People

With more than 15 years of experience in communication and design, Alexandra has been driving the transformation of text-based public affairs towards a visual communication to a much larger audience group when she integrated with her company into RPP in 2015.

Based in Brussels & the UK since the mid 1980s, Charles has worked in regulatory health policy for more then fifteen years and in public policy throughout his career. Recently his work has focussed on EC law, liaison with patient & physician representative groups and international harmonisation.

Prior to his current position he was Vice President, Europe of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association and previously worked in New York, San Fransisco and London in crisis management and investor relations.

Edoardo, who has been an independent consultant the last six years in public policy, government affairs and communications, brings over 25 years of experience in health, chemicals, agriculture and farming policies including 20 years with global leaders for innovative agriculture, healthcare and information technology. Edoardo works with both Healthcare-Clients and Non-Healthcare-Clients for the Italian office.

Since joining in 2011, James has worked on almost every healthcare and health-science legislation that has emerged at EU level. With experience in a wide range of political dossiers, he specializes in translating the needs of business into political priorities for policy makers interested in their market.

Kit joined RPP Group in 2014 and has worked across RPP’s Brussels, London and Madrid offices including as Director of EU and UK Healthcare for 2 years. Since the end of 2019, Kit is the Director of Business Development for RPP Group, working to promote RPP’s growth across all offices. Since this time he has also  been the head of RPP Madrid, RPP’s newest office. Throughout 5 years of work at RPP, Kit has worked representing clients from across the healthcare sector including patient groups, professional organisations and the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Kit continues to coordinate international projects and support clients on the ground.

Franziska rejoined RPP in May 2019, and has since developed RPP Healthcare activities in Germany. Prior to that, she gained understanding and knowledge of the German political scene through her work in the German Bundestag and Berlin House of Representatives. She has been in charge of the Berlin office since November 2019, leading advocacy, strategy and operations for various German and EU projects. Besides this, Franziska is a true healthcare professional, and has worked as a nurse on ICUs.

Salomé joined RPP Paris in 2013, and has since developed RPP Healthcare activities in France. Prior to that, she gained understanding and knowledge of the French political scene through experiences in French national media and in a public affairs and health economics consultancy. She has been in charge of the Paris office since July 2015, leading advocacy, strategy and operations for various French and EU projects. Since 2018, Salomé is also director of Service Excellence for RPP Group, working towards assuring the quality of services delivered throughout the RPP offices.

A veteran of the EU institutional and political scene, Thomas is in charge of RPP’s institutional contacts in Brussels and beyond. Before joining RPP, Thomas was Deputy Secretary-General of the ALDE Group, the EU Liberal and Democratic political group in the European Parliament. He also served as a member of the cabinet (private office) of former EU Commission Vice President Olli Rehn and held a number of senior positions in industry.

Martyna joined RPP London in 2018, where her work has been focused on building advocacy programmes and mapping for creative policy opportunities for clients from pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors in the UK. Prior to joining RPP, Martyna worked at another London-based international agency providing integrated communications and public affairs services, and before that she gained some pan-EU policy making experience while working in Brussels for a public health NGO. Martyna holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the Medical University of Warsaw.

She has been in charge of the UK office since November 2019 leading on strategic operations and expanding the service offering to the UK devolved nations, particularly in Scotland.