Savanta, a global data, research, and advisory firm, announced three new executive hires, as CEO Christine Petersen bolsters the leadership team to drive Savanta’s expansion into an AI, technology, and innovation-driven brand.
Dave Gordon joins as Chief Commercial Officer, Jane Price as Chief Marketing Officer, and Anna Hamlin as Global VP of HR, all reporting into Petersen, with Gordon and Price based in Boston and Hamlin in London.
Dave Gordon – Chief Commercial Officer
Gordon will lead the global commercial team, with responsibility for driving sustainable growth, strengthening strategic client partnerships and scaling Savanta’s go to market capabilities across regions. He joins Savanta from PSB Insights where he served as CEO. His career spans more than 25 years driving growth and market relevance, building high-performing teams and leading organisations to make smarter, braver decisions at firms such as Forrester Research, Lightspeed Research (Kantar), Phoenix Marketing (MarketCast) and Ace Metrix (iSpotTV).
Jane Price – Chief Marketing Officer
As Savanta’s new CMO, Price will build and lead a global strategic marketing team focusing on scaling brand awareness across North America and EMEA while building on its strong UK foundations, to position the business as an industry leader. She will partner with Gordon on the go-to-market strategy to accelerate revenue growth and the adoption of Savanta’s AI and technology solutions. Price brings over 20 years’ experience building high-performing, transformational marketing strategies and teams to navigate pivotal growth phases at B2B, SaaS, data, AI and consumer tech brands including TripAdvisor, Care.com, MathWorks, Interactions and Plotly.
Anna Hamlin – Global VP of HR
Hamlin brings nearly two decades of experience leading HR functions in large global organisations – most recently at hospitality group Mercato Metropolitano, with previous roles at Time Out Group, Tripadvisor and ITV – and will lead global HR, recruitment and compensation at Savanta. An expert in global people strategy, she specialises in aligning organisational talent with business growth. Her leadership across multi-disciplinary HR functions ensures operational agility and high-performance culture necessary to meet ambitious strategic aims.
Christine Petersen, CEO, Savanta, says: “The appointments of Dave Gordon, Jane Price and Anna Hamlin come at a significant moment, as we focus on expanding Savanta into an AI, technology and innovation-driven brand. Their three distinct remits are equally as important in turbocharging our global growth, aligning our data, research and advisory capabilities with our clients’ evolving revenue goals, and ensuring that we continue to make Savanta a collaborative organisation where our team thrives – I’m delighted to welcome them to the team.”
Dave Gordon, Chief Commercial Officer, Savanta: “Savanta sits at a compelling intersection of research expertise, data fluency and rapidly advancing technologies, at a pivotal time for the industry. I’m looking forward to evolving the commercial framework at Savanta, guiding clients to turn insight into understanding, supporting deeper, longer term partnerships and sustainable global growth.”
Jane Price, Chief Marketing Officer, Savanta: "Joining Savanta at such a critical time for the business and the market research industry brings enormous opportunity. I'm thrilled to be part of a team that has the expertise, skills and resources to bring to life the power of human-led research, whilst enabling insights teams and marketing organizations to truly embrace technology and data like never before."
Anna Hamlin, Global VP of HR, Savanta: “I look forward to fostering Savanta’s curious, brave and entrepreneurial culture to empower the global team to achieve our ambitious strategic aims, in a work environment that nurtures creativity and provides the confidence to deliver great work.”