Circle Health, an AIM-listed healthcare group co-owned by its employees, has appointed Alex Singleton to lead communications and marketing.

Singleton replaces Gordon Hector, who has left to run the research department of the Scottish Conservatives for Ruth Davidson. He is also the author of The PR Masterclass (2013).

Singleton is interviewed in the current issue of Communicate on political communication – just one of the areas he will be managing at Circle, along with internal comms, media relations, corporate reputation, and content and brand marketing.

Singleton joins Circle from business membership organisation London First. In his 20s, he worked at The Daily Telegraph, as part of the leader writing team, and at the Adam Smith Institute, where he was research and communications director.