Language Connect Hires Former Ipsos MORI Director

Former Ipsos MORI director Maggie Little has joined Language Connect, a specialist in language services for market research, in the newly created role of Business Development Director.

Language Connect provides translation, localisation, interpretation and verbatim coding services for the MR industry via offices in the UK, Germany and Australia. The firm employs a team of account managers, project managers, localisation and technical support specialists, who are complemented by a network of more than 5,000 subject specialists.

Little joins with more than twelve years' agency research experience. While serving as Research Manager at Ipsos MORI, she specialised in international work with financial services, technology and FMCG clients.

During her career, she has also held business development and research director-level positions at agencies Hitwise, GfK, Research International and Datamonitor.

In her new role, Little will focus on developing client relationships and supporting the firm's international expansion in the MR sector.

'We're delighted that Maggie is joining Language Connect,' states co-founder and MD Ben Taylor, to whom Little will report. 'She has an impressive track record of managing mixed methodology international research studies in multiple countries which will be of great benefit to our clients.'

Web site: www.languageconnect.net .