Overview

B2B Qual International multilingual qualitative market research
C-level interviews in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Healthcare (Diagnostics/Life Sciences/Pharma), Financial Services, IT/Telecoms, Engineering and Construction, CDD/M&A …
well-briefed I can cover any subject/sector.

Services

Complex, B2B qual international projects with a multi-lingual information-gathering requirement.

Languages:  fluent in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan and err…English; survival Japanese.

• Multi-lingual, face-to-face and telephone/web conference interviewing with senior level respondents in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Group moderation;
• Respondent identification and selection;
• Project management, analysis and report writing;
• Business-to-business
• International development
• Customer experience
• Commercial due diligence

I have experience in a broad range sectors ranging from IT/telecoms to medical/life sciences, financial services, international development, food and beverage, construction…

I have a proven ability quickly to master complex and highly technical subject matter;

Having personally conducted fieldwork in 63 countries, and counting, I have vast international experience, contributing to efficient sample sourcing, recruiting, fieldwork planning etc.

Where time scales allow, I can personally cover several countries on the same project and in the respective native languages.

Where a project involves a small number of contacts in each of several countries, I can advance further along the learning curve than individual consultants covering separate countries.

About

I have an international outlook on life and am a lifelong learner of languages. These have provided innumerable opportunities to discover and immerse myself in many different cultures around the globe as well as yielding many treasured friendships.

I have a BA in International Marketing, complemented by more than 30 years' active experience as an independent consultant, conducting international B2B market research and international development projects worldwide.

If I am well-briefed I can get to grips with and cover any subject/sector.

I am UK-based but previously spent over 20 years living and working out of France, Germany and Spain, sometimes all at once.

I am an inveterate  traveller, walker, runner, baker, maker, grower, problem solver and repairer of "things"