Frank Schönrock has left his role at pharma company Grünenthal to join the med comms agency Grayling Germany as CEO.
Schönrock joined Grünenthal in 2011 as VP of corporate communications before moving onto a global external communications role in his last year at the company. He was also a member of Grünenthal’s global group leadership committee.
He now heads the German division of global comms network Grayling, overseeing a team of 40 consultants in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Hamburg.
Schönrock has previous agency experience having spent 12 year at Edelman Germany in several management positions, including co-heading the firms’ office in Frankfurt.
“Frank is an exceptional talent and we are very proud to have him on board,” said Jan Simunek, Grayling’s regional director for the DACH region, Central & Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS
“His background in healthcare, financial services, issues & crisis management and litigation PR will be particularly valuable as we look to grow the firm in Germany over the months and years to come.”