Consilium Strategic Communications hires executive consultant

Consilium Strategic Communications has announced the appointment of Ivar Milligan as a new executive consultant, supporting its dedicated healthcare offering and international strategic advisory team.

Mr Milligan joins the agency from the British Army, where he was responsible for comms functions such as media management, international relationship management and employment model development, reports Gorkana.

He stated that the company's strong position in the healthcare market and the experience already present within its team were key motivating factors in his decision to join. He is aiming to help Consilium to maintain its recent success,

Mary-Jane Elliott, managing partner of Consilium Strategic Communications, said: "Ivar has a very relevant background in media and communications and we are pleased to welcome someone of such high calibre to the Consilium team."

The company works with a wide variety of healthcare sector clients, including Ablynx, Bone Therapeutics, Merck Sharp and Dohme and Care UK.

It is holding its annual healthcare conference in London today (November 19th 2013), in association with business and corporate law firm Covington and Burling.