Foreman started his career at WPP before holding senior roles across advertising, data and insight, including chairing Zappi and later holding non-executive roles at MindProber and Empower Translate. He was president of Esomar between 2013 and 2014.

As executive chair, Foreman will work closely with the board and executive team at Bolt Insight, offering strategic leadership and governance as the company expands its product offer and moves into new client markets.

Bolt Insight was founded in 2019 and launched qualitative research platform, BoltChatAI, in 2022, and end-to-end research platform, Bolt Intelligence, earlier this year. The company employs staff in London, Istanbul, Paris, New York and Singapore.

Hakan Yurdakul, chief executive and co-founder at Bolt Insight, described the appointment of Foreman as a “milestone moment”, adding: “He brings a rare combination of deep industry credibility, global relationships and genuine entrepreneurial instinct, experience across every corner of the insights world, from running major research organisations to advising and investing in disruptive technology businesses. Having him alongside us as we scale is a huge advantage.”