Chen (pictured) was previously president, North America for Maru/edr and is taking over from Demitry Estrin who is now chief operating officer of Maru/Matchbox.

Before joining Maru, Chen was at ORC and has also held roles at Vision Critical and Ipsos Loyalty.

Ged Parton, Maru Group CEO, said: “Ted’s management consulting background, coupled with his experience in retail banking, asset/investment management, insurance and healthcare, make him a perfect fit for a practice that is focused on driving improvement and change within clients.”