John Gisborne

John Gisborne heads Hill+Knowlton Strategies' international healthcare practice in London. He is a highly experienced healthcare communications professional having worked across many of the world's leading pharma brands in a career spanning 14 years.

Whilst at Hill+Knowlton Strategies John has combined practice leadership with client service director roles for Merck (cardiovascular franchise), Amgen (various oncology products) and AstraZeneca (support for the GMSO function in GI medicine). He has also established a cross-brand team supporting Pfizer in various aspects of its human and animal health product portfolios.

He is an active contributor to PR journals and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Prior to H+K Strategies John held a variety of leadership roles in the corporate team at Splash communications, serving a range of clients but specialising in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. His early career was spent with Ketchum (now Ketchum Pleon) and GCI healthcare.

A biochemist by training, John was educated at the Universities of Southampton and UEA, Norwich. In his spare time he takes an active interest in farming, specialty food production and the countryside.