Obituary: Future Thinking's Suzy Aronstam

Suzy Aronstam, a Director of UK-based agency Future Thinking, died peacefully on Sunday 18th June, after a period of illness.

A specialist in advertising, media and brand research, she spent almost nineteen years with the company and its predecessors, rising to become Managing Director of the Communicate division, based in the London office. In the 1990s she worked for three years at MORI (now Ipsos MORI), and earlier in her first role at Basingstoke's Research Quorum. She graduated in 1991 aged 22 from Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) in Business Administration & Management.

Jon Priest, CEO of Future Thinking, said: 'The news of Suzy's passing is unutterably sad and our thoughts at this time are with Mike, their two children and close family.

'Suzy was a fantastic market research professional; skilled, diligent and fiercely loyal. She was both hugely respected and liked by her clients and the wider Future Thinking team. Everyone here loved Suzy, and her passing, particularly at such a young age, has shocked and saddened employees, ex-staffers and clients alike.

'We will all miss Suzy enormously'.

She is survived by long-time partner Mike Garvey and two children. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, 28th June, Crawley Crematorium, at 4.30pm; and the company has set up a memorial fund in her memory, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care - web site here .