Ogilvy CommonHealth Appoints Andrew Schirmer as CEO
March 22 2018 - 11:00AM
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide (www.ogilvychww.com), a WPP Health
& Wellness company (NYSE:WPP) (www.wpp.com), today announced
the appointment of Andrew Schirmer to the role of chief executive
officer, Ogilvy CommonHealth (OCH) North America.
“Andrew exemplifies the values we hold dear: excellence in
client partnership, support for our incredible people, and an
unbridled passion for making the world a better and healthier
place,” said Mike Hudnall, CEO of WPP Health & Wellness, to
whom Mr. Schirmer will report. “His professionally diverse
background in healthcare marketing, consumer wellness, and public
health and policy positions him well to help accelerate OCH’s
diversification and growth strategy moving forward,” he continued.
“Andrew is a champion of great work and true visionary who will
bring a human-centered leadership to OCH’s culture. I have complete
confidence that Andrew is the right person to unlock the potential
of our people and our business as we move forward.”
Mr. Schirmer replied, “I am thrilled to be coming back to Ogilvy
CommonHealth, which is actually where I started my career. There is
something rather poetic about this return to my roots. I’m really
looking forward to working with the talented team at OCH to build
on the agency’s past successes while also evolving to meet future
challenges in healthcare marketing, including those emerging
opportunities within the health and wellness, and public health
arenas,” Mr. Schirmer concluded.
Mr. Schirmer joins OCH from McCann Global Health, where, as
president, he oversaw the group’s global and public health unit.
During his tenure there, Mr. Schirmer was responsible for leading
the work the agency did for UNICEF, the US government, the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation and private sector organizations,
and the groundbreaking “Immunity Charm” campaign, which tracks
vaccinations on behalf of the Afghanistan Health Ministry, and for
which the agency won a Grand Prix at Cannes Lions in 2017. Prior to
that he founded and led McCann’s consumer health division, McCann
HumanCare.
In his new role, Mr. Schirmer will be working closely with OCH
chief operations officer Marc Weiner, managing partner Darlene
Dobry, and Terry Cully, managing director of OCH’s offices in
Canada, to help facilitate the ongoing transformation at OCH
intended to better anticipate and meet the growing needs of
clients. He takes over the CEO position left vacant by Matt
Giegerich, who departed the agency last year.
About Ogilvy CommonHealth WorldwideOgilvy
CommonHealth Worldwide, a WPP Health & Wellness company, is
committed to creativity and effectiveness in healthcare
communications, everywhere. Our global headquarters are in
Parsippany, New Jersey, with additional hubs in New York, London,
Paris, and Singapore. We maintain multiple additional offices in
markets critical to our clients’ global aspirations. Ogilvy
CommonHealth Worldwide provides marketing services, including
behavioral insights, content strategy and management, digital,
interactive and new media services, marketing analytics and
research, media planning and buying, medical education, payer
marketing and market access, professional advertising and
promotion, public affairs and relations, relationship marketing,
sales training development, scientific communications, social media
and social listening, and wellness and consumer advertising and
promotion. The organization houses and maintains individual Ogilvy
CommonHealth and Ogilvy Healthworld brand identities within the
marketplace.
Contact:Beth Paulino orKerianne SlatteryOgilvy CommonHealth
Worldwide973.352.1000 tel
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