Other new appointments include Peter Hutton as Joint Deputy Managing Director and Ben Page as Head of MORI’s Social Research Division. Professor Robert Worcester, founder of MORI, remains as Executive Chairman. Everett, aged 34, has been with MORI for five years, most recently heading up the Social Research Division. Prior to this, Mike worked as a consultant at Ernst & Young. According to Brian Gosschalk, Chief Executive "We have grown by over 20 per cent organically in the first year following our management buy-out in March. The challenge now is to keep up the momentum and to continue to deliver above industry average profit growth, client and staff satisfaction. This strengthened management team should help us to realise the ambitious international expansion programme we have set in place since the MBO. We have already implemented the first stage of expansion with the purchase last month of MRC in Ireland, adding offices in Belfast and Dublin to those we already have in London, Edinburgh and Manchester. We also aim to grow through international acquisition and expect to make further announcements in the coming year." Mike Everett, Managing Director added "We have a hugely talented group of people at MORI and we are committed to providing clients with creative research of the highest quality. Over the coming year we will be making significant investments in both people and technology to expand and develop the services we provide."