With more than 20 years of experience, Emily Young Denney, Founder and Principal of EYD Communications LLC, has led  Global Communications teams in both the B2B and B2C environments of major, publicly traded global pharmaceutical and life-sciences companies. An expert in strategic communications, Emily now provides her clients with executive and financial corporate communications counsel, planning and writing; corporate responsibility/Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) communications planning and execution; as well as traditional public relations, employee communications and community affairs support. 

Emily previously led the Global Communications and Corporate Philanthropy team at West Pharmaceutical Services, as their Vice President. During her time at West, she was responsible for designing, implementing and managing the global external and internal corporate communications strategy for West, including corporate and product external communications, media relations, crisis management, and internal communications. She also served as the leader of West’s corporate giving initiatives.

Prior to joining West in 2014, Emily served as the Head of External Affairs at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. In this role, Emily was responsible for leading the External Affairs Team, which worked with national, state and local-based third party patient and professional groups to form alliances with AstraZeneca. The team also managed all US philanthropic contributions to third party groups, totaling more than $15 million annually.

Emily worked at AstraZeneca for 17 years in a number of roles within US and Global Corporate Affairs.  During this time, she served as Leader of the Brand Corporate Affairs Team, providing strategic public relations and issues management counsel for the company’s portfolio of brands. In addition, she worked as a Director in US Corporate Communications, where she led the US Business corporate reputation efforts, as well as the External Media Relations team.  Emily also spent two years in AstraZeneca’s London office, serving as a Corporate Media Relations Press Officer.

In May of 2012, Emily was recognized by the Healthcare Businesswoman’s Association (HBA) as a 2012 “Rising Star.”  HBA Rising Stars are nominated by the association’s corporate partners and represent various career stages and disciplines, and have demonstrated noteworthy achievements.

Emily has a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Communication, both from the University of Delaware. She lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three children, and volunteers with her children’s schools and sports teams. She has also worked as an alumni volunteer for the University of Delaware and volunteered with the West Chester Food Cupboard.