Power (pictured) spent the previous four years as global senior director at Crowd DNA, following prior roles at Ninth Seat, Hachette UK, Future Publishing and McCallum Layton.

During his time at Crowd DNA, Power increased the size of the quant team from four full-time members to 17, with both revenue and profits having grown seven-fold inside four years.

At Davies+mckerr, Power will be tasked with helping to grow the firm’s quant offer.

Founded in 2005 by planning directors Andy Davies and Roger McKerr, Davies+mckerr is an insights agency which became employee-owned in 2023 with a team of 25 staff.

Shaun Barton and Tom Anderson, joint managing partners at Davies+mckerr, said: “D+M has always had quant capabilities, but we really committed to growing that side of the business in 2020. We have a brilliant quant team who help our stellar clients sharpen their edge, now with Dave joining we're looking to kick on in this next chapter of growth.

“We were immediately impressed with Dave’s ambition and excited that we share the same ethos: that research buyers need more than validation to stay ahead in today’s world – they need strategic inspiration. We can’t wait to get going.”