Bird Named Hall & Partners London Managing Partner

Brand and comms research specialist Hall & Partners has promoted Grant Bird to the role of Managing Partner, London, replacing Caroline Frankum whose promotion to European Consumer CEO was announced yesterday.

Bird (pictured) has nearly fifteen years' experience in brand and communications research. He began his career at Millward Brown, before joining HPI Research in 2004. He has been at Hall & Partners since 2009, and as part of the firm's digital leadership team has led the development of multi-channel communities and social media listening.

Frankum says of her replacement: 'Grant has shown tremendous leadership over the last year. He is constantly working to ensure we deliver beyond our clients' needs, by continually innovating and driving new initiatives to better support their businesses. We are thrilled to have him in this new role.'

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