Emily Fu has been appointed as research director. Fu joins the company from Kantar Public and specialises in deliberative dialogue, behaviour change and attitudinal research. She has previously led social policy research for clients including HMRC, the Department for Transport and the British Red Cross.

Rachel Rowlinson has joined the company as research lead. Rowlinson was previously insight manager at media agency UM London, working mainly with financial clients including the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, Bank of England and American Express. She has experience in both qualitative and quantitative research.

Richenda Devereux has also been appointed as head of operations from market research agency The Nursery Research and Planning. At The Nursery, she ran operations on a day-to-day basis and implemented business strategy across HR, finance, office management, marketing and business development.

Ben Shimshon, partner, BritainThinks, said: "We are delighted to welcome Emily, Rachel and Richenda, who will be terrific additions to the growing BritainThinks team.”