As part of a continuing growth strategy, BW Health Group – a family of interconnected companies dedicated to supporting and building partnerships with the life sciences industry – appointed Will Reese as president of Benchworks. A full-service healthcare marketing agency, Benchworks assists brands throughout the commercialization process.

W2O operating firm 21GRAMS appointed Tom Richards as co-global chief creative officer. In this role, Richards, who is based in the United Kingdom, serves as a creative partner to U.S.-based Frank Mazzola, one of the company’s founding members.

Jenny McKenna was promoted to head of operations at Fingerpaint, a full-service health and wellness agency with five offices across the country and nearly $80 million in revenue. McKenna was also appointed to the agency’s operating board.

Intouch Group promoted Kim Bishop to senior VP, managing director client services. Bishop is leading the group’s seventh agency affiliate, Intouch Seven.

For Calcium, 2020 has been a good year so far. “It’s been an amazing six months, with over 50 percent growth in revenue,” says Steven Michaelson, Calcium’s founder and CEO. “We have hired over 30 new employees since January 1st, and more to come – including the addition of major talent, Gene Fitzpatrick and June Carnegie, to the executive leadership team.”

New top talent joined the Communications business of Syneos Health: JD Cassidy as president of advertising; Maria Tender as head of strategy; and Ian Dorrian as president of EU Communications.

Recent personnel movement in the healthcare communications industry includes Havas Health & You’s appointment of Icaro Doria as Global Chief Creative Officer.

REALITYRx added life sciences veteran Steve Nothel to the agency’s senior management ranks. Nothel joined REALITYRx as senior VP, business development.

Intouch Group, a full-service global agency network serving the pharmaceutical industry, announced the hire of Susan Perlbachs as chief creative officer. As CCO, Perlbachs is responsible for creative leadership across all Intouch Group affiliates, locations and clients. She is based in Intouch’s New York office.

closerlook inc. expanded the digital-native agency’s data science division and hired Monika Klimek to manage the unit as vice president of data science.