• Team

Great marketing communications results depend on the calibre and commitment of the team. At Health Squared we know it’s our people that sets us apart. Our people combine decades of experience in marketing, PR, branding, design and digital media. Our depth of knowledge and understanding of clients’ needs helps us deliver solutions which are not only business focused, but creative and thought provoking.

  • Alastair Cartwright
  • Group Communications
  • Manager

Alastair has worked in public relations for eight years carrying out media relations campaigns for a range of private, government and consumer clients.
Recently he managed corporate communications programmes for General Electric (GE), Visa, British Gas, the Co-operative Group and the NHS. He has also managed various awareness-raising campaigns for the Home Office, DTI and charity organisations, including launching the UK's first not-for-profit bank 'Charity Bank' with Gordon Brown in 2002. At Health Squared Communications he manages campaigns for GlaxoSmithKline, Pearl Medical, Opinion Health and Miriam Stoppard Lifetime. Alastair is a trustee of the Metro Centre.

Email: alastair@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Andrew Wigmore
  • Group Managing Director

Andrew Wigmore is Group Managing Director of Health Squared Communications and sister company Gunpowder Media. He is a founder of Pearl Medical and Opinion Health and co-founded the aim listed digital media company Health Media. Previously a journalist with Sky News and Channel One he has also advised a number of Government Ministers and is currently the Policy Director for the Claims Standards Council.
He is a trustee of the Sir Steve Redgrave Trust, the Dyscovery Centre in Wales and Sports Fund and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Email: andy@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Chris Sheppard
  • Editor

Chris has extensive on and offline publishing experience and produces a number of online and broadcast news services for clients.

He was previously media monitoring editor and multi-media executive for a media group before moving to Health Squared Communications where he has been involved in all aspects of the publishing, content production and podcast processes.

Email: chris@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Daisy Hill
  • Events Co-ordinator

Daisy has extensive experience in managing event logistics having spent many years organising press launches, briefings, AGM's and award ceremonies. Most recently she has organised events for Russell Jones & Walker, the Claims Standards Council and Sports Fund. She has also had involvement in staging the Sir Steve Redgrave Trust Charity Ball and helped arrange a fundraising push for Sir Steve Redgrave in the London Flora Marathon in 2006.
At Health Squared, she is responsible for ensuring venues, catering, collateral and delegate lists are organised for client and corporate events.

Email: daisy@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Emma Fleur-Hartley
  • Communications Executive

Emma has a background in marketing and promoting events having managed The Baby Show for two years.
In her previous role she also worked on The BETT Show, The Humanitarian Development Summit and The House and Garden Fair.
At Health Squared Communications, Emma provides marketing communications support.
Emma speaks fluent French.

Email: emma@healthsquared.co.uk

  • James Burns-Howell
  • Technology Director

With over 12 years experience in large-scale development projects for a diverse range of companies including BAE Systems, James brings valuable project management and system design skills to Health Squared Communications.
In addition to his management skills, James has extensive knowledge and certifications in a range of Internet technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Javascript, HTML, WML, XML, SSL, SQL, Linux/FreeBSD administration and Internet/Web distributed systems.
Leading the digital media team, James is also well versed in new media development, audio and visual production and editing.

Email: james@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Lily Tan
  • Accounts

Lily acts as the bookkeeper at Health Squared Communications. With over 20 years experience of working with small and medium sized businesses, Lily handles the accountancy and finances of the company.

Email: lily@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Matthew Reynolds
  • Business Development
  • Executive

Matthew joined Health Squared Communications from Newsquest Media where he was a Sponsorship Sales Account Manager. In previous roles he has been involved in launching Britney Spears’ ‘Curious’ fragrance in the UK, working on Heinz’s sponsorship of ITV soap Emmerdale, and providing PR campaign support for Johnson & Johnson and Dairy Crest.
Matthew has extensive sales, sponsorship and events experience, and will be handling the day-to-day event management for clients at Health Squared and securing sponsors for client events.

Email: matt@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Maurice Henchey
  • Non-Executive Chairman

Maurice has unparalleled experience in healthcare and provides extensive contacts and knowledge of government, the NHS and the private health sector. He is one of the unique groups of successful businessmen that understand the dynamics of a successful healthcare company and how to deliver profits to shareholders and value for money to the public sector.

Email: maurice@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Michael Collyer
  • Non-Executive Director

Michael Collyer is a Non-Executive Director of Health Squared Communications. As the former head of the Nutrition Division at Nestle UK and currently the Governor of the British Nutrition Foundation, Michael brings strong management experience and industry knowledge to the company. Michael has worked for Nestle for almost 40 years, starting off as a food scientist then moving to head up the Food Imports Division, the Industrial Ingredients and Flavours Business and latterly Director of Nutrition. Michael left Nestle in 2006 and now holds several posts, including Chairman of the Infant and Dietetic Foods Association.

Email: michael.collyer@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Philip May
  • Director

Philip brings 15 years of mobile and technology business experience to Health Squared Communications having worked closely with CompuServe and Martin Dawes telecoms in the early 90's pioneering early use of mobile technology and healthcare.

A founder of breathe.com, one of the UK's first mobile ISP's, Phil has used the knowledge and experience of those early experimental companies to create and co-found Pearl Medical and Opinion Health product offerings.

Email: philip@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Philippa Robins
  • Group Business
  • Development Manager

With a background in sponsorship and event management, previously heading up the events sales team at Insurance Times Magazine, Philippa has extensive experience in securing sponsorship for client events and managing the events from conception, design, delegate organisation through to execution. Most recently she secured commercial support from the UK and global insurance market for the Climate Change 2007 event and The Insurance Times Awards.
Philippa also handles media planning and buying on behalf of Health Squared Communications’ clients.

Email: philippa@healthsquared.co.uk

  • Piotr Kulczycki
  • Senior Graphic Designer

Piotr has seven years experience as a graphic and website designer, moving into design following a few years specialising in business management. Before joining Health Squared Communications, Piotr spent six years as a freelance web designer creating websites for leading polish corporations. He also worked for Torchbox in Oxfordshire where he was responsible for the design of websites and print materials for BiTC, WRAP, RecycleNow and Opportunity Now.
Piotr heads up the design team with responsibility for web, print, corporate identity and literature design.

Email: piotr@healthsquared.co.uk