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Syneos Health Bolsters Communications Leadership TeamTim Pantello Appointed to Lead One of the World’s Largest Healthcare-Only Agency Portfolios Joined by a Trio of Senior Hires with Deep Strategic, Therapeutic, Marketing and Technology Expertise MORRISVILLE, N.C., July 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Syneos Health (Nasdaq:SYNH), the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization, today announced new top talent joining the Company’s Communications business. Designed to deliver insights-driven integrated communications, the healthcare-only agency portfolio spans advertising, public relations, medical communications, managed markets, omnichannel, digital, naming, and branding. Syneos Health Communications consistently appears on top agency ranking lists and recently earned a top-three spot on Medical Marketing & Media’s 2020 Agency 100 list. Purpose built to be a healthcare company delivering exceptional communications, as opposed to a communications company doing healthcare, the Syneos Health Communications business offers unsurpassed breadth, scale, and the ability to go deep into a community or disease space to translate insights into impact. Tim Pantello has taken the helm to lead the integrated portfolio business, serving as President of Communications. A versatile executive with nearly 25 years of experience across strategy, marketing, and technology, his digitally native leadership style is ideal for grooming the next generation of communications experts. Prior to Syneos Health, Pantello was a managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), leading multiple offerings within the Health Industry Advisory Group related to wearable data, patient intelligence and predictive behaviors and analytics. He reports to Michelle Keefe, President, Syneos Health Commercial Solutions. “Tim is further embedding strategic insights, behavioral science, and digital transformation across our communications business – strengthening foundational capabilities that are proving mission critical to our customers during this transformative time,” said Keefe. “Now more than ever, customers are relyig on strategic communications to navigate unchartered challenges. Tim’s expertise, combining consulting methodologies and pioneering communications practices, is getting our customers faster to what matters.” Since joining in January, Pantello has focused on infusing data, behavioral science, and omnichannel experiences to enhance customer value. Bolstering senior leadership, which includes Syneos Health veterans Sonja Foster-Storch and Lisa Stockman, Pantello has added the following talent: JD Cassidy, President of Advertising Maria Tender, Head of Strategy Ian Dorrian, President of EU Communications “Our entire model is about acceleration and our Communications organization is built on agility and speed. Beyond big creative and standalone strategy, scale, clinical and scientific depth, skill and a pure-play focus on health matters,” said Pantello in the Medical Marketing & Media Agency 100 profile. “Our ability to bring multiple disciplines together across the product lifecycle – truly understanding clinical development and pulling it through communications strategies – is unique within the industry.” The portfolio of communications agencies at Syneos Health includes GSW, Navicor, Chandler Chicco Agency, Biosector 2, Chamberlain Healthcare Communications, Cadent Medical Communications, Managed Markets Communications and Addison Whitney, among others. Unique cross-functional teams – like Syneos Health Value & Access – provide customers access to broad Commercial expertise and Clinical development insights. Syneos Health agencies work in scalable, purpose-built teams that partner across disciplines and geographies to accelerate brand performance. About Syneos Health
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