De Facto Communications, the Bell Pottinger consultancy, specialising in pharmaceutical, healthcare and life sciences has recruited Hilary Latham as Associate Director.
Hilary brings to De Facto an in depth knowledge of the life science and drug discovery markets as well as extensive experience in delivering creative marketing campaigns and both launching and managing products. This has been acquired over her twenty year career in sales, marketing and marketing communications within the life science industry.
A significant proportion of Hilary’s career was spent at GE Healthcare (formerly Amersham), in senior marketing roles followed by the Senior Product Manager role at The Automation Partnership. Latterly, Hilary was Head of Marketing at Genetix Ltd., where she built the brand strategy and drove successful integrated marketing communications initiatives.
De Facto has also recently appointed Karen Slack as an account manager to specialise in life sciences and healthcare. Karen joins De Facto from Hotwire, a technology PR agency. Karen will use the B2B experience gained at Hotwire to work across a number of key healthcare IT accounts.
Richard Anderson, De Facto’s CEO said: “I am very pleased to welcome Hilary and Karen to the team, as part of our on going expansion. Hilary’s breadth of “hands on” experience further enhances De Facto's capability to deliver a unique combination of in house expertise and consultancy experience to our clients, enabling them to successfully grow their businesses by utilising the latest marketing communication techniques.
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De Facto Communications, which is part of the Bell Pottinger Group, is one of Europe's most successful public relations consultancies in life science, healthcare, medical education and clinical trials marketing. In partnership with our clients, we approach our work with a passion and commitment that delivers award-winning, integrated communications programmes based on effective strategy, original thinking and creativity. De Facto is headquartered in London and operates internationally with clients across Europe and the US. Further information on De Facto Communications can be found at www.defacto.com
