Turner was appointed by Three co-founders Chad Hazen and Steve Kantscheidt to the newly created position. His responsibilities include boosting the agency’s statistical offerings in its quantitative research projects and helping to grow the consultancy’s overall expertise and reach. His area of speciality is structural equation modelling and non-conscious and emotional measurement.

Kantscheidt said: “As Three continues to grow, we’ve identified several areas where we want to increase our capabilities and up our game. Getting more out of our client partners’ data was our first priority.”

Three, based in Saratoga Springs, New York, is a four-year-old consultancy, which now includes nearly 20 employees in offices based in four markets.