Chime Nabs Squires from Toluna

July 27 2010

UK group Chime Communications plc has appointed Toluna exec Mark Squires as Group Operations Director for its Research & Engagement Division. Meanwhile the Division’s former bosses Viki Cooke and Deborah Mattinson are to launch a new consultancy called BritainThinks. Squires is Toluna’s European Client Services Director, responsible for project delivery across Europe. In his new role he will work across the six main brands in the Division - Facts International, Opinion Leader Research, Caucus, Tree, Naked Eye and Brand Democracy – leading cross-divisional fieldwork offerings including that of Facts International, and Chime’s specialist online offer. Before Toluna, Squires spent 8-years at Nunwood as Telephone Operations Divisional Director. Chime has recently appointed Royal Mail’s Head of Business Intelligence Sinéad Jefferies to lead Opinion Leader Research (OLR); and former Social Democratic Party researcher Sarah Horack as head of its Political, Social and Public Policy research team. Of the latest appointment, divisional CEO Crispin Beale comments: ‘Mark is uniquely qualified to work across the business, expanding and tailoring our online offering, and further enhancing and growing Divisional Operations. I am delighted that he is joining us and am confident he will become a valued member of our growing team.’ Also today, Opinion Leader founders Deborah Mattinson and Viki Cooke have resurfaced with a new agency, BritainThinks, which will launch formally in the autumn and focus on public opinion, message testing and reputation studies. The pair left OLR in March. Web site: www.chime.plc.uk . To Luna:All news Opinion Leader Research:All newsMrWeb info Facts International Ltd:All newsMrWeb info Tree:All news FOLLOW US on Twitter. Simple printable version of this article. Email this article to a friend. Register for News emails