Automated research exchange ZappiStore has appointed Ken Yanhs, former Director of Marketing at LEGO Education, as its new EVP of Marketing. He replaces Christophe Ovaere who has left the company and is now CMO and an investor at home improvements start-up Opun.

In addition to LEGO, Yanhs has held leadership positions at companies including EF and Bain & Company. He will be based in Zappi's London headquarters, working with sales and technology teams in Chicago, Portland, Cape Town, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Hamburg, Paris and Singapore; and on the development of partnerships with the likes of Kantar Millward Brown and System1 Research. He Ken will also act as an advisory board member for the Life is Good Foundation, which works to improve the quality of care delivered to the most vulnerable children.

Chief Revenue Officer Ryan Barry says of Yanhs: 'Ken's experience in both B2B and B2C marketing will play a critical role as we continue to evolve our creative and innovative testing solutions. His background in creative and customer-centric marketing, demand generation, and technology will help further drive Zappi's growth as we look to double our revenue from fiscal year 2016 to 2017'.

Also this week, the company has been ranked 26 in the 17th annual Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 League Table, which lists the private British technology, media and telecoms companies with the fastest growing sales over the previous three years. Founded in 2013, Zappi has over 160 people in six offices across the globe, and has averaged sales growth of 116.8% over the past three years - revenues were £11m in 2016.

Web site: www.zappistore.com .

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