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Consilium Strategic Communications Appoints Two New Senior Associate Partners

Allison Connolly Joins Consilium After 10 Years at Bloomberg

Jessica Hodgson Rejoins Consilium From Powerscourt

London, 07 January 2021 — Consilium Strategic Communications, a global leader in strategic healthcare communications and investor relations, is pleased to announce the appointments of Allison Connolly and Jessica Hodgson as Senior Associate Partners.

Allison Connolly’s journalism career spans 25 years in the US and Europe at newspapers and wire services. Most recently, she spent 10 years at Bloomberg in London and Frankfurt as a healthcare reporter and then as an editor at Bloomberg Intelligence, Bloomberg’s independent analyst research arm. Prior to Bloomberg, she was a reporter for Dow Jones in Frankfurt, where she also focused on healthcare.

Jessica Hodgson rejoins Consilium from Powerscourt. Before Consilium, she spent almost 20 years in journalism in the US and Europe, including at the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones and the Guardian, with a focus on media, telecoms and technology companies as well as healthcare. Jessica will assume her role on 1 April.

“I am very pleased to welcome Allison to the firm and Jessica back to Consilium. Both bring decades of experience in journalism and are well known to Consilium and our team. As we continue our strong growth, I’m looking forward to introducing both Allison and Jessica to our clients in due course.”

Mary-Jane Elliott

Managing Partner of Consilium Strategic Communications

“I’m thrilled to be joining Consilium, an agency I’ve always had the utmost respect for while working with its team as a journalist. I’m looking forward to advising a variety of larger and innovative companies and becoming further entrenched in an industry that has shown the world, particularly in the past year, how its innovations can save and improve lives.”

Allison Connolly

Senior Associate Partner

“Healthcare has never been more important to our lives or to the global economy and is part of Consilium’s DNA. No company better understands how to communicate the impact of innovation in the sector on the way we live and do business. Consilium has gone from strength to strength, particularly over this most challenging past year. I’m hugely excited to be rejoining this world-class team at such an important moment for the sector.”

Jessica Hodgson

newly appointed Senior Associate Partner