IRIS Office United Kingdom
SPA Future Thinking
Laystall House
8 Rosebery Avenue
London
EC1R 4TD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7843 9777
Fax: +44 (0)20 7843 9779
Email: richard.hepburn@spafuturethinking.com
Website: www.spafuturethinking.com
Contact Information
Richard Hepburn, Managing Director of SPA Future Thinking, has a broad career in general and commercial management with blue chip domestic and international distribution organisations including IKEA, Early Learning Centre and John Menzies. More recently, Richard was a Development Director within a private equity backed specialist publishing business, OAG Worldwide Limited.
In 2006, he and business partner Charlotte Cornish founded Munro Global, the parent company of SPA Future Thinking and Maven Research; the group was acquired in April 2011 by SPA Future Thinking.
Richard’s main experience has been in B2B and B2C business and strategy development, operational management, process reengineering, marketing/PR and pre/post acquisition planning and execution. Additionally, he has worked closely with IT solutions throughout his career, and, since the late 1990’s, has led a number of commercial web-based B2B initiatives.
Richard holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Engineering and an MBA.
Company Information
SPA Future Thinking was formed by a merger in September 2010 and expanded further with the acquisition of the Munro Global Group in April 2011. It is now the UK’s leading independent market research powerhouse with a turnover of approximately £20 million.
Our expertise in cutting through data to present user-friendly findings enables us to identify the insights critical to growing businesses and ensuring success. We are consistently rated by our clients amongst the best for client satisfaction.
Specialist areas include media and technology, shopper insight, concept, product and packaging development, customer satisfaction, kids, education, and employee satisfaction.