Acumetis expands global Medical Affairs team with new scientific and strategic talent

Acumetis welcomes Kate Ashworth, Angie Gao, and Liz Reader as the Medical Affairs team expands its global expertise across scientific strategy, medical communications, stakeholder engagement, and lifecycle support.

Welcoming our new talent

Acumetis is expanding its Medical Affairs team with the addition of Kate Ashworth, Angie Gao, and Liz Reader. Each brings a different mix of scientific, strategic, communications, and consulting experience. Together, they add depth to a growing global practice built to help clients turn science and insight into action.

Medical Affairs is playing an increasingly important role for pharma and biotech clients. Teams are being asked to connect evidence, scientific exchange, stakeholder engagement, patient perspectives, and commercialisation strategy in more practical ways. By expanding the team, Acumetis is strengthening its support across the product lifecycle, from early evidence planning and medical strategy through launch and ongoing engagement.

Kate, Angie, and Liz bring experience across Medical Affairs strategy, scientific communications, evidence planning, stakeholder engagement, medical education, behavioural science, commercialisation strategy, launch planning, research, and analytics. Their backgrounds span pharma, biotech, consulting, medical communications, and academic research. That range of experience helps Acumetis bring practical, well-rounded support to complex client challenges.

Strengthening a global Medical Affairs practice

The strength of the Acumetis Medical Affairs team comes from the range of perspectives within it. The growing team brings experience from global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology organisations, specialist consultancies, medical communications agencies, and academic research environments.

That mix matters. Clients are rarely facing one-dimensional challenges. They are working across complex evidence needs, changing stakeholder expectations, competitive markets, evolving patient priorities, and the practical realities of launch and lifecycle planning.

Medical Affairs also increasingly operates across geographies, functions, and stakeholder groups. Clients need partners who can work with international teams, understand regional market needs, and bring different disciplines together.

The addition of Kate, Angie, and Liz strengthens that capability. Their backgrounds expand Acumetis’ ability to provide deeper therapy area expertise, broader strategic support, stronger scientific engagement, and greater delivery strength across global and regional programmes.

This also reflects how Acumetis approaches Medical Affairs. It is not a standalone function. It is a connector between scientific strategy, evidence generation, medical communications, stakeholder engagement, patient insight, and commercial decision-making.

Meet the new team members

Kate Ashworth, Principal, joins Acumetis with more than 20 years of experience across Medical Affairs and scientific communications. She has led global client partnerships, managed multidisciplinary teams, and delivered integrated programmes spanning scientific communications, evidence planning, stakeholder engagement, and scientific exchange.

Kate is recognised for building trusted client relationships and translating scientific, commercial, and market insights into actionable strategies. She brings a strong combination of scientific expertise, operational leadership, and business growth experience to the team.

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I’m delighted to be joining Acumetis and becoming part of such a talented team. What attracted me most was the combination of scientific expertise, strategic thinking and genuine collaboration. I look forward to partnering with colleagues and clients to tackle complex challenges and deliver solutions that make a meaningful difference.

Kate Ashworth | Principal

Angie Gao, Manager, joins Acumetis with a strong blend of scientific research and life sciences consulting experience. She has held consulting roles at AvenueBio Consulting, Deallus, and Prescient Healthcare Group, where she supported pharmaceutical clients across lifecycle management, competitive intelligence, and commercialisation strategy.

Angie also brings academic research experience from the University of Oxford and expertise in analysing clinical, regulatory, and market developments to support strategic decision-making. Her combination of scientific depth and consulting experience strengthens the team’s ability to help clients navigate complex healthcare and market challenges.

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I am excited to join the Acumetis Medical Affairs team and contribute to the robust, science-driven work that supports our clients’ decision-making. I look forward to collaborating with talented colleagues and helping clients address important healthcare challenges.

Angie Gao | Manager

Liz Reader, Senior Manager, Medical Affairs, brings extensive experience across Medical Affairs, medical communications, and strategic consulting. She has held director-level leadership roles and has supported pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology organisations, and patient groups across strategic communications, publications, events, market research, medical affairs programmes, launch initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.

Liz has worked across specialist behavioural science consultancies, large consulting organisations, start-ups, and medical education agencies. This breadth gives her a versatile perspective on how Medical Affairs can support organisations throughout the product lifecycle, from strategy development to engagement and execution.

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It’s inspiring to be part of the Acumetis team with their commitment to delivering excellence for clients and continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible through science, insight, and collaboration. I look forward to contributing to Acumetis’ continued growth and working with colleagues and partners to create meaningful impact for our healthcare client partnerships.

Liz Reader | Senior Manager

Expanding how we help clients

The addition of Kate, Angie, and Liz gives Acumetis greater depth and delivery strength across Medical Affairs. It also reflects how clients increasingly need to work: across functions, markets, and the full lifecycle of an asset.

With this expanded team, Acumetis is better positioned to support medical strategy and planning, scientific communications, medical education, evidence planning, stakeholder engagement, launch strategy, research, and analytics. The team also strengthens Acumetis’ ability to connect medical, commercial, and patient perspectives into practical client solutions.

This continued investment reinforces Acumetis’ commitment to Medical Affairs support that is scientifically grounded, strategically connected, and built around real client needs.

Please join us in welcoming Kate, Angie, and Liz to Acumetis.

Meet the experts behind our Medical Affairs capabilities and explore the experience and expertise across our team on our expertise page.