Escalent Appoints Sarah Timmings to Executive Leadership
Escalent today announced the appointment of Sarah Timmings as chief client solutions officer, reinforcing the firm’s commitment to delivering more consistent, connected insight and advisory solutions for clients navigating increasingly complex market decisions. In her new role, Timmings will lead client solutions across Escalent Group—Escalent, C Space and Hall & Partners—with a focus on creating…
Escalent Launches Online Community of Financial Advisors, Providing 24/7 Access to Deep Qualitative Insights
The Advisor Exchange™ offers opportunity to tap into database of 200+ advisors for real-time research through a curated collection of tools Escalent, the award-winning data analytics and advisory firm, has introduced The Advisor Exchange™, an online insight community of financial advisors offering fast, flexible access to advisors for deeper qualitative insights, 24/7. Powered by Escalent’s…
Escalent Introduces AI-Powered Behavioral Science Insights Model for the Market Research Industry
Escalent launched BeSci x AI™ today, a proprietary, behavioral science (BeSci) model powered by AI that produces better behavior change strategies and takes human understanding at speed to the next level. BeSci x AI helps businesses that are struggling to motivate behavior change. It’s a custom, AI-powered classification assistant that analyzes six dimensions of behavior—compared…
Escalent Celebrates Grand Opening of New Coimbatore Office
Escalent is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new office in Coimbatore, India, marking an exciting milestone in the company’s journey. The new office, located on Avinashi Road, provides dedicated space for 40 employees in the area to work on-site, as desired. Globally, Escalent has a “work smart” philosophy, providing flexibility in work…
Escalent Welcomes Abhinav Kothari and Kisha Payton to Executive Leadership
Escalent is pleased to announce the appointment of two exceptional leaders to its executive team. Abhinav Kothari has joined as chief information and technology officer, and Kisha Payton has been appointed as chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer and global head of culture. These strategic positions underscore Escalent’s commitment to fostering an inclusive culture…
Escalent Financial Services Team Wins Future Forward Award from The Advertising Research Foundation
Escalent is honored to share the recognition of Chad King, Laura Winebarger, Devon Witherell, Tony Rodriguez, Ray Reno and Rob Darrow as winners of the 2023 ARF (Advertising Research Foundation) Great Minds Future Forward Award alongside their client-colleagues at Merrill. ARF recognized this team for its groundbreaking work, executed with Merrill, to develop a truly…
As Customer Satisfaction with Utility Service Declines, Top Utilities Focus on Easier Customer Interactions
Escalent Names 35 Utilities as the Easiest to Do Business With. Despite customer satisfaction with utility service declining from last year, the best utilities attain top Customer Effort Scores (CES) by making it easier for customers to do business with them. These results are part of the latest Q1 findings from the 2022 Cogent Syndicated Utility Trusted…
Escalent Deepens Financial Services Expertise with Addition of Mercator Advisory Group
Acquisition creates payments advisory powerhouse to be led by Javelin Strategy & Research Escalent, an award-winning analytics and advisory firm, today announced the acquisition of Mercator Advisory Group, a trusted research and advisory firm that serves the global payments industry. The addition of Mercator’s seasoned and talented analysts to Javelin Strategy & Research augments an…
Escalent Wins Award for Groundbreaking Research at The Marketing Research & Insight Excellence Awards
2021 Quirk’s Media Awards Recognize Escalent with Groundbreaking Research Project Award Escalent is honored to announce the recognition of one of its financial services research teams as winners of Quirk’s 2021 Groundbreaking Research Project award. Quirk’s recognized the team for their innovation, going above and beyond best practices to ensure the research could influence long-term, broader business…
Merrill & Escalent Research Wins Gold ARF David Ogilvy Award
The Advertising Research Foundation honors Merrill & Escalent for industry-leading research in advertising. Escalent is honored to share that in partnership with Merrill, our research project, Seeing the Unseen: The role gender plays in wealth management, has been awarded a Gold David Ogilvy Award for Brand Purpose from The Advertising Research Foundation. The award recognizes Merrill for their…