Timson (pictured) joins the company’s leadership team from Hogarth Worldwide, where she was an account director, managing marketing production and localisation.

Prior to that, she worked at Freedman International in the UK and US.

Timson will work with Empower’s chief commercial officer in the newly created role, overseeing a commercial strategy covering both new and existing business.

Empower recently appointed Dan Peachey as managing director.

Ruth Partington, chief executive at Empower, said: "Ele’s expertise in account management for marketing localisation both aligns with and enhances our team’s holistic approach to empowering excellent global research."