Manning Selvage & Lee Announces Two New Practice Leaders in London

Manning Selvage & Lee’s (MS&L) London office has announced the appointment of Peter Carr as the new head of its healthcare group and Bronwen Andrews as the new head of its food, drink & nutrition (FD&N) group.  Both appointments are effective immediately.

Carr will be responsible for strategic development on international and UK programs with current clients such as sanofi-aventis, Philips Medical Systems and Novartis Consumer Health, as well as developing new business.  Prior to joining MS&L, Carr was managing director of Solaris Healthcare Networks, where he was responsible for winning business with key clients such as Bristol Myers Squibb and developing new business relationships across a spectrum of healthcare companies. Before that, Carr was EVP, Managing Director Europe, Grey Healthcare Group, a Chief Executive of Fujisawa and spent fourteen years in a variety of sales and marketing roles at Boehringer Ingelheim.

Andrews will also be responsible for strategic development on international and UK programs with current clients such as Nestlé, Beam Global Spirits & Wine and Procter & Gamble, as well as developing new business.  Prior to joining MS&L, Bronwen was managing director of Marcomms at Hill & Knowlton, where she was responsible for growing business with key clients such as Splenda, Benecol and Vodafone.  Before that, Bronwen built the Lifestyle and Sport divisions at Ketchum and set up the first integrated PR division within Saatchi & Saatchi, which became the fastest growing division in the advertising agency with clients including Bisto, Kipling, Lloyds TSB and the award-winning British Army campaign.

 “Peter and Bronwen both have broad and substantial experience in their fields and we are extremely pleased to welcome them to MS&L,” said Nicholas Walters, CEO of MS&L London. “Our healthcare practice is a very important and successful part of our business, and our FD&N practice has grown 50% over the past year. We are delighted to have Peter and Bronwen help us continue the success of both practices.”

MS&L Global Health is ranked among the world’s top healthcare communications practices specializing in health policy, direct to consumer, medical education, third-party alliances and strategic communications around key pharmaceutical benchmarks including medical meetings, advisory committee hearings, product approvals and launches.

The FD&N practice is made up of cross sector specialists who combine brand-building and media skills with health & nutrition knowledge, influencer advocacy, reputation management, trends mapping and issues & crisis preparedness. By partnering with clients to navigate the increasingly complex environment they are operating in, the FD&N team helps enable clients to successfully build their brands.

MS&L London is a full service consultancy operating across three key business areas - consumer marketing, corporate communications, and financial & investor relations.  With around 100 consultants, MS&L London provides a broad range of public relations expertise for both international and domestic clients across key commercial sectors, such as IT & telecommunications; financial & professional services; consumer electronics; government & public sector; ethical & consumer healthcare; food, drink & nutrition; and beauty & wellbeing.

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