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| JP Fielder |
JP Fielder, who was head of corporate affairs at Exact Sciences Corp., will join BP America later this month as head of communications. He’ll be based in Washington.
During a nearly five-year stint, Fielder headed PR, government relations, PA and internal communications at Madison, WI-headquartered ESC, maker of the Cologuard test for colorectal cancer.
Prior to ESC, Fielder was global external communications lead for Philip Morris International in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He worked a number of jobs in DC as senior director of communications at the US Chamber of Commerce, senior director of strategic communications at the National Assn. of Manufacturers, senior media relations manager at PR Newswire and producer at Tribune Broadcasting.
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