Axon Communications appoints new staff to support further growth

Axon Communications has announced the appointment of several new staff members as it seeks to build on its growth in the first quarter of 2016.

Dr Andrew Grigg has joined the agency's UK medical communications team as a director, with Kerry Stringer appointed as a senior programme director and Dr Lisa Langley as a senior medical writer.

Meanwhile, James McCary has been hired an editorial assistant/junior medical writer, and Thien Ho added as an editorial assistant. Additionally, the Copenhagen office has taken on Laura Pittard as a programme director and Dr Cindy Cheung as a medical writer based in New York.

Miranda Dini, managing partner at Axon Communications, said: "We are welcoming a wealth of talent from different backgrounds, and even from different countries, to join the Axon UK family, and we believe this will strengthen the expertise we can offer to our clients."

Axon closed 2015 with a 23 percent rate of growth and is now ranked 35th in PRWeek's list of the top 150 PR consultancies in the UK.

It was also recently ranked among the top ten best places to work in the UK in 2016 by Great Places to Work.