Moves - Optimum Strategic Communications

July moves 2022

Investment Firms

Qiming Venture Partners raises three new funds totaling $3.2B
Oxford Science Enterprises raises £250M
Lightspeed Venture Partners closes over $7B in new capital across four funds

Analysts and Banking

Edward Sham has joined Peel Hunt Healthcare team as a Research Analyst

Media

Aayushi Pratap has been appointed News Editor at Endpoints
Eric Niiler has been appointed Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Christopher Carbone has been appointed Science and Technology reporter at the Daily Mail
Max Bearak has joined the New York Times as a Reporter covering climate policy
Alex Ralph has been promoted to Chief Business Correspondent at the Times
James Temperton has been appointed News Editor at WIRED
John Harrington has retired. He was the Senior Equities Reporter at Proactive Investors

June moves 2022

Investment Firms

Arch Venture Partners announces its $2.975 billion Fund XII
Third Rock Ventures has closed its Fund VI of $1.1 billion
Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II raises €470 million

Analysts and Banking

Dominic Schmidt has left Syncona to join Advent Life Sciences as General Partner
Simon Meier has left Roche to join VI Healthcare as Partner
Chau Khuong has left Orbimed to join Catalio Capital Management as General Partner and Senior Advisor
Daniel O’Connell MD,PhD, has left Bristol Myers Squibb to join Novo Ventures as Partner

Media

Moira O’Neill has left her role as Head of Personal Finance at Interactive Investor but will continue as Investing Columnist at the Financial Times
Gavin Jackson has left his role at the Financial Times to join The Economist as Economics and Finance Correspondent
Louisa Clarence-Smith has left her role as Chief Business Correspondent at The Times to work as Education Editor at The Telegraph
Emily Dattilo has been appointed as a Reporter at Financial Advisor IQ
Gina Vitale has been appointed as a Life Sciences Reporter at Chemical and Engineering News, moving from the position of Associate Editor
Sri Taylor has been appointed as a Health Reporter at Bloomberg, joining from CNBC
Mary McDougall is to leave her role as Investment Writer at Investors Chronicle to join the Financial Times as Acting Global Tax Correspondent
Charlotte Gifford has been appointed Personal Finance Reporter at The Telegraph
Georgie Lee has been seconded to Investment Week from Monday to Thursday, on loan from her role as Junior Financial Journalist at Rhotic Media
Lorena Ruibal has joined International Financing Review as a Reporter

May moves 2022

Investment Firms

Apollo Global Management Inc forms €1B Strategic Partnership with Sofinnova Partners

Analysts and Banking

Dominic Schmidt has left Syncona to join Advent Life Sciences has General Partner

Media

Jason Mast has left Endpoints to join STAT News
Clara Rodriguez Fernandez has left Labiotech and will be joining Sifted in August 2022
Jim Cornall has been appointed Editor in Chief at Labiotech
Tyler Patchen has joined Endpoints as a Reporter
Ruby Flanagan has been appointed Personal Finance Reporter at the Daily Express
Yuko Takeo has been appointed Editor on the Asia economy desk at Bloomberg
Rebecca Szkutak has been appointed Senior Writer at Tech Crunch Plus
Catherine Boudreau has been appointed Senior Sustainability Reporter at Insider
Dominique Mosbergen has been appointed as a Medical Science Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Sarah Davidson has left her role as Business and Money Editor at The i (Paper). She is now a freelance journalist covering personal finance, business and corporate finance
Katie Prescott has been appointed Technology Business Editor at The Times
Liz Essley Whyte has been promoted to a Reporter covering the intersection of pharma and life sciences at The Wall Street Journal
Ashley Armstrong has been appointed Business Editor at The Sun, commencing the role in mid-July. She is currently Retail and M&A Editor for The Times

April moves 2022

Investment Firms

Cambridge Innovation Capital raises £225M

Analysts and Banking

Scott Bardo has left his role as an analyst at Berenberg to join Credit Swiss as Managing Director, Co-Head of Healthcare EMEA Investment Banking
Sean Conroy has joined Shore Capital Markets as an Equity Research Analyst covering UK Healthcare
Mathias Vinther has left Novo Ventures to join Forbion as a Principal
Priyanka Rohatgi has joined Novo Ventures as Partner

