Uranga (pictured) was previously consumer insight director at Kantar Worldpanel, and also spent a decade at Nielsen.

In her new role, Uranga will help Foodservice Spain’s data and analytics offers, and also navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. She will report to Maria Vanifatova, head of Foodservice Europe.

Vanifatova said: “Edurne has extensive experience in providing analysis and insights to the foodservice market.

“We are delighted to have someone of her calibre and industry knowledge lead the team in Spain”