New Year, new starts for nine new hires at MMR Research Worldwide and HRW

MMR Research Worldwide has welcomed nine new recruits since the start of the year
By: MMR Research
 
Feb. 14, 2011 - PRLog -- MMR Research Worldwide – a finalist in Research magazine’s Best Agency award in 2010 Group – has welcomed nine new recruits since the start of the year. The consumer insight and sensory specialist for the food, drink and personal care sectors hired two director-level positions, three research managers and two trainee survey creators for its Oxfordshire-based operations, as well as a sensory panel leader for its New Jersey office. Also within the MMR Group, specialist healthcare division HRW has recruited a senior research manager.
Ian Horritt, Qualitative Director
Ian Horritt will head up MMR’s qualitative offering. He has worked in research for 12 years for a large number of clue chip clients, primarily in technology and finance, and has previously been a research director at Illuminas and TNS. With a wealth of qualitative research experience, he has most recently been focussing on retail and shopper research and ethnography.
Frances Pirie, Associate Director
Frances joins MMR from the Business Advantage Group where she was associate research director. She brings a wealth of experience in both qualitative and quantitative techniques and international research having worked in the public sector, healthcare, financial services and FMCG sectors. Beginning her career in Japan, she spent 16 years working closely with multinationals such as Unilever, P&G, Kellogg, Mars, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Louis Vuitton-Moet Hennessy, followed by four years in the USA, working primarily with Disney Corporation and Duty Free Shoppers. With a passion for social and environmental issues, she holds a Masters degree in Conservation Biology from the University of Kent.
Rob Hack, Research Manager
Rob brings over 10 years’ experience of undertaking research in a range of different settings. He previously worked for a research consultancy, delivering market research projects. He also has experience of undertaking research in the public sector, most recently for the Audit Commission.
Anna O’Connell, Research Manager
Originally hailing from New Zealand, Anna’s research career began at university where she worked for an agri-economic research unit looking at consumer propensity to buy genetically modified food. Anna has agency and in-house experience having worked with Hall and Partners where she specialised in branding and communications research and as research manager for BMW (UK), respectively.
Nick Chancellor, Research Manager
Nick is a Politics and American Studies graduate from Nottingham University. He started his career at BMRB, before joining Research International in Toronto, Canada. More recently, Nick was a Senior Research Manager at Ipsos (Toronto) in the public affairs division of the company.
Ronita Ghatak, Sensory Panel Leader
Ronita Ghatak has joined MMR Inc to become MMR’s sensory panel leader based at its New Jersey office. With a PhD in Food Science, Ronita has previously worked for PepsiCola as a senior scientist and has spent the past year working for Hunter College in New York, instructing students in human nutrition, food science and product development and setting up the College’s sensory lab.
Helen Torrens-Burton, Trainee Survey Creator
Helen is a mathematics graduate who joins MMR following a year working for EHS 4D Discovery in Cirencester as a Data Engineer for Diageo.
Bridget Chatley, Trainee Survey Creator
Bridget is also a mathematics graduate who has undertaken a marketing internship at 2Degrees.
Paul Tinworth Senior Research Manager, HRW
Paul joins HRW from Maven Research, where he managed a team focused on customer and employee satisfaction across a wide variety of sectors, including finance, security, construction and utilities. Paul’s eight-year career in market research started at Harris Interactive in 2002, where he worked on a variety of B2B and B2C studies for clients in the technology sector.
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About MMR
The MMR Group is an innovative research agency which provides creative and scientifically robust research for its global blue chip clients. The MMR Group comprises MMR Research Worldwide, specialising in the food, drink and personal care sectors; Qubiq, a leading-edge provider of interactive research in the FMCG and service sectors; HRW, leaders in healthcare market research; and UKFS, the one-stop solution for UK based qualitative and quantitative fieldwork. The MMR Group has developed a variety of unique research assets including Brandphonics® -- a new emotion-based approach to identify what influences consumer choice – an in-house sensory facility, and MMR Pulse, a food and drink trend-tracking information resource. Founded in 1989 by Professor David Thomson, the Group employs in excess of 100 people. It is headquartered in Oxfordshire, UK and has a rapidly growing business unit based in New York, US. www.mmr-research.com

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About MMR
The MMR Group is an innovative research agency which provides creative and scientifically robust research for its global blue chip clients. The MMR Group comprises MMR Research Worldwide, specialising in the food, drink and personal care sectors; Qubiq, a leading-edge provider of interactive research in the FMCG and service sectors; HRW, leaders in healthcare market research; and UKFS, the one-stop solution for UK based qualitative and quantitative fieldwork. The MMR Group has developed a variety of unique research assets including Brandphonics® -- a new emotion-based approach to identify what influences consumer choice – an in-house sensory facility, and MMR Pulse, a food and drink trend-tracking information resource. Founded in 1989 by Professor David Thomson, the Group employs in excess of 100 people. It is headquartered in Oxfordshire, UK and has a rapidly growing business unit based in New York, US. www.mmr-research.com
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