Media

Reece Armstrong has been appointed Deputy Editor at Drug Discovery World
Allison DeAngelis has joined STAT as a Reporter
Melinda Wenner Moyer has been appointed as a Science Journalist at The New York Times
Miriam Fauzia has joined The Daily Beast as Science and Innovation Reporter
Natalie Grover has been appointed EU Pharma correspondent at Reuters
Gabrielle Masson has joined Fierce Biotech as a Staff Writer
Victor Kotsev has left Labiotech

March moves 2022

Investment Firms

HealthQuad raises $162M for second fund

Analysts and Banking

Susie Jana joined Shore Capital Markets as Senior Healthcare Analyst
George Dollemore joined finnCap as Corporate Finance Analyst
Philippa Gardener left Jefferies and joined Trinity Delta as an Equity Analyst
Alexandre Bouilloux joined Barclays as Biotechnology Equity Research
Bryan McLoughlin joined White Star Capital as Partner

Media

Gabrielle Masson joined Fierce Biotech as Staff Writer
Kyle La Hucik left Fierce Biotech and joined Endpoints as Associate Editor
Eleanor Haywood has been appointed Health Correspondent at the Times
John Lauerman has been promoted to Senior Editor of US Health team at Bloomberg
Reece Armstrong joined Drug Discovery World as Deputy Editor
Tara Bannow has been appointed Hospital and Insurance Reporter at STAT News
Obey Manayiti left the Financial Times and joined peHUB as a Reporter
Catherine de Lange is promoted to Magazine Editor at the New Scientist
Emily Anthes joined the New York Times as a Science Journalist

February moves 2022

Investment Firms

Atlas venture has closed its 13th fund of 450 million

Analysts & Banking

Karl Keegan has joined Singer Capital Markets as a Senior Research Analyst
Kegan McCologan-Bannon joined Singer Capital Markets as a Research Analyst
Susie Jana has left finnCap

Media

Max Bayer has joined Fierce Biotech as a Staff Writer
Xantha Leatham has been promoted to Science Correspondent at the Daily Mail
Tom Chivers has been appointed Science Writer at i Paper
Emily Anthes has been appointed Science Journalist at the New York Times
Erin Banco has been promoted to Global Health Correspondent at POLITICO
Joao Grando has been appointed Editor of Unquote
Greg Brosnan has been appointed Digital Lead for Climate and Science at BBC News

January moves 2022

Investment Firms

Carina Tyrell moved from Goldman Sachs and launched a new half a billion deep tech fund with the former President of Samsung, Young Sohn

Analysts & Banking

Adam Barker has left Shore Capital and is joining Goodbody stockbroking firm
Glen Waters joined Silicon Valley Bank as Head of Early Stage Practice, EMEA
Graig Suvannavejh has left Goldman Sachs and joined Mizuho
Phil Walker has left Bryan Garnier and is now Head of Healthcare, Investment Banking at Liberum

Media

Amy Lewis has been promoted to Editor at Sifted
Eleanor Warnock has been appointed Deputy Editor at Sifted
Katie Linsell joins Bloomberg’s Consumer & Health team us a UK Retail Reporter
Francesca Washtell promoted to Chief Business Correspondent at the Daily Mail
Alexandra Ma promoted to Senior News Editor at Insider UK
Jennifer Rigby joins Reuters as Global Health Correspondent
Charlie Conchie joins CityAM as Reporter covering fintech, PE/VC and investment themes
Abhinav Ramnarayan joins Bloomberg as Corporate Finance Reporter
Natasha Bernal has re-joined Wired as Business Editor
Amy O’Brien joins Sifted as Reporter covering European venture capital and tech
Ella Walker has been appointed Health Features Editor at The Sun

November moves 2021

Investment Firms

LSP raises record $1 billion (€850 million) for its 7th flagship life sciences fund
LSP is being acquired by private equity firm EQT

