bob jonesCorporate and financial PR vet Bob Jones has moved to The Blueshirt Group as managing director to develop a healthcare practice for the San Francisco-based firm.

New York-based Jones is a former CEO and managing director of Morgen-Walke Associates and was VP of IR and corporate communications for online job giant Monster Worldwide. He exits EVC Group, where he was a senior managing director for the IR shop.

Blueshirt was founded by Morgan-Walke alums Alex Wellins, Erica Abrams and Chris Dunne.

Wellins said the financial and tech-centric PR firm sees the healthcare sector as a vertical growth opportunity in areas like life sciences, biopharma, medical devices and health tech.