Jeremy Hollow and Nina Treny join the customer advisory panel and online brand community specialist

Andrew Wiseman, currently CEO of Optimisa Research, to join customer advisory panel and online brand community specialist, Verve, as a Partner. Leeds office to open.

Verve has been shortlisted for the MRS Research Magazine’s Best New Agency award. The winner of the award will be announced at a ceremony at the Research Awards dinner on 14th December at the Lancaster London.

Verve opens its doors in Sydney to launch its customer advisory panels and online brand communities in Australia and New Zealand. Andrew Cooper, Partner and CEO of Verve, will head up the business, alongside Lamia Lee, Partner Verve Australia and New Zealand.

Verve has been appointed to take over the management of the Which? Survey Panel and develop it into a true brand community. Verve was chosen by Which? in a four-way pitch, taking over from incumbent provider, Lightspeed Research.

Verve announces Professor Patrick Barwise, Gareth Firth and David Packford as founder members of the Verve Advisory Board.

Emma Morioka (née Smith) joins Verve as Partner for Proposition Development and Clare McHatton as Associate Account Director. Ailean Mills to act as consultant on Qualitative Community Engagement.

Verve Partners announce Peter Chopra (former CEO Synovate UK, Global CFO Synovate and Deputy Group Finance Director of Aegis) is to lead Strategic Finance and International Development at Verve.

Nina Pocock and Charlotte Brady join Verve as Project Team Leader and Business Development Executive respectively.

Verve announces the appointment of Jeannie Arthur as Partner, co-founder and UK Managing Director. Arthur was previously COO and then MD at FreshMinds - twice named "Best Agency" by the Market Reseach Society.

Andrew Cooper, Mike Hall and Jon Gumbrell announced as co-founders of Verve, an agency established to become the "Best place to work in market research". Further co-founders to be revealed in coming months.