Analysts & Banking

Graig Suvannavejh has left Goldman Sachs
Edward Thomason has left Singer Capital Markets and has joined Liberum Capital Markets as Equity Research Analyst
Niccolò Bacchi joins Droia Ventures as Senior Associate from Novo Seeds
Karolina Zapadka, PhD, joins Park Walk Advisors
John Priestner has left Edison and joined JP Morgan Chase & Co as Equity Research Analyst, European Pharma & Biotech

Media

Ben Comer has left Informa
Julie Bradshaw to join consultancy FTI as Senior Director in their Life Sciences division
Sarah Pringle joins Axios as Private Equity Reporter

October moves 2021

Investment Firms

Atlas Venture Announces $300 Million Second Opportunity Fund
Sofinnova Partners Raises €472 ($548) Million to Form Largest Early-Stage Healthcare VC Fund in Europe
MPM Capital has raised a total of $850 million for its Oncology Impact Fund 2
RA Capital Management has raised $880 million for its RA Capital Nexus Fund III
Hadean Ventures Fund II closes at EUR 90m

Analysts & Banking

Andrew Yuen joined GordonMD Global Investments LP as Research Analyst
Eric Le Berrigaud joined Stifel European healthcare as Equity analyst

Media

Mansur Shaheen has been promoted to Deputy Health Editor at the Daily Mail
Angus Chen joined Stat News
David Baxter has been promoted to Funds Editor at Investors Chronicle
Rosie Carr has been appointed as the new Editor of Investors’ Chronicle
Seb McCarthy has been appointed as a News Reporter at Private Equity News
Matt Oliver joins The Telegraph as a Business Reporter
Nicholas Earl has been appointed as a Reporter at CityAM

September moves 2021

Investment Firms

Keno Gutierrez has left M Ventures to join BioGeneration Ventures
Rob Woodman has left Takeda Ventures and joined Panakes Partners
Healthcare investor Mark Braganza has joined Sun European Partners, LLP
Lucille Conroy, Jiayue (Jay) Cuiand Diya Malhotra, PhD, join Abingworth, both in the UK and US
Ekaterina (Katya) Smirnyagina has joined Oxford Science Enterprises as Senior Partner for Life Sciences
Bonnie van Wilgenburg, formerly at Forbion, has joined Monograph
Raphael Bidaut has joined Bryan Garnier as Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, in London
Lightstone Ventures has raised $375 million for its third fund with an eye on expanding its focus on CNS disease — while keeping the strategy of investing in seed-stage to Series A companies
After raising Europe’s largest biotech fund at €534 million, French VC Jeito is gearing up to flesh out its portfolio of European companies focused on severe diseases in small patient populations

Analysts & Banking

Former Head of IR at GSK Sarah Elton-Farr has joined UBS Healthcare Investment Banking team
Michael King has left RX Securities to join Advanced Medical Solutions as IR Manager
Tara Raveendran has been appointed Head of Healthcare Research and Brett Pollard starts as Analyst at Polar Capital
Robin Stürken and Parthiv Patel have joined WG Partners
Ian Wainwright has joined the Healthcare Specialist Sales team at Stifel
Michael Healy, Equity Research Analyst has left Berenberg to join UBS Healthcare Investment Team

Media

Cat Rutter Pooley returns from maternity to write City Bulletin and the Thursday UK business column at the FT
Jamie Smyth has started his new role as US Pharmaceutical Correspondent at the FT
Alex Rolandi has been appointed as the Deputy News Editor at Investment Week
Leslie Norton has been appointed as the Editorial Director at Morningstar
Angus Chen has been appointed as a Reporter at Stat News
Oscar Williams-Grut starts this week as City Editor at City AM
Mike Sheen has been appointed News Editor at Thisismoney.co.uk
Natalie Grover has left her position as Science Correspondent at The Guardian

August moves 2021

Investment Firms

John Cassidy joined SoftBank as Investment Director, Life Sciences & HealthTech
Nanna Lüneborg has left Novo Ventures and is now a General Partner at Forbion Capital Partners
Jonathan Tobin is now Investment Director at Brandon Capital Partners
Satheesh Nadarajah and Erland Sternby have joined WG Partners

