Envision Pharma Group expands with new Cheshire office

Envision Pharma Group has opened a new office in Wilmslow, Cheshire, as part of the UK medical affairs agency's expansion plans.

The Wilmslow office will be lead by former Ashfield Healthcare Communications SVP Anne Clare Wadsworth who will be responsible for directing the growth of the agency's core healthcare communications services in the North West.

Additionally, the new location will also act as headquarters for the European operations of the Alligent Group, which became part of Envision in September last year.

Envision's chief executive Brian Hepburn said: “The new location, coupled with Anne Clare's leadership capabilities and client-centric approach, will help drive the continued expansion of Envision's service line capabilities while establishing Alligent's European operations as this business unit continues to thrive.”

Taking up the role as head of Alligent Europe and Envision Pharma Group Manchester, Wadsworth joins the Envision management team that oversees the agency's nine other operations across the UK, US and Asia-Pacific.

In addition to her time at Ashfield Healthcare Communications, she brings experience in international multichannel medical communications programmes from Gardiner-Caldwell Communications, KnowledgePoint360 and Northern Exposure PR.

Co-founders of the Alligent Group David Thompson and Joe Kohles said: “We are delighted to open our Wilmslow office with such a well-recognised and vastly experienced medical communications leader in Anne Clare.

“Under her stewardship we are confident Envision's North West footprint will grow rapidly as a centre of excellence for the industry's brightest talent as well as serve as a commercial hub for Alligent's thriving European medical strategy business.”