Ruth McNeil leaves RI 18/8/00 Ruth McNeil, one of the most respected figures in the business-to-business research community and long time director of Research International, has left the company (on August 17th) to go freelance. Working primarily in the b to b area, she will be working in research training, brainstorming and facilitation as well as in project management. Ruth can be contacted on ruthmcneil@lineone.net