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Fiona Holroyde, who headed FTI Consulting’s public affairs practice in London is leaving to join Bupa, the $16B global healthcare insurer, as its PA director.
She joined FTI in 2016 following a one-year stint as senior policy advisor at the Royal Mail.
Earlier, Holroyde was managing director of PA at MHP Communications, MD at Financial Dynamics (FTI’s strategic communications group), director at Bell Pottinger and associate at Brunswick.
Founded following WWII as the British United Provident Assn., Bupa has 78K employees in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Poland, Middle East, Brazil and Australia.
Jim Weiss, founder & chairman of Real Chemistry, has joined the board of ICR Inc. as it steps up its healthcare capital markets offering.
Ruder Finn has hired Kelly Yoder, who spent a dozen years at Weber Shandwick rising to North America health lead, as managing director, global head of health & life sciences.
ICR has named John Capodanno head of US healthcare corporate communications and Matthew Willey managing director in its medical technology and diagnostics practice. 
April is National Minority Health Month, spotlighting the urgency to improve health outcomes in communities of color.
In a recent conversation about the evolving media landscape, Doug Simon, CEO of D S Simon Media, spoke with Campbell O’Connor, Group Director, Media & Engagement at Real Chemistry, about how AI is influencing media relations and healthcare communications.
