Ten Hires Fuel FreshMinds' UK Expansion

In the UK, full service consultancy FreshMinds Research has expanded in London with ten new staff appointments.

In the Consumer Healthcare team, Katie Buckley joins as Research Consultant, with a six-year background in quant research. Most recently, she worked at TNS-BMRB, where she focused on behaviour change and social marketing research. Joining her as Senior Research Executive is Mandeep Samra, who previously worked at Cordis Bright Consulting.

The firm's Consumer team has expanded with the addition of Ruth Lowsley as Research Consultant and Rita Menezes as Research Executive. Lowsley previously worked as a Consultant at KAE, with responsibility for end-to-end delivery of large-scale projects; while Menezes was employed at Reed Business Information as a Markets Reporter, working on weekly market pricing reports and sector publications.

In the Financial Services and Professional Services team, Meaghan Johnson joins as Senior Research Executive and Natasha Vashisht takes up the post of Research Analyst. Previously at KAE, Johnson managed UK and international clients within the financial, business services and technology sectors; while Vashisht was an intern at the European Commission, APCO Worldwide and News International.

Liam Everett and Hibi Racs have joined the business as part of the RED Team as Senior Research Executive and Operations Executive respectively. Before this, Everett worked at Optimisa Research, where he undertook qual and quant research for a broad range of clients. Racs joins from Decipher, where she was Fieldwork Manager for three years in the digital media research department.

Emily Gibbons joins as a Research Administrator, having had previous insight experience gained in an infant research unit; while Sam Holmes joins the Research team as Business Development & Marketing Manager with seventeen years' experience working with London agencies in the fields of brand engagement, identity, communications and NPD.

FreshMinds Research MD Annette Müller (pictured) comments: 'We are delighted to welcome these newest members to our team. They are all smart individuals who will help to deliver expert advice to our growing client list.'

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