Mills joins as head of strategy, having previously been global insight director at ethnographic specialists, BAMM. She has also worked at Hall & Partners, and in planning roles at a number of agencies including Leo Burnett, Havas and Saatchi & Saatchi.

Earley takes the role of commercial director, leading the client services team. He was previously a publisher at Redwood before becoming executive board director at Bounty UK. Most recently he was a director at Lick Creative.

Sven Hughes, CEO of Verbalisation said: “Anthony and Ailean will bring experience and talent to our team, and I look forward to working with them to further establish Verbalisation as leaders in the insights and strategy sector.”