OPEN Health

Matt D’Auria

OPEN Health has appointed Matt D’Auria as chief executive officer. D’Auria brings over 25 years of experience to the role, which he takes on after serving as chief executive officer of HCG. He also held agency leadership roles at Envision Communications and Syneos Health, and served in oncology marketing and sales positions at AstraZeneca earlier in his career.

The Weber Shandwick Collective

Lucie Harper

The Weber Shandwick Collective has appointed Lucie Harper as president of Health, UK. Harper brings almost three decades of health communications experience to the role, which she takes on after serving as president of integrated communications at Real Chemistry. She also previously led the UK health team at Weber Shandwick for more than 15 years.

Edelman

Justin Westcott

Edelman has appointed Justin Westcott as chief operating officer and senior advisor, technology for Edelman EMEA. Westcott most recently served as Edelman’s head of technology, EMEA. He has held a range of positions during more than 18 years at the company, including chief operating officer for the UK and Ireland, and general manager for its London business.

Edelman

Ben Verley

Edelman has appointed Ben Verley as global head of predictive intelligence. Verley brings almost two decades of experience to the role, which he takes on after serving as senior director, artificial intelligence and analytics at A&MPLIFY. Prior to this, he was director of analytics, marketing and product at Ethos, and held roles of increasing responsibility at Accenture.

Cuttsy+Cuttsy

Oli Bailey

Cuttsy+Cuttsy has appointed Oli Bailey as strategy director. Bailey holds a wealth of experience in healthcare communications, having most recently served as director, brand strategy at Precision AQ. Prior to this, he held the same role at PRECISIONeffect and served in positions at Havas Lynx Group, DDB Remedy London, CAN Advertising and Langland.

Bedrock

Jonathan Crook

Bedrock Healthcare Communications has appointed Jonathan Crook as associate scientific director. Crook takes on the role after most recently serving as principal medical writer at Bedrock. Prior to this, he held the same position at Chameleon Communications International, after joining Chameleon as senior medical writer.

Bedrock

Samuel Sanders

Bedrock Healthcare Communications has appointed Samuel Sanders as senior account manager. Sanders joins Bedrock from Synergy Medical Communications, where he most recently served as senior account manager. Prior to this, he was client services manager at InterMed Marketing, and served as account manager at Chapter One London and Ballistic BD.

Cuttsy+Cuttsy

Scott Palmer

Cuttsy+Cuttsy has appointed Scott Palmer as principal patient writer. Palmer brings substantial healthcare communications experience to the role, which he takes after holding the position of senior medical writer at Cuttsy+Cuttsy. Prior to this, he served as editor at ThinkSCIENCE and Enago, and as science learning officer at Dundee Science Centre.