Pegasus bolsters team

From top left: Harriet Middleton, Francesca McDaniel, Emily Berrington, Emma Fieldhouse, Kate Gerrard, Megan Hollingdale From bottom left: Kesha Tansey, Jack Newton, Billy Johnson, Trystan George and Yasmin Ghariani

Following its expansion of its Macclesfield office last year, Pegasus, part of UDG Healthcare, has grown its pharma and life science division by appointing six new hires.

Former HAVAS Just employee, Harriet Middleton joins the company as its senior account director following a background in healthcare public affairs and experience in stakeholder relations, policy and patient advocacy.

Coming from Ashfield Healthcare Communications’ sister agency Zoetic Science is Emily Berrington, who joins the Pegasus team as account manager.

Additional new starters include: Senior account executive, Jack Newton, who joins from HAVAS Health; Kate Gerrard, former communications coordinator from Lighthouse Arts; junior account executive, Francesca McDaniel; and junior account executive Emma Fieldhouse.

Jo Spadaccino, director and head of pharma and life sciences at Pegasus, said: “It’s been another great year of growth for the business and we’ve seen a large proportion of that growth coming from the pharma and life sciences sector.

“We warmly welcome the new members to out team and the collective skills they bring.”

Alongside its new hires – Pegasus has also boosted its team with several internal promotions.

Kesha Tansey, Yasmin Ghariani and Megan Hollingdale have all been promoted to senior account directors.

Meanwhile, Trystan George has been promoted to account manager and Billy Johnson becomes the agency’s senior account executive.

Spadaccino continues: “Our success is dependent on our people and their passion to deliver against our mission to inspire healthy decisions.

“We congratulate Kesha, Yasmin, Megan, Trystan and Billy on their well-deserved promotions.”