Media

Catherine Longworth has joined BioWorld MedTech as Staff Writer
Michael Fahy has been appointed Companies Writer at the Investors Chronicle
Lizzie Roberts has been appointed Health Reporter at The Sunday Telegraph
Jim Armitage has now commenced his role as Business Editor at The Sunday Times
Lauren Almeida has joined The Daily Telegraph as an Investment Reporter. She was previously an Investment Writer for the Investors Chronicle

July moves 2021

Investment Firms

John Rex has been appointed SAB Chair for the AMR Action Fund
Lloyd Czaplewsk has become Chair of Novo Holdings REPAIR Impact Fund as Carole Sable joined as member
Panakès Partners, the Italian venture capital firm, closed its €150 million ($180 million) Purple Fund, dedicated to investments in medtech and, now, in biotech as well
GHO (Global Healthcare Opportunities) Capital, a European specialist investor in global healthcare, closed its third fund with over €2 billion
Sofinnova Partners closed a €63 million ($75 million) oversubscribed Medtech Acceleration Fund

Media

Hannah Godfrey has left her role as Business Reporter at City A.M. to join Rhotic Media in their Retail Finance team
Jim Armitage will become Business Editor at The Sunday Times. He was the City Editor at the Evening Standard
Lori Ellis has joined the Informa pharma Intelligence as Custom Content Writer
Arthur Sants has been appointed as an Investment Writer at the Investors Chronicle
Andrew Gregory has been appointed Health Editor at The Guardian. He is currently Health Editor at The Sunday Times and takes up his new role in September
Damian Shepherd joins Bloomberg as a Business Reporter. He was previously a Business Reporter at City AM
Juliette Garside appointed Deputy Business Editor at The Guardian
Sarah Boseley has left her role as Health Editor at The Guardian
Kaya Burgess appointed Science Reporter & Religious Affairs Correspondent at The Times
Amy O’Brien appointed Investment Reporter at City A.M.
Emma Powell started Editor of the Tempus column She was previously the Deputy Companies Editor at Investors Chronicle
Oscar Williams-Grut appointed City Editor at Evening Standard

June moves 2021

Investment Firms:

Flagship Pioneering raised $3.4 billion in its latest fund
Vida Ventures closed its third and largest fund at $825 million
VenBio has raised a $550 million fund
Versant Ventures raised $950 million
BARDA, the US’s top pandemic preparedness agency, is launching its own VC fund of $50 million for technologies that could be deployed against future outbreaks or other public health emergencies
Ysios BioFund has closed its third and largest fund at €216 million ($264 million)

Analysts & Banking:

N+1 Singer is now Singer Capital Markets
Emma Ulker left Equity Development to join WH Ireland

Media:

Richard Staines joined BioWorld from pharmaphorum
Louisa Clarence-Smith has been appointed Chief Business Correspondent at The Times
Oliver Barnes joins the health and science desk and is covering all things Covid-19 too at the FT
Hanna Geissler has been promoted to Health Editor at the Daily Express.
Alex Sebastian has been appointed News Editor at Interactive Investor. He joined from This is Money.co.uk
Loukia Gyftopoulou has been promoted to Business Editor at Citywire
Angharad Carrick has joined Thisismoney.co.uk as an Investment Reporter. She was previously at CityAM
Amy O’Brien has been appointed as a Business Reporter at City AM
Ellie Zolfagharifard appointed Business Features Editor at The Daily Telegraph
Damian Shepherd joins Bloomberg as a Business Reporter

May moves 2021

Investment firms:

Jasper Bos left M Ventures and joined Forbion as General Partner
Dani Saurymper from AXA IM to join Pacific Asset Management
Sam Truex joined Atlas Venture as Venture Partner
Joep Muijrers has joined Gilde Healthcare from PureTech to lead public investments
Ysios Capital closes its third fund at €216 million ($260 million)

Analysts & Banking

Edward Jinks joined Cenkos as an Equity Analyst
Etienne Daher has new role of Analyst at Aescap Life Sciences

