In London, custom research consultancy Beehive Research has appointed Nicole Holt as Research Director.

Launched in 2007 by former Experian exec Paul Kavanagh, Beehive offers a full range of qual, quant and online research techniques for customer and employee experience programmes, global insights studies, and NPD and concept testing. Holt (pictured) joins with more than twenty years' experience of designing, implementing and analysing research programmes, in the UK and globally. She spent the past nearly a decade at full-service agency Network Research, where she latterly served as Senior Associate Director in charge of the Custom Research team. Prior to this, she was an AD at ORC International and at GfK NOP, where she began her career in the NOP graduate scheme and worked for nearly nine years.

Commenting on the appointment, Kavanagh said: 'It's great to have Nicole on board and her experience will add to the expertise of the team and help us deliver our 2020 growth strategy. Nicole is our second new senior hire in recent months.'

Web site: www.beehiveresearch.co.uk .

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