MedImmune named Lisa Davis VP, corporate affairs, with responsibility for PR, internal communications, government affairs, advocacy, community relations and corporate responsibility. Davis was previously VP, corporate communications at the US division of MedImmune parent AstraZeneca, and before that she spent nine years at AARP PR.

Publicis Life Brands Resolute promoted Jenny Plant to general manager. Plant was previously client services director at Publicis Life Brands. She will be responsible for leading account teams and forecasting and driving new business efforts at the London-based agency, a recent acquisition of Publicis Healthcare Communications Group.