Media

Joe Pinkstone appointed as a Science Correspondent at The Telegraph
Deirdre Hipwell appointed Consumer & Healthcare Team Leader at Bloomberg
Jim Armitage appointed as the Business Editor at The Sunday Times
Hannah Boland has been promoted to Consumer Goods and Pharma Correspondent at The Telegraph, taking over from Hannah Uttley
George Nixon is joining the money desk at The Times. He joins from This Is Money
Alex Sebastian appointed News Editor at Interactive Investor. He was News Editor at This is Money
Megan Molteni joined STAT News as a Reporter. She was a Staff Writer at Wired

April moves 2021

Investment firms

BB Pureos Bioventures has closed its first fund at $205 million
Versant Ventures raises $950 million across three vehicles, a $560 million primary global biotech fund; Versant Voyageurs II, a $140 million booster fund; and Versant Vantage II, a $250 million later-stage opportunity fund

Analysts and banking

Hans Bostrom joins Trinity Delta as Equities Analyst

Media

Financial Times – Nikou Asgari – has recently relocated to New York to cover the US pharmaceutical industry. Nikou was previously on the Capital Markets desk in London
Adrienne Klasa appointed Deputy Markets News Editor at Financial Times She was previously World Digital News Editor on the World desk and replaces Ian Smith
Vishal Persaud has been appointed Start Ups & Venture Capital Editor at Insider. He was previously Editor at PitchBook DataAngela Kam has been promoted to Senior Editor at The Pharmaceutical Journal. She was previously Careers Editor at the title

March moves 2021

Investment firms

Sofinnova Partners has closed €445M ($540M) oversubscribed late-stage healthcare crossover fund
LSP has closed an upsized $120M Nasdaq IPO of European Biotech Acquisition Corporation (EBAC), the first healthcare SPAC to exclusively focus on European biotech

Analysts and banking

Mick Ready has left Goldman Sachs to join the Investor Relations team at GSK

Media

Sten Stovall has returned from sabbatical to his role as Editor and Writer at Scrip, In Vivo and The Pink Sheet
Zachary Brennan is now a Senior Editor at Endpoints. He was previously a reporter at POLITICO
Helen Thomas and Bryce Elder will be writing a column in Financial Times’ Lombard ‘slot’ focused on UK business
Miles Costello has left The Times after 15 years on the business desk
Josh Sullivan joins Endpoints News as an Associate Editor on the pharmaceutical manufacturing
Megan Molteni will be joining STAT News on 5th April as a reporter. She is currently a staff writer at Wired
Hannah Kuchler is currently the FT’s US Pharmaceuticals Reporter and will be moving back to London in April to start her new role as Global Pharmaceuticals Reporter

February moves 2021

Investment firms

Pontifax raised $404M in a first and final close of Pontifax VI
Abingworth raised $465M for new life sciences fund Abingworth Bioventures 8
Adjuvant Capital announced $300M Venture Fund
Advent Life Sciences closed two new funds at $215M
Kate Bechtold has joined Vida Ventures as Senior Director, Investor Relations

Media

Natasha Loder, Health Policy Editor and Alok Jha, Science Correspondent are hosts of The Economist’s new podcast, The Jab
John Simons will start his new role as Executive Editor at TIME in March. He is currently Deputy Coverage Chief for Health & Science at The Wall Street Journal
Rachel Addison has joined the Telegraph’s money desk. She was previously Senior Reporter at FTAdviser
Imogen Tew is joining The Times’ Money Desk. She was previously Senior Reporter at FTAdviser
Eleanor Malone is now Editor In Chief, Commercial Insights at
Informa Pharma Intelligence

January moves 2021

Investment firms

Dr Allan Marchington joins Intermediate Capital Group plc (ICG), the global alternative asset manager as Managing Director and Head of ICG Life Sciences, joined by Dr Toby Sykes, Simon Tate, Dr Peter Kiener and Tracy Weightman. The team previously worked together at Bridge Valley Ventures

Analysts and banking

James Orsborne has joined the healthcare research team at Stifel
Cailin McGurk has joined Morgan Stanley as Managing Director, Investment
Jonathan Beake joins Citi as specialist sales

