Cohn & Wolfe London expands healthcare team with two new senior hires

For immediate release:

9th November 2009

Cohn & Wolfe has boosted its 35-strong healthcare practice with the hire of two new Account Directors, Isabelle Scali and Rikki Jones.

Isabelle, a French national, has ten years of experience working in healthcare PR, and joins the London team from Weber Shandwick in Brussels, where she managed a number of European health policy campaigns.  She previously worked for Weber Shandwick in both London and Singapore.    She holds a university degree in Bioscience from University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, and a professional diploma in communications, advertising and marketing from the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Rikki joins Cohn & Wolfe from Red Door Communications, and brings extensive experience of UK and international communications campaigns, with particular expertise in the oncology and cardiovascular therapy areas.  Rikki began her career in Australia, working within Eli Lilly’s Corporate Affairs team managing oncology brand communications, including market access. Prior to Lilly, she worked on Australian and Asia-Pacific programmes within Edelman’s Australian healthcare team.

Commenting on the hires, Director Fiona McMillan said:  “Both Isabelle and Rikki bring exceptional skills and experience that will be of great value to our current clients, as well as supporting the development of new offers in 2010.  We are delighted to welcome them to our team.”  

For further information contact:
Fiona McMillan on 020 7331 5333 or Fiona.McMillan@cohnwolfe.com