Ian Thomson to lead the new digital performance unit, Ecselis, established by Havas Group.

Paul Thomas and David Walker, former directors at Incite, have co-founded Strive alongside Giuseppe Tonolini.

Strategic insight consultancy BritainThinks has appointed Victoria Thrift as an associate director.

Nielsen and Integral Ad Science have expanded their relationship to offer viewability measurement by demographic.

The Indian market research agency has announced the hire of Rajesh Kumar, Chandramouli Guin and Manish Ganvir.

More than 30 companies including Vodafone, BT and Intel are supporting the IoTSF.