Nicole Yost Joins Porter Novelli as Head of UK Health & Wellness Practice
LONDON, Feb. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Global public relations leader Porter Novelli announced Nicole Yost has joined the company as head of UK health & wellness practice. Yost joined the agency on February 2 and reports to Fenella Grey, managing director, UK.
In addition to leading the work for top clients, Yost's remit includes further growing Porter Novelli's UK health and wellness practice and working in collaboration with Paul George, head of Porter Novelli's global health & wellness practice.
"Nicole brings a wealth of experience in healthcare communications and journalism to this role and we know her leadership will bring impressive results for our clients," said Grey. "Our health & wellness practice has recently scored several big wins, and this important hire will continue to propel the global practice forward in 2015."
Yost joins Porter Novelli from Ogilvy Healthworld, where she was senior director for the PR team. She has supported pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies across a broad range of strategic communications programmes and therapy areas including oncology, CNS, diabetes, rare diseases and nutrition. Prior to Ogilvy, Yost served as associate partner at College Hill Life Sciences (Instinctif) and associate director at Tudor Reilly. Past client work has included Roche Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, Lundbeck and Nestle. She was previously a reporter for the pharmaceutical industry publication Scrip Intelligence.
"I am thrilled to join the talented health and wellness team at Porter Novelli," said Yost. "I'm looking forward to working with the impressive range of clients and driving growth within the division."
Yost is a trustee of Genetic Alliance UK. She has a degree in medical sciences and an MBA with distinction from Warwick Business School.
About Porter Novelli
Porter Novelli is the global public relations agency that pioneered social marketing. We've been motivating people to change deeply ingrained behaviors rooted in cultural and social norms for more than 25 years. Porter Novelli is a different kind of agency—and we recognize, respect and champion companies with the spirit, drive and tenacity to do things differently. We like taking on big challenges, and even bigger challengers, and we seek out clients who feel the same way—clients who have the conviction to tell their own story, and the courage to innovate from who they have been into who they know they can be. For additional information, please visit www.porternovelli.com. Porter Novelli is a part of the DAS Group of Companies.
About The DAS Group of Companies
The DAS Group of Companies, a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com), is a global group of marketing services companies. DAS includes over 200 companies in the following marketing disciplines: specialty, PR, healthcare, CRM, events, promotional marketing, branding and research. Operating through a combination of networks and regional organizations, DAS serves international, regional, national and local clients through more than 700 offices in 71 countries.
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