Norstat has announced the Rosie Ayoub has been appointed Managing Director of Norstat UK. Remek Gabrys also joins the London office as Business Development Manager.

Rosie joins from Survey Sampling where she held a position as Client Development Director. Over the last ten years she has held positions at various fieldwork agencies including Ciao Surveys, Toluna, Kudos and Harris Interactive, where she was exposed of a wide variety of methodologies and clients.

Of her new appointment, Rosie commented: “I have always known of Norstat and their reputation for quality, service and exceptional online panels. They are on an amazing journey, expanding their footprint beyond the Nordic and Baltic panels they are known for; into Europe where the panels are growing day by day. I’m so excited to be a picking up the mantle, leading the London team and working to continue the phenomenal growth Norstat UK has seen in the last 3 years. “

“After a long and thorough process with a lot of high profile candidates it was a great pleasure to finally land on Rosie as our new MD for the UK. Rosie has a lot of relevant experience and have greatly succeeded in all former roles and positions. We are finally ready to start working to fulfil our ambitions in the biggest market in Europe.” says Erling Eriksen, COO of Norstat Group.

At the same time, Norstat have also announced the appointment of Remek Gabrys as Business Development Manager for the London office.

Remek joins Norstat with 8 years’ experience in sales, most recently as a Client Development Manager at Research Now. Before that, Remek worked at GlobalData and also spent over 5 years working in Beijing, China at Euro-Center and Sodexo respectively.

Remarking on the new appointment, Rosie said: “We’re really excited to have Remek on board to help us continue the exceptional growth we have seen in recent years. His professional experience and passion for market research will be a great asset for our team.”