Consultants
Ruth Ashton
A highly experienced healthcare PR consultant with over 20 years experience in healthcare communications. Ruth has worked on consumer and ethical healthcare, specialising in creating and protecting reputations for some of the largest, and some of the smallest, brands in the business. She has also brought her creative and strategic talents to bear on several disease awareness campaigns, new product launches and crisis communications, as well as being a talented copy-writer and good relationship-builder with medical and non-medical stakeholders.
Caroline Bell, special projects
Special projects are Caroline’s domain. She uses her strong corporate background with HP and the Millennium Project to good effect, supporting clients in many ways – using a raft of skills – film-making, media contact, research to networking and key opinion leader liaison. Caroline glues the team together and makes things happen.
Originally PA to the MD, she is well-connected and highly able.
David Leake
David has30 years experience in newspapers and PR, Shift worker with Daily Mail & Daily Mirror. He has been with Gravitas since it began.
He has worked on most clients and has superb interview techniques. An a ccomplished writer of thinkpieces and speech, who is strong in crises.
“David is the most talented writer I’ve met”
Peter Cullimore
Formerly a producer/reporter for Today Programme, World at One, PM, World Tonight in the late 1980s, ITV Wales, Health Correspondent 1996-2006. Peter has experience dealing with GPs, hospital consultants, nurses, BMA, managers, unions and ministers daily.
He has covered topics such as, Hospital waiting lists, Obesity, New drugs + treatments, NHS postcode lottery and Ambulance response times.
Interim comms manager for Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Timothy Anscomb
Timothy has 32 years in big pharma, working with Sterling Winthrop, Wyeth, Schering AG and UCB Pharma in positions ranging from medical rep to MD. He has managed a range of UK start-ups and took one to a £6m turnover in 18 months. He has worked globally and has special expertise in dermatology, female healthcare, medical devices and cosmaceuticals. His skills set includes regulatory affairs, marketing, pharmacogenomics and conference management
Eric Barton
Eric offers high octane broadcast and journalism flair. He is an ex-presenter for ITV and BBC, a radio voiceover specialist and master of ceremonies. A practicing journalist, he writes columns, has his own weekly motoring show and has co-presented Discovery Channel’s Wheeler Dealers. Media training, webinars, podcasts, film-production, or being the ‘glue’ that holds a conference together, Eric is a versatile resource.