Dick was previously at IMS Health where he was in charge of the global market measurement group. Before that he worked on the clientside as international market research manager at Wyeth.

In the newly created role at IMS, he will work with the marketing team at The Research Partnership to drive US business.

New research director Phil Rosenberg has spent 25 years in the industry and joins from US research agency BioVid Corporation. In the past he has worked for GfK and @Futures.

Harriet Kozak, US president at The Research Partnership, said: “We have been looking to expand our US operations and these appointments mean that we now have a team of 15 researchers based in our Philadelphia office. With these talented individuals on board, we look forward to consolidating our US business and making new client acquisitions in both global and domestic research.”