Clayton joined Kadence in 2009 and managed the company’s Singapore office before leading the UK business. He plans to take up a new opportunity at the beginning of 2020.

Lewis (pictured) has been head of insight at Kadence since 2012, working alongside Clayton on the strategic direction of the business. Prior to joining the company, he held senior positions at Ipsos Mori and Synovate. In his new role, he will lead the London office.

The changes take effect from 21^st October.

Miki Igarashi, group chief executive of Kadence International’s parent company, Cross Marketing Group, said: “We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Greg for all of his hard work. He leaves a great legacy of a successful business and we wish him well in his future endeavours.

“I am pleased to appoint Darren Lewis to the role of UK country manager. With his extensive experience of the UK research industry and of the Kadence business, we look forward to building on the successes that the UK office has had to continue its growth.”