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New Hires, Offices, Clients for Research Clever

February 16 2026

MR ops specialist Research Clever has reported rapid growth, new offices in central London, and the appointments of Payal Jani as Operations Director, and Frankie Slattery, Kristian Barnard and Wendy Phu in Senior Manager roles.

Clever PeopleFounded by CEO Ross Cafferkey and now in its second year of trading, the company has secured new office space at Metal Box Factory in Borough, alongside a number of major new clients.

Jani brings more than seventeen years of experience from companies including Savanta, Potentia Insight, and Sainsbury's Nectar Loyalty. In her new role she heads up the firm's operations strategy, with a focus on efficiency, quality assurance, and the continued development of client delivery processes. She is supported by Slattery, who joins as Senior Business Development Manager with more than a decade of experience, fromt firms including Language Connect and Bilendi, most recently as an AD.

Barnard, who joins as a Senior Account Manager, has worked at IDC, Frost & Sullivan, and Global Data, during more than eight years in consultancy, account management and business development. Phu takes up the role of Senior Project Manager, bringing seven years' experience across FMCG, tech, retail and public policy sectors at Basis, Savanta, and On Device Research.

'When I started the company, my aim was to make research operations faster and smarter,' notes Cafferkey. 'Our growth over the past year shows that there's a real appetite for that balance of agility and quality. This expansion gives us the capacity to support more agencies and consultancies globally, while maintaining the accuracy, collaboration, and care that define our work.'

Web site: www.research-clever.com .

Photographer: Jonathan Cole. L to R back: Ross Cafferkey, Frankie Slattery. L to R front: Wendy Phu, Payal Jani, Kristian Barnard

All articles 2006-23 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas, 2024- by Nick Thomas, unless otherwise stated.

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