The agency has hired two new senior research executives: Sarah Dobie, who has previously worked at Crisis and Ipsos MORI; and Sam Morris, a former research executive who has also held positions in academia.

Conor Healy, a history graduate from the University of Cambridge and Jeffy Henderson, a biological sciences graduate from the University of Edinburgh have joined IFF’s graduate programme.

And Mark Lynch, a former marketing executive at QEnergy and MKB Law Solicitors has joined the agency as a marketing executive.

IFF has also promoted Andrew Bigby to telephone centre manager, Eleonore Desnos to full-time interviewing services project controller and Hannah Kew, a former project controller, to research assistant.