Adding Leading Agency KYNE, Evoke Creates One of the World's
Largest Healthcare Communications Agencies
NEW YORK, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Evoke
(www.evokegroup.com), part of Huntsworth plc (HNT: LSE), today
announces the acquisition of specialty health communications
agency KYNE (https://www.kyne.com/). With offices in
Dublin, London, New
York and Los Angeles, KYNE
brings to Evoke a deep expertise and vast award-winning experience
working with foundations and non-profits, government organizations
and biopharmaceutical companies around the world to address some of
today's biggest health issues.
KYNE and Evoke PR & Influence, Evoke's existing
communications business, will join forces to create a new,
integrated global agency named Evoke KYNE. From day one,
Evoke KYNE becomes one of the world's largest health communications
agencies, representing a robust set of services, and backed by the
creative, digital, and data firepower of Evoke.
"We have two like-minded, fast-growing agencies, each with
envy-inspiring client rosters and portfolios coming together to
create one of the largest, geographically diverse and most
compelling agencies in the space today," said Reid Connolly, CEO of Evoke. "KYNE's reputation
in the industry, the quality of their work, their relationships,
their people and their culture are no doubt the driving forces
behind their success, and are what make them such a great fit for
Evoke and a perfect match for our PR & Influence
group."
Founded in 2009 and led by Founder and CEO David
Kyne, KYNE quickly established itself as one of the most
progressive and fastest growing healthcare agencies on the global
stage. In fact, KYNE was recently named one of the fastest movers
in Europe and is currently a
finalist for 2019 Holmes EMEA Healthcare Consultancies of the
Year.
"Reid and the Evoke team have built one of the most impressive
agency groups in the marketing and communications sector," said
Kyne. "They've built their reputation from their roots in digital
and have been leaders and disrupters in every space they've entered
since. Evoke PR & Influence is an incredibly respected agency
and one we've admired for years. I have great ambitions for what we
will accomplish as one team. Together with our clients, we can take
on the world's most pressing health issues, helping improve and
save lives around the globe."
Evoke KYNE's executive team will include leaders representing
both Evoke PR & Influence and KYNE and will be led by
David Kyne as CEO. Kyne will report
to Evoke CEO Reid Connolly.
- David Kyne – CEO, Evoke
KYNE
- Maryellen Royle – Partner
- Maureen Byrne – Partner
- Wendy Woods-Williams –
Partner
- Stephanie DeViteri – Managing Director, Philadelphia
- Joanne Wunder – Managing
Director, Europe
- Theresa Dolge – Chief Media
Relations Officer
- Barb Box – EVP, Strategy &
Business Engagement
"This new venture provides our healthcare client base, in both
the private and public sectors, with new talent, thinking and
resources across a much broader geographic reach," said Royle. "And
for our internal team, it offers fresh opportunities for them to
leverage their unique communications expertise across a more
diverse portfolio."
"As our clients look for more integrated solutions to their most
pressing health challenges, our ability to be the single partner
able to help them navigate the complexity of today's market is more
critical now than ever before. Now, with 100 people situated in
Dublin, London, Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles, Evoke KYNE has the expertise,
scale and agility our clients need to succeed," said Connolly. "We
couldn't be happier to have David and his team become part of the
Evoke family."
About Evoke and Huntsworth:
Evoke
(www.evokegroup.com) is a leading marketing, media and
communications agency bound by a common purpose: Health More
Human™. With offices in New York,
Philadelphia, San Francisco, London, Princeton, Chicago, Los
Angeles, Dublin,
Singapore and Dubai, the group of 600 employees are working
with 18 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
Evoke is part of Huntsworth plc (HNT: LSE) (www.huntsworth.com),
an international healthcare and communications group. The Group's
principal areas of focus are marketing, medical and immersive
communications services to healthcare clients, which are primarily
large and mid-size pharmaceutical and biotech companies. It also
has a smaller Communications group, which provides a wide range of
communications and advisory services including strategic
communications, public affairs, investor relations and consumer
marketing.
Theresa Dolge
Chief Media Relations Officer
Evoke
Office: 215-928-2748
theresa.dolge@evokegroup.com
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