Media

Shivali Best has been appointed Deputy Science and Technology Editor at Mail Online. Previously she was the Deputy Science and Technology Editor at the Daily Mirror
Matthew Sparkes has joined New Scientist as a Technology Reporter.
Kate Galbraith has been appointed Health Editor at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Conner Mitchell joined Endpoints as an Associate Editor
Rebecca Szkutak joins Forbes as a reporter covering venture capital
Katie Palmer and Mario Aguilar have joined STAT as Reporters
Ben Spencer has been appointed Science Editor at The Sunday Times
Patricia Kelly Yeo joined Business Insider (US) as Healthcare Fellow
Ian Lopez will cover Pharmaceuticals at Bloomberg
Julie Wernau has been appointed Reporter on the Health & Science team for the Wall Street Journal.

December moves 2020

Investment Firms

Forbion closed its fifth Life Sciences fund at €460M

Analysts

Kane Slutzkin has joined Numis as Healthcare Equity Research Director. He was previously at UBS

Media

Kyle Blankenship has joined Endpoints as Senior Editor. He was previously at Fierce Pharma
Kate Burgess FT Lombard Editor has left the publication

November moves 2020

Investment Firms

Jon Edwards has joined Red Tree Venture Capital as managing director. He was previously at Medicxi
Bruno Strigini joins PE firm Permira as a senior adviser focusing on healthcare
Thuja Capital Management launches Thuja Capital Healthcare Fund III and expects to raise €75M to EUR €100M once fully completed
SR One Completes Spin-out from GSK and Closes First Fund at $500 Million

Analysts

Mark Hong has joined Bryan Garnier as Healthcare Investment banker, in London

Media

Nicholas St. Fleur joined STAT as Science Reporter
Kat Lay has been promoted to Health Editor of The Times
Eliza Slawther has been appointed Pharma Reporter at APM Health Europe
Catherine Schuster Bruce joined Business Insider UK as Healthcare Reporter
Frank Vinluan has left Xconomy
Adam Samson appointed Markets News Editor at the Financial Times
Naomi Ackerman joined the Evening Standard as City Reporter
Louise Moon joined The Daily Telegraph as Business Reporter
Christian May, Editor of City AM, is leaving and will be temporarily replaced by Andy Silvester

October moves 2020

Investment firms

Joe Anderson joined Sofinnova Partners as Partner in the Crossover Fund
Jeroen Bakker Principal at Novo Seeds has joined Rappta Therapeutics’ Board
Omega Funds’ Managing Director Claudio Nessi and Principal Francesco Draetta joined Chord Therapeutics’ Board
Kate Rowley previously Investment Director for Bioscience Managers has been appointed Chief Business Officer at Abcodia Ltd

Media

Olivia Goldhill has joined STAT News as Investigative Reporter, from Quartz
Mark Latham appointed Editor of Private Equity News
Stefan Wagstyl appointed Editor of both FT Money and FT Wealth
Alex Lawson has started as Senior City Correspondent at the Mail on Sunday
Emma Dunkley has been appointed as City Correspondent at The Mail on Sunday

September moves 2020

Investment firms

Annalisa Jenkins appointed NED at Trustedoctor
Edward Kliphuis joined Amadeus Capital while remaining an advisor at M ventures
Jean Hynes to succeed Brendan Swords as CEO of Wellington Management in 2021
Abhijeet Lele and Jon Levy appointed Senior Partners at Novo Holdings Principal Investments
Bidhi Bhoma has been appointed Chief Executive Officer at Liberum Capital

Analysts

Dr. Brian White and Andrew Keith found new firm Calvine Partners

Media

Catherine Longworth joins pharmaphorum from Medtech Insight, Informa Pharma Intelligence
Laurel Ives appointed Digital Health Editor at the Daily Telegraph
Linda Geddes appointed Science Correspondent at the Guardian

August moves 2020

Investment firms

Tony Scawthorn will be appointed as joint CEO of Zeus Capital Limited, alongside John Goold (STA)
Muna Therapeutics Chief Scientific Officer Rita Balice-Gordon has joined Novo Seeds as Entrepreneur in Residence

Analysts

Mick Cooper, previously an analyst at Trinity Delta has joined the BEIS, Office for Life Sciences.

