Ogilvy CommonHealth Medical Marketing Welcomes Andy Willmer as EVP, Director Of Client Services

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwired - Dec 19, 2013) - Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide (www.ogilvychww.com), the health behavior experts of Ogilvy & Mather (www.ogilvy.com), today announced that Andy Willmer has joined Ogilvy CommonHealth Medical Marketing as EVP, director of client services.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (www.wpp.com). The organization houses and maintains individual Ogilvy CommonHealth and Ogilvy Healthworld brand identities within the marketplace.

Reporting directly to Darlene Dobry, president of the group and managing partner at Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, Mr. Willmer will be responsible for developing and maintaining the group's ongoing client activities, relationships and services. Additionally, he will develop account team personnel and lead strategic and tactical planning initiatives. Most recently, he served as SVP, director of client services at Havas Health network's Health4Brands Catapult communications company in Hamilton, NJ.

With more than 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Willmer is a seasoned multichannel professional with diverse global, category and client experience. He began his career as a sales rep for Pharmacia & Upjohn and through the years held many senior-level positions at both pharmaceutical companies and marketing firms, including director of new product planning at Biovail Pharmaceuticals (now Valeant Pharmaceuticals International), International Business Leader at Hoffmann-La Roche, and senior vice president, management supervisor at Euro RSCG Life (now Havas Life).

Of his new position with the organization, Mr. Willmer said, "I'll be supporting the exquisite communications programs that we bring to our clients, leveraging the breadth of capability at Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, to help them offer the very best of health to their patients. I am excited to be working with a superb team of people here and am thrilled to be joining my experience, in the exciting global pharma market, with theirs." 

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide is committed to creativity and effectiveness in healthcare communications, everywhere. With 60 offices across 33 countries, the group provides marketing services including brand identity and development, clinical trial recruitment, digital/interactive services, direct-to-consumer, direct-to-patient, global integration, managed care marketing, market research and analytics, media planning and buying, medical advertising and promotion, medical education, public affairs and relations, relationship marketing, and strategic consulting. The network also offers scientific communications and publications services through a wholly owned separate legal entity.