Graeme Smith
Managing Director
Graeme Smith graduated with a BPharm (Hons) in 1986 and is a Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. He worked as a clinical pharmacist in major London teaching hospitals before gaining a Masters of Business Administration at the University of Nottingham in 1992. He subsequently spent seven years working in Pharmaceutical marketing, developing national and international strategies for products in a number of therapy areas and had postings in Mexico, Germany and the UK. He also gained experience in consumer marketing with Colgate Palmolive. In 1999 he joined an international health care consultancy where he developed his skills in strategic consultancy and health care communications. Since then he has gained significant international consulting and medical education experience with a wide range of blue chip pharmaceutical industry clients in most therapy areas.

Katherine Govier
Account Director
Katherine has over 12 years UK and international marketing experience across the healthcare industry. She has worked for a number of leading pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations including Alliance Boots and Allergan where she has led strategy development across a number of therapeutic areas. Key areas of expertise include campaign and programme development for professional and consumer brands, both at strategic and tactical level, and has significant experience of working with healthcare professionals to develop medical education programmes to deliver organisational growth.
Katherine brings a broad range of skills and expertise to Fortis Pharma Consulting, including an in-depth understanding of international healthcare brand requirements, and seamless project delivery.

 

Stephan Smith
Creative Director
Stephan graduated with a BSc. (Hons) in Materials Science in 1982. He spent 15 years working in product design in the UK, USA and Australia, specialising in computer modelling and simulation techniques for product design, manufacture, function and durability. His experience included development of an innovative drug delivery system for a major pharmaceutical company. Stephan joined Fortis Pharma Consulting as Creative Director responsible for design and print publishing. More recently he has been centrally involved in developing the company’s online and interactive offerings.

Lynn Hamilton
Managing Editor
Lynn Hamilton graduated with a BSc (Hons) in biochemistry in 1983. After working in pharmaceutical sales for Schering Health and Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Lynn moved to Macmillan Magazines and the organisation of nursing and scientific conferences to support their flagship publications - Health Service Journal, Nursing Times and Nature. In 1987, Lynn moved into healthcare communications, working for a number of consultancies specialising in the organization of education programs to support prescription products. In 1994, she became an independent consultant and moved her focus to writing for medical, nursing and consumer audiences. Over this time, Lynn has gained considerable experience in the development of materials in a number of therapeutic areas and for a variety of different media.