Employee Specialist Dawn Smith Joins 100%Cotton

Stakeholder and employee engagement specialist Dawn Smith has been appointed Research Director at Bristol-based customer insight and brand strategy consultancy 100%Cotton.

Launched in 2007 by FMCG marketer Jonathan Salisbury and former TRBI Director Emma Partridge, the firm offers a combination of commercial thinking; qual, quant and desk research; and customer insight, for clients including retailers, brands and public agencies.

Smith joins from Ipsos MORI, where for nearly seven years she served as Research Director - Employee Relationship Management, developing and leading UK and global employee insight programmes for major private and public sector organisations. Prior to this, she was a Consultant in the Employee Research Division at ORC International, and Qualitative Associate Director at Hauck Research.

Commenting on the appointment, Salisbury said: 'This is a strategic appointment which significantly enhances our core offering. Dawn's experience in stakeholder, employee and partner engagement will help our clients to build organisations and propositions where employee and customer insight are right at the heart.'

Web site: www.onehundredpercentcotton.com .