India-headquartered, global analytics and insights provider Blueocean Market Intelligence has announced four major executive leadership appointments as it works to boost its revenue and grow into new markets.
It named Anish Nanavaty as head of the Americas and Joseph Sursock as senior vice president for Europe. Muneer Ahmad will become vice president for life sciences, while Dan Foreman has been named as non-executive director and a member of the company's advisory board.
These appointments reflect the company's vision to increase year-on-year revenue by 35 to 40 per cent from North American and European markets by offering innovative solutions and services to its diversified base of clients and to bring on board the best talent in the industry.
"Today’s announcement marks another major milestone for Blueocean Market Intelligence as we build on our existing success as an industry leading analytics and insights organization that services clients all over the world," said Ashwin Mittal, chief executive officer of Blueocean Market intelligence.
"We have put together an outstanding group of executives, with deep and diverse experience, that underpin our leadership position in the US and our growth-oriented strategy into Europe. We are building the next generation of our leadership platform that will power our organization to the next stage of growth," Mittal said.
Nanavaty was previously involved in several entrepreneurial ventures, including Apex Decisions Inc and the Born Group. He was one of the founding senior executives of WNS Global Services, where he had various leadership roles including CEO of the Research and Analytics practice. He also has 10 years of strategy consulting experience at Monitor Consulting and Mars & Co. Nanavaty will oversee client services and key accounts in North America.
Sursock, as a strategic manager, worked with enterprise solutions in leading vertical industries for over 20 years. Sursock previously led multi-region business units in both software and services organizations. Sursock will lead strategies and growth for the company’s solutions in omnichannel marketing, market intelligence and big data analytics across Europe.'
Ahmad has over 15 years of consulting experience in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry, working on a range of projects in market access, strategy, market research and competitive intelligence. He will be responsible for business development and client services across Europe and North America for the company's life sciences group.
Foreman, an industry veteran and ESOMAR Past President, has been building businesses across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region for over 20 years. He specializes in emerging technologies and developing markets, having helped organizations grow from incubation to multi-million dollar revenues. Foreman will support the company with strategy, growth, sales and marketing.
