IFF Research Hires Five in London

London-based IFF Research has appointed Genna Kik as Associate Director and Catherine O'Driscoll as Senior Research Executive; while new graduates Poppy Curd, Leanne Buksztel and Naomi Morrice also join the team.

IFF, which began as a B2B specialist, recently celebrated its 50th year in business and has broadened out to cover employment and benefits; financial services; and health and wellbeing. Kik joins from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, having previously held posts at the University of Sheffield and the Office of National Statistics. She joins the Learning and Skills team, following IFF's appointment of Rowan Foster as Director earlier in the year. O'Driscoll most recently worked at TNS/BMRB, where she was part of the delivery team on a number of large scale National Statistics research projects including the 'Understanding Society' household study.

Joining IFF's graduate programme are Curd, who completed a degree in Geography at The University of Nottingham, having worked in sales roles in business intelligence; Buksztel, who recently completed an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging, as well as a degree in Psychology, at Sheffield University; and Morrice who graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in English Literature, and then taught in Japan.

Director and Head of Recruitment David Vivian comments: 'Our ambitious growth plans have been boosted by the arrival of Genna and Rowan from UKCES and Catherine from TNS/BMRB. We are also delighted to have kick-started our biannual graduate recruitment programme this year with three great new recruits. Much of our team here started out through our graduate programme and we are confident our latest recruits will have a bright future at IFF'.

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