Ed Thesiger takes over as Managing Director at Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness UK

Business, Creativity, Marketing

Publicis Health announces the appointment of Ed Thesiger as Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness UK. In this role, Thesiger has overall responsibility for building the Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness brand in the UK, leveraging the talent and capabilities that exists in the agency and connecting these with the wide range of products and services within Publicis Groupe, to deliver more value to clients.

Philip Chin, President Europe, Publicis Health:

“Ed brings to Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness UK extensive client and agency-side experience. He has been the architect of building numerous successful global brands and agencies. I am delighted he is taking on this new role,”

Thesiger joined Publicis Health in 2019 as a Global Lead in Client Service. Prior to this, he served as Chief Executive Officer for GroupM in Vietnam and Indonesia. Under his leadership GroupM was awarded Campaign Media Agency of the Year and Digital Agency of the Year in 2017 and 2018. He has also held Managing Partner and Board Director roles at Ogilvy in the UK. On the client side, Thesiger was GSK Regional Marketing Director, South East Asia, responsible for the GSK Consumer Healthcare brand portfolio, which included Panadol, Sensodyne, Horlicks and Ribena.

Ed Thesiger:

“I have worked closely with the Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness UK team over the past 2 years and seen first-hand what a talented and committed group they are. I am excited to help build on these capabilities to deliver even greater impact for our existing and future clients”

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness UK work with people we believe in to make work the world can believe in, combining scientific rigour with creative magic to help professionals in the health and wellness space achieve fame for their brands in everything from aesthetics, supplements, and fertility, to endocrinology, dermatology, and oncology. That’s the what, but the how is guided by four defining principles – curious, creative, discerning, brave. These are the values we look for and nurture in others and ourselves, underpinning as they do a culture of collaborative entrepreneurialism that drives high-performance.

At Publicis Health, we are united around one purpose: to create a world where people are equipped and motivated to take control of their health. We transform healthcare marketing and communications into healthcare engagement. We believe healthcare marketing is healthcare, fostering healthy conversations, healthy behaviours, and healthy people. With 40 offices and 12 brands across the globe, Publicis Health’s worldwide staff is composed of more than 3,000 healthcare professionals who are experts in advertising and branding, data and analytics, strategic planning, service design, digital media and technology, science, and medicine. Publicis Health companies include: BBK Worldwide, Digitas Health, Heartbeat, insync, Langland, Payer Sciences, PlowShare Group, Publicis Health France, Publicis Health Media, Razorfish Health, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, and Verilogue.