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I have an insatiable appetite for business strategy, B2B market insight and customer understanding. I have experienced many different sides of the research and insight industry - starting my career at a large international research supplier, moving to the US, returning to work for a smaller agency, then appointed Head of Insight at a well known multinational. I then established my own research consultancy and in 2019 was involved in the purchase of our fieldwork supplier, Prevision Research. As Managing Director, I now spend most of my time leading this award winning data collection business.These experiences in the research and insight industry have taught me many lessons. In particular, this experience has given me a greater appreciation of business strategy and the importance of recruiting and retaining exceptionally talented staff. As a business, we appreciate fully the need for our clients' to maintain competitive advantage through the use of forensic market insight and high quality data. I am a greater believer in developing and promoting the wider research community and was beyond proud to be awarded an MRS Fellowship in April 2019 for services to the market research industry. I was formerly Chair of the Insights Consultants Group and in 2024 was appointed as the inaugural Chair of the MRS B2B Network, dedicated to supporting best practice in B2B research.At Purple Market Research, we combine traditional research techniques with the new approaches brought about by advances in digital technology and social media, to provide cutting edge business solutions. At Prevision Research, we have total control of and immediate access to GDPR compliant, high quality and bespoke customer and market data.We believe our major strengths are 'outside the box' thinking, strong commercial acumen and creative problem solving. We try to be the very best in everything we do, by contributing as much as we can in terms of sharing our experience and expertise and closely following the most forward thinking practitioners in the research industry. On a practical level, we also believe very strongly in going the extra mile to deliver exceptional service to all our clients.I am part of a close knit and very supportive family which includes my wife, daughter and son. I'm a keen cyclist and have completed many charity cycle rides across the country.Specialties: CATI and online data collection, trade panel, B2B, market profiling, customer understanding, segmentation, new product/service development, grey market, workshops

Listed skills include Market Research, Customer Insight, Competitive Analysis, Marketing Research, and 15 others.