Lansons appoints associate director for healthcare team

Lansons has announced the appointment of Kate Aldous as an associate director within its healthcare team.

Ms Aldous joins the agency from Red Door Unlimited and brings 11 years of health comms experience to her new role, having led ethical and consumer healthcare campaigns for a number of pharmaceutical companies at a UK and global level.

During her time with Red Door, she provided senior-level consultancy to clients including Sanofi, Astellas, Pfizer, Novartis, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Lilly and AstraZeneca. Prior to Red Door, she worked at Huntsworth Health, rising to the position of account manager.

In her new role at Lansons, she will be tasked with helping to bolster Lansons' capability in the corporate healthcare sector.

Scott McKenzie, joint managing director and head of change and employee engagement at Lansons, said: "Kate is a wonderful consultant and her experience will be incredibly valuable as we continue to build our presence in a sector that faces many reputational and business challenges."

This comes at a time when Lansons is attempting to broaden the scope of its work in the healthcare sector, particularly around projects in the areas of business transformation, corporate reputation, innovation and branding.