Iain Jacob joins Cogora as Chair

With a career spanning 30 years, Iain brings to the team extensive experience in media and advertising agencies, ranging from co-founding a media services agency, CEO leadership at a domestic and international level and Board level advisory work.

During his previous tenure at Publicis Media, Iain launched Publicis Media across the EMEA region, helping to grow a distinctive agency brand-led organisation at scale. Today Iain runs a portfolio of roles spanning fast growing digital, technology and media businesses. His various roles in fostering and building businesses, specifically in digital and data-driven company transformation, will be an invaluable asset in shaping the future of Cogora.

John Pettifor, Chief Executive Officer of Cogora, commented: ‘We are thrilled to have Iain Jacob join the Cogora Board. I have no doubt that Cogora will greatly benefit from his extensive knowledge and leadership experience at both a domestic and international level, presenting new opportunities to drive business growth’.

Iain Jacob added ’John has built a very smart team that he has led to transform Cogora into a proven and future facing business. It’s combination of publisher, agency and consultancy skill sets mean that it is uniquely positioned to serve both healthcare professionals and healthcare brand businesses. I am very pleased to be working with this team of leaders and innovators’. 

For over 25 years Cogora has produced inspirational and incisive content through its market-leading portfolio of media brands, engaging over 220,000 healthcare professionals. Cogora collects data and insight through these brands, giving it a deep understanding of what its audiences want. Its in-house agency team then combines these resources to create innovative, flexible marketing strategies and solutions that deliver predictable outcomes.

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