Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide Welcomes Richard Trezza

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - May 5, 2011) - Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide (www.ogilvychww.com), representing the largest assembly of creative talent in the world of healthcare communications, today announced the hiring of Richard Trezza as executive vice president, director of client services at Ogilvy CommonHealth Payer Marketing.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide is a part of the Ogilvy & Mather network (www.ogilvy.com) and a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (www.wpp.com). Ogilvy CommonHealth Payer Marketing is one of two managed care marketing service groups within the Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide organization.

Mr. Trezza brings extensive knowledge and a diverse background to Ogilvy CommonHealth Payer Marketing, with more than 16 years of experience on both the pharmaceutical and payer/provider sides of healthcare marketing. His tenure within the industry includes stints at Schering-Plough, Oxford Health, HealthSouth and Quest Diagnostics. Immediately prior to joining the company, Mr. Trezza was employed as senior director and head of U.S. managed markets and market access strategy, operations and analytics at Novartis, a leading pharmaceutical company located in East Hanover.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, with 65 offices across 36 countries, provides marketing services including advertising and promotion, brand identity and development, global integration, direct-to-consumer, direct-to-patient, relationship marketing, interactive services, managed care marketing, medical education, media planning and buying, scientific communications and publications, clinical trial recruitment, market research and analytics, strategic consulting, and public affairs and relations. The organization also houses and maintains individual Ogilvy CommonHealth and Ogilvy Healthworld brand identities within the marketplace.