Media

Matt Atherton is now Health Reporter at the Daily Express
John Simons has been appointed Deputy Health & Science Editor for the Wall Street Journal
Karl Mathiesen has joined POLITICO Europe, based in Brussels
Natalie Grover has left Endpoints News and is now Science Correspondent at The Guardian
Peter Evans has left Sunday Times
David Crow is no longer US Coronavirus Correspondent at Financial Times and is now covering US elections
Ben Woods is re–joining The Daily Telegraph as Senior Business Reporter
Drew Armstrong is now senior editor for Healthcare at Bloomberg Business

July moves 2020

Investment firms

Claire Terlouw has joined LifeArc Ventures from Syncona
Priya Mande has joined the UK Vaccine Taskforce on secondment from PsiOxus Therapeutics
Regina Hodits, Managing Partner, Wellington Partners, is now a member of the board

Analysts and banking

Richard Parkes has joined Exane as Equity Analyst from Deustche Bank

Media

Joseph Walker, Healthcare Reporter, Wall Street Journal is now covering the European pharmaceutical industry.
Harriet Clarfelt, Investment Writer, Investors Chronicle is now covering healthcare
Lauren Wolf has joined Nature News as Bureau Chief for the Americas; she was previously Deputy Editorial Director at Chemical & Engineering News
Kashmira Gander has been promoted to Deputy Science Editor at Newsweek (US) from Health Correspondent

June moves 2020

Investment firms

Luc Debruyne and Gérard Lamarche appointed to the Board of Directors of Fund+
Kemal Malik appointed as Non-Executive Director at Syncona
Christian Schetter, PhD has been promoted to Managing Director at Arix Bioscience
Graham Stafford has left Man GLG to join Endurant Capital as partner

Analyst and banking

Dylan van Haaften has joined Bryan Garnier as Healthcare Equity Research Analyst
James Mainwaring has joined Atlantic Equities from Stifel

Media

Harriet Clarfelt is now covering the healthcare sector at Investors Chronicle
Virginia Hughes has joined The New York Times as Editor for Health & Science
Anna Gross is covering the ‘science of coronavirus’ for the Financial Times’ Science & Environment team

May moves 2020

Investment firms

Tatiana Brask joined Novo Holdings A/S as Manager for Fund Investments in Novo Seeds
Fiona MacLaughlin has joined J& J innovation – JJDC from INKEF
Stephan Christgau has founded Eir Ventures
Vinayak Nikam has left Vivo Capital
Dr. Anja Harmeier left Roche and joined BB Pureos Bioventures
Martijn Mulder left NIBC Bank and joined Ampersand Capital Partners

Analyst and banking

Richard Parkes, Director, Pharmaceuticals Equity has left Deutsche Bank Securities
Hugo Solvet left Bryan Garnier & Co. and joined Exane BNP Paribas
Dorothea Hill left Hardman & Co and has joined GSK

Media

Amber Tong has relocated to Hong Kong and has been promoted to Editor at Endpoints News
Anna Smith has left PharmaTimes, where she was a Reporter
David Brenchley has been appointed Acting Deputy News Editor at Investment Week
Chloe Cheung has joined FT Adviser as a Reporter, covering investment platforms
Adam Smith starts as Science and Technology Reporter at the Independent
Lucy McNulty has been appointed City Editor at Financial News

April moves 2020

Investment firms

Paul Sekhri and Sanford (Sandy) Zweifach joined Medicxi as Venture Partners
Arix Bioscience appointed Dr. Naseem Amin as Executive Chairman, promoted Jonathan Tobin to Managing Director and John Cassidy to Principal

Analyst and specialist sales

Kerry Holford and Luisa Hector have joined Berenberg from Exane to head up the Global Pharmaceutical Equity research
Fowey Harvey joined Liberum from IQIVIA as Healthcare Analyst
James Mainwaring has left Stifel

Media

Mike Ward has joined Decision Resources Group, part of Clarivate as Global Head of Thought Leadership.
Carlo Martuscelli left DJ/ WSJ to join POLITICO
Helen Albert has left Labiotech and is now working as a freelance journalist
Ben Fidler has joined Biopharma Dive from Xconomy