McCarthy (pictured) was previously general manager at Imperium, where he focused on data quality, and has also held senior roles at Dynata and MRops.

GlocalMind is a global healthcare fieldwork company operating both quantitative and qualitative projects that runs a panel of healthcare professionals and operates in more than 50 countries.

The hiring of McCarthy follows the recent appointment of Paul Evans as senior vice-president at GlocalMind.

Matt Brown, chief executive at GlocalMind, said: “Tim has an incredible background; he began his 15-year career as a project analyst and has held senior roles in project management, data processing and programming.

“Tim’s experience makes him the perfect choice to head up client services at GlocalMind.”

Vrinda Deval, managing partner at GlocalMind, said: “Client service and strong relationships are key to our growth. Tim will help cultivate our project team and create efficiencies our clients will value.”