Healthcare comms appointments

Lucid Group expand group

Medical communications company Lucid Group has added to a number of its teams with new hires Noelle O’Regan (pictured), Amanpreet Ubhi, Ali Rehman and Carly Knight.

O’Regan, who joins Lucid from science communicator group Oxford PharmaGenesis, bolsters the group’s scientific team as she becomes its senior medical writer.

Both Ubhi and Rehman joins Lucid’s financial team and Knight becomes the group’s interim head of facilities.

Sue Plant joins Wilmington Healthcare

Healthcare intelligence provider Wilmington Healthcare has appointed a new commercial director for MedTech in the form of Sue Plant.

In her new post, Plant will lead the group’s MedTech services, which include healthcare data, education, information and analytics.

She will also oversee a number of key accounts.

Gareth Thomas, Managing Director of Wilmington Healthcare, said: “ Having worked in sales, marketing and business management roles within the healthcare industry for nearly 20 years, Sue will be a great asset to the MedTech team.”

Plant joins Wilmington Healthcare from Veeva Systems, where she was global director for customer success.

Prior to that, she was global strategic account director for Zinc Ahead Ltd, where she was the corporate point of contact.

Galliard Healthcare and Nyxeon hires first digital and social media director

Galliard Healthcare and Nyxeon, an Ashfield company, has appointed Prakash Patel as its digital and social media director, a newly created position that will see Patel work closely alongside the account teams to expand the agencies’ digital offerings.

Patel’s responsibility will see him identify digital and social media opportunities to boost communications activities.

Over the last 20 years, Patel has led digital, content and social media strategies for a variety of organisations in they health, charity and education sectors.

He said: “Strong storytelling and a good customer experience are at the heart of delivering engaging digital experiences.

“I’m excited to be joining the Galliard and Nyxeon family to build on our success in delivering impactful, creative and high-performing campaigns for our clients.”