McCann HealthCare WorldWide appoints three senior hires to its Asia Pacific Office

A veteran of the healthcare industry, James Hammond has over 20 years’ experience in ethical and consumer healthcare advertising. He has previously worked wth Medicus Sydney, Publicis Groupe, SanofiLab, and DDB. He took up the position of President of McCann Healthcare Worldwide China in June.

Sohan Shah was recruited as the senior vice president and general manager McCann Healthcare's operations in India. Shah, a medical doctor by profession, also has an MBA in marketing along with experience in the area of healthcare marketing communications.

As a result of his experience in the field client service management from Ogilvy, James Hwang has been employed as the managing director for Korea. Hwang also has experience in the area of pharmaceutical sales and marketing management having handled clients such as IBM, P&G and PepsiCo.  He was recruited in July, after heading up an international business division of Dong-A Pharma - the largest pharmaceutical company in Korea.

President of Japan and Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific for McCann Healthcare WorldWide, Amar Urhekar said, “In our ongoing pursuit to be the largest and most respected healthcare agency in the Asia-Pacific region, McCann Healthcare Worldwide is focused on bringing a real pedigree of talent to form a world class leadership team. These appointments illustrate our mantra - that our people are our offer-  and together these leaders will raise the talent bar increasing the level of creativity, innovation and performance we seek to deliver to our clients and stakeholders in the healthcare world across Asia-Pacific.”