james tyrellJames Tyrell has joined APCO Worldwide as its healthcare chair for the UK.

Tyrell, who co-founded London healthcare PR and policy consultancy Insight Public Affairs, now known as ICG, has been on sabatical for the past seven months as a crew member in the Clipper Round the World Race across the Pacfic Ocean.

Tyrell spent 10 years at ICG, helping to build the firm to 25 staffers are a blue chip roster in the healthcare space.

London managing director James Acheson-Gray said Tyrell will be a great value to clients facing "an increasingly complex and regulated environment."