In the UK, WPP’s insight and innovation consultancy The Futures Company has appointed Imke Schuller as Associate Director and Silvia Rigoni as a Consultant in the firm’s Innovation team.

The Futures Company, which was created by the merger of the Henley Centre HeadlightVision and Yankelovich, specializes in futures and trends, segmentation, quant analysis and modelling.

Most recently, Schuller ran her own agency Flying Fox Innovation Consulting, prior to which, she worked at BrainJuicer as Senior Creative Innovations Manager, advising clients on how to drive brand and company growth through product and service innovation. Before joining the firm in 2007, she worked for Ipsos in London and France.

EMEA MD, Sarah King comments: ‘Imke is already an established partner of The Futures Company. She complements our existing EMEA team beautifully and brings fresh energy and additional expertise to our growing innovation offer.’

Rigoni joins with an MA in Innovation Management and internship experience gained across product design and project management experience.

The pair join the team headed by Yannis Kavounis, who comments: ‘“Imke and Silvia will strengthen The Futures Company’s expertise across the whole innovation spectrum, from early opportunity identification with more creative divergent thinking, to concept development with inventive ideation and co-creation techniques.’

Web site: www.thefuturescompany.com .

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