Bard was previously at See Research, while Yeow worked at Crowd DNA prior to her appointment.

The two new hires will bring the company’s total workforce to 18 people.

Caroline Whitehill, co-founder at Acacia, said: “The addition of Rachel and Liv can’t come soon enough.

“With companies re-emerging from the battering of the last few years, there’s plenty of demand for foundational, strategic insight to set them on track for the future. It’ll be seatbelts on straight away for them both; the summer rush waits for no one.”