Katja Vuk?evi? (pictured) and Marios Nicolaou will join the consultancy as account director and senior research executive respectively, both working closely with the consultancy’s new head of strategic insights, Emily Hunt.

Vuk?evi? has worked for TNS for six years handling consumer and B2B research projects and most recently she was associate director, designing and managing multinational customer experience and loyalty trackers.

Nicolaou started his career in retail management before joining TNS in 2010.  He has recently specialised in innovation and NPD, primarily in the FMCG arena.