HCB Health Names Greg Niemczyk Vice President, Account Director/Business Development of Chicago Office

Healthcare agency veteran brings professional and patient therapeutic expertise and new business development experience to growing independent agency

AUSTIN, Texas, July 6, 2015 – HCB Health, one of the nation’s top 25 independent healthcare advertising agencies, announced today that Greg Niemczyk has joined the agency as a vice president, account director/business development. Niemczyk will be based out of HCB Health’s Chicago office, and also shares responsibility for growing the agency’s client base. He will report directly to agency partner Nancy Beesley while working closely with Chicago’s President Al Topin.

“Greg has a tremendous reputation in the industry for sparking pharmaceutical growth in both the professional and direct-to-patient segments,” said Kerry Hilton, CEO and partner of HCB Health. “We at HCB Health are impressed by his accomplishments in both account services and agency management, and are fortunate that his desire to get back to his Chicago roots coincided with our growth aspirations.”

Niemczyk comes to HCB from GSW, a noted healthcare advertising agency in the inVentiv Health network, and its oncology partner Navicor, as senior vice president, account director in the Columbus office. His contributions ranged from leading domestic and global teams in the immunology, oncology, nephrology, and pain categories, to generating new business that elevated both revenue and reputation for the agencies. His extensive integrated marketing experience spans professional to patient and pharmaceuticals to biologics, with a demonstrated ability to identify and decipher communication challenges among health care providers and patients.

Before joining GSW and Navicor, Niemczyk served as vice president, account director at
AbelsonTaylor in Chicago, where he managed overall client‐agency relationships and developed new business, leading to
successful agency of record assignments. He began his 20‐plus year pharmaceutical career in product management and sales with Marion Merrell Dow/Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, and received his B.S. in Psychology from the University of Illinois in
Urbana‐Champaign.

“I can’t say enough about my enthusiasm in joining HCB Health,” said Niemczyk. “Looking back at my career, I realized that the
most meaningful moments were those that allowed me to contribute to the core building blocks of something great, whether it’s the agency I work for, or the clients we serve. HCB Health has the right size to allow for agility and collaboration in client work,
and the entrepreneurial spirit to fuel additional growth while maintaining an independent voice. In HCB Health I see what clients see: excitement and energy. They are an agency on the move and that was very appealing to me.”

About HCB Health
Founded in Austin, Texas in 2001, HCB Health is an independent full‐service healthcare communications agency with one of
the world’s leading practices in medical marketing. Among the first agencies to integrate digital technology into its offerings, HCB serves the entire healthcare sector including companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In early 2015, HCB acquired Chicago-­‐based Topin & Associates expanding and diversifying the agency’s client offerings while establishing a strong presence in the Midwest. To learn more about HCB, visit hcbhealth.com, follow us on Facebook facebook.com/HCBhealth, and check out our blog at hcbhealth.com/health­‐blog

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