BMG Research Hires 'Head of London'

In the UK, full-service agency BMG Research has appointed former Kantar exec Simon Wood to lead its London office.

Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Birmingham, BMG delivers market and employee research, customer insights and public perception surveys to both public and private sector clients. Wood (pictured) joins after more than eleven years at Kantar TNS, most recently as Head of Commercial Strategy and Offer. Earlier in his career he was a Research Manager at GFK.

Commenting on the appointment, MD and co-founder Dawn Hands said: 'We are excited to have Simon join the team. He has eighteen years of market research experience across business development, program design and customer experience - I'm confident he'll continue to build on the success of our growing client portfolio'.

Web site: www.bmgresearch.com .