Chawntae Applegate (pictured), senior vice-president of client solutions, joins the company from Dynata (formerly Research Now SSI), and has previously held senior client development and account team leadership roles at Synovate and Ipsos. She has around 25 years’ experience in consumer research.

The company has also appointed Alexis Mangan and Amanda Karp as vice-presidents, client solutions. Prior to Schlesinger, Mangan was senior director of client development at Op4G, focusing on healthcare and senior B2B research, while Karp was previously co-owner of The Focus Room before it was acquired by Fuel Global.

Matt Campion, executive vice-president, Schlesinger Group, said of the appointments: “Their wealth of data collection knowledge and proven client relationship success underscores our continued core objective of supporting client research objectives across multiple methods and markets.”