Our team
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Hamish is your first port of call for new projects and is always eager to chat about the latest inside track. Having founded HRA in 2011, he has almost 20 years of client-side commercial experience with 7 years spent on the board of large PLCs. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), a Professional Certified Member of the Market Research Society (MRS), and official CIM Ambassador to the food and drink sector. Part enthusiastic entrepreneur, part avid cyclist, & chiefly, office kefir and kombucha brewer.
Fav dish: Poached eggs on sourdough with olive oil, salmon, and salad.
Bucket list: Compete in the Ironman triathlon, Hawaii.
Fermented Favs: Kefir, Kombucha, Sourdough
Hamish
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Since joining the team in 2014, Kim has established herself as a Senior Consultant at HRA. Managing projects as diverse as onshoring to marketing and branding, Kim’s capabilities stretch from market research to classic consultancy. Kim is equipped with a degree from Durham and an MRS accreditation. Concise and intelligent, Kim is an eloquent interpreter and analyser, brimming with strategic insight and category expertise.
Fav dish: Goulash
Bucket list: A great American road trip.
Top Film: Forrest Gump
Kim
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Our commercial and marketing consultant Roseanna holds a degree in Politics from the University of Exeter and is a member of the CIM. Honest and strategic, dependable and business-oriented, Roseanna is the safe pair of hands our clients are often looking for. Roseanna’s specialties branch free from and vegan, retailers and foodservice; with a wide knowledge of the food and drink industry, she develops and implements strategic solutions and is the most supportive person you will ever meet.
Fav dish: Steak & dauphinoise potatoes
Bucket list: Watch the Northern Lights from inside a glass-top igloo.
Favourite Film: Good Will Hunting
Roseanna
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Chloe joined HRA as a Research Consultant after graduating from The University of Exeter in 2017. Working alongside Kim on Market Research projects, she specialises in category and consumer analysis. Chloe is also our in-house recruiter and manages our growing consumer panel. An avid content creator,
Fav dish: Lasagne
Bucket list: Visit Japan to fill up her Goshuincho.
Can be found: at the beach
Chloe
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Emily manages our accounts here at HRA with a perceptive initiative that keeps us going from project to project efficiently. With 15 years’ financial experience, she oversees both finances and the office. Quite frankly, we don’t know what we’d do without her. A trainee sourdough maker, she fills our office with her practical food and drink expertise every lunchtime.
Fav dish: Chicken paprika
Bucket list: Scale Everest
Hidden Talent: Tap Dancing
Emily
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Kate is our Legal & HR Director and acts as Company Secretary for the team. She is often found working through various legalities while the team are out on projects, helping the business to run smoothly.
Fav dish: Chicken Korma
Bucket list: Opera in Venice
Ideal holiday spot: New England in the Fall
Kate
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After graduating from Gloucestershire University, Alex began working for HRA in 2018 and quickly proved herself as a talented Marketing Executive. Competently managing all of our social media and bursting with creative propositions for HRA’s future, Alex is building an ensemble of talented freelancers and web developers to establish the HRA Global image.
Fav dish: Afternoon tea for two, for one.
Bucket list: Visit the Amalfi coast.
Guilty Pleasure: Keeping up with the Kardashians
Alex
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Poppy is our Marketing and Project Assistant, she balances work for the business with studying and gets involved in projects particularly during the holiday season and is developing a real specialism in fieldwork.
Fav dish: Fish and Chips
Bucket List: To see the Northern Lights
Always listening to: Catfish and the Bottlemen
Poppy
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Nick is HRA Global’s Marketing and Commercial Executive.
After studying Food Science and Technology at university and working as the technical supervisor of a food manufacturer, Nick joined us at HRA Global equipped with bundles of expertise.
Dedicated and committed to delivering fantastic projects for us, Nick works on a number of projects alongside Roseanna, maintaining HRA’s high standards.
Bucket List: Sky diving
Nick
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Sophie
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Truly
Our Story
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June 2011
HRA was started in the middle of the financial crisis in a spare bedroom.
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June 2012
Business growth was too much for one person and we took on our first team member.
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January 2013
We outgrew the spare bedroom, moving out to a harbourside work hub.
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June 2014
We outgrew the work hub and moved into the old Beverage brands head office building in Rockwood House
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May 2013
We were founding partners of the pan European Free From Expo in Freiburg, hosting the inaugural conference and awards
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April 2014
Kimberley Collins (as she was then) joins HRA Global
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2015
Checkout, our monthly newsletter launched
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March 2016
Started our North American tie up with Nourish, based in Toronto
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June 2016
Roseanna joins HRA Global
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September 2016
Emily joins HRA Global
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February 2017
Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award at the Free From Expo
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February 2018
Another appearance on BBC World News
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March 2018
Chloe joins HRA Global
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June 2018
Bought our own office with purpose-built Video Conferencing suite
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September 2018
Alex joins HRA Global
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January 2019
The Grocery Insider podcast launched
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August 2019
Nick joins HRA Global