In the UK, online panel specialist Lightspeed Research has promoted six members of its London-based team.
Derek Gibson becomes Client Operations Manager (EMEA) from his previous role of Senior Project Manager. He joined in 2005 as a Junior Research Executive.
Maya Hristova has been promoted to Client Operations Manager (EMEA) from Senior Project Manager, having joined the firm in 2005 as Junior Research Executive. Hristova graduated from Bocconi University in Milan with a BA in International Economics and Management.
Matthew Ferguson has moved up from Account Manager to Senior Account Manager (EMEA). He joined in 2007 after graduating from Loughborough University with a BSc in Management Science.
After nearly two years with the agency, Becky Harris has been promoted to Account Executive (EMEA) from Sales Coordinator. She holds a BSc in Business Management from the University of Surrey.
James de Vick, who was previously an Account Executive, becomes Account Director (EMEA). He joined the firm in early 2005 as a Pricing Executive, and has a BA in Business and Applied Economics from Kingston University.
Marianna Spaltro has been promoted to Senior Online Marketing Associate (EMEA) from Online Marketing Associate. She has a BA in Mass Communication and an MA in Marketing and Communication from University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.
Lightspeed Research is part of the WPP-owned Kantar Group. In Australia, the firm recently became one of the first to be accredited with the new international standard for online research, QSOAP.
