Summit Hires Former dunnhumby Director

London-based online retailing consultancy Summit has hired former dunnhumby exec Martin Corcoran for the newly created role of Head of Insight Consulting.

Launched in 2000, Summit provides consulting, eCommerce technology, trading and online marketing services to retailers across Europe. Corcoran (pictured) joins after more than seven years at Tesco data firm dunnhumby, where he most recently served as Health and Beauty Category Director of Communications and Media. In this role, he was responsible for developing new ways of working including developing customer-driven plans using data led insights, while delivering seven-figure revenues for dunnhumby.

In his new role, Corcoran will be responsible for connecting the data and insight that Summit generates through its team of data scientists, with actionable advice, solutions and consultancy for the firm's clients.

Ben Latham, Head of Digital Strategy, comments: 'Customer centric digital marketing is becoming increasingly important to clients and hiring Martin is a clear indication of our intention to strengthen this area of the business further'.

Web site: www.summitmedia.com .