Rigour Research names research manager

Speed (pictured) was previously a director at Mori and joined IFF as director in 2001, becoming joint managing director between 2007 and 2016.

Speed set up business-to-business and campaign research firm XSpeediency in 2016 and is a fellow in the Market Research Society.

At Rigour Research, Speed will develop the company’s full-service offering and work on data collection and analytics.

Cornelius Barry, managing director at Rigour Research, said: “We welcome the addition of Mark to focus on the further development of our full-service offering given his extensive experience in both UK and international research and a broad range of specialisms.”