STRAT7 Advisory Promotes for MD Role

UK-headquartered insight group STRAT7 has promoted Helen Donald to serve as Managing Director of its Advisory practice, one of its seven divisions which is focused on helping clients convert insight into impact.

The STRAT7 Group has its HQ in London, with offices in Amsterdam, Leeds, New York and Sydney, and employs more than 400 people. The Group Consists of seven agencies, all with names prefaced by STRAT7: Advisory, Audiences, Bonamy Finch, Crowd DNA, Incite, Jigsaw and Researchbods. Last week the group launched an AI hub called Nucleus. STRAT7 Advisory specialises in bringing together cross-functional teams to transform consumer, category and cultural insights into growth roadmaps, consumer-centric brand architectures and innovation pipelines.

Donald (pictured) brings to her new role twenty years' experience in research, insights and strategy consultancy. She joined what is now STRAT7 Incite in 2010, and moved to Advisory in December 2022 as a Partner. The firm says over the past year she has led significant Advisory wins and delivery for clients including Kenvue, Zurich, and Nestlé.

'Helen is one of the sharpest strategic minds I've worked with over the past decade or so,' says CEO Barrie Brien. 'Her ability to translate complex client challenges into clear commercial strategies, drawing on the full breadth of STRAT7's expertise, makes her the ideal person to lead Advisory. Her appointment reflects how central STRAT7 Advisory is to our integrated offer and the impact we want to create for our clients.'

Web site: www.strat7.com .