics and proteomics fields, focusing on integrated PR and marketing campaigns. Her clients include Biacore, deltaDOT, Nautilus Biotech, Peakadilly (now Pronota) and Solexa.

Sue Charles, CEO of Northbank said,

“We very much focus on promotion from within and are committed to the development of our staff. These promotions reflect the progress that each has made in their career and contribution to Northbank, and underline Northbank’s expansion and growth on the back of continued client wins. Since launch in 2002, Northbank has grown to a team of 31 professionals, advising some 100 clients on a global basis. We now serve clients in UK, US and most countries across mainland Europe, as well as in Australia and Singapore.”

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