In Los Angeles, insights, design and strategy agency Hypothesis has named Maria Vallis a Partner in the business.

Hypothesis, which also has offices in Seattle and is soon to expand to Chicago, combines consumer-centric qual research, advanced analytics, strategic thinking and data visualization. Vallis (pictured) who joined five years ago, most recently served as Chief Relationship Officer. She began her career in Australia as a qualitative and quantitative researcher, and was SVP in Millward Brown's Los Angeles office, leading the Client Service team and managing a variety of research programs including brand equity research, global tracking studies, communications development research, and custom quantitative research.

Jeff Seltzer, Hypothesis Managing Partner, comments: 'We're proud to promote Maria to a role where she can help Hypothesis grow, culturally and strategically. She makes her team better every day through her leadership. Clients know how fortunate they are to be working with her.'

Web site: www.hypothesisgroup.com .

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