TogoRun hires director from Havas Life Medicom

TogoRun has announced the appointment of Jonathan Kearney as a new director, focused on growing the agency's London-based European hub.

Mr Kearney joins the firm from Havas Life Medicom, where he spent the past two years as a director. He boasts experience of US and UK healthcare comms, specialising in diabetes, dermatology, oncology and cardiovascular disease, reports PRWeek.

Other former employers include Cohn and Wolfe and Shire Health International, now known as Ogilvy Healthworld.

He will be tasked with building the agency's specialist offerings in metabolics and medical aesthetics, working alongside fellow new recruit Catherine Blaikley, who joins TogoRun from the NHS to work as an account executive.

Tim Geldard, managing director of TogoRun UK, said: "Jonathan brings a wealth of experience and an exceptional reputation within the industry for developing integrated international communications strategies and navigating programmes across multiple therapeutic areas and channels."

The health and wellbeing agency is part of the Omnicom Group and has experience of working with clients such as Bayer HealthCare, Lilly and L'Oreal.