EQ Group Appoints Optimisa's CEO And Exec Director

In London, the EQ Group has named Optimisa's CEO Simon Dannatt and Executive Director Jonathan Waters as directors of the company, in anticipation of its forthcoming acquisition.

In London, the EQ Group has named Optimisa's CEO Simon Dannatt and Executive Director Jonathan Waters as directors of the company, in anticipation of its forthcoming acquisition.

Earlier this month, the offer to buy EQ for around £6.4 million was accepted by Optimisa's shareholders ( www.mrweb.com/drno/news7443.htm ).

As well as his role as CEO of Optimisa, Dannatt is Chief Executive of the company's competitive intelligence firm kae: marketing intelligence, which he joined in 1994 prior to its acquisiton in April 2005 ( www.mrweb.com/drno/news6744.htm ). He is an Oxford graduate who previously worked as a consultant with theStrategy Consultants, and Cap GeminiErnst & Young.

Waters joined kae in 2000, having previously held HR roles at J Sainsbury and at IT recruitment consultancy, Computer Team Group. He has a BA in Politics, a Diploma in Personal Management, and is MCIPD qualified.

The Board of EQ also announced that Robert Paul Bond, John Bernard Humpish, Brian Hersee Heather, and Steven David Jones have resigned as directors of the company with immediate effect.

EQ - which owns MR firms Buckingham Research Associates and Quaestor, as well as viewing facility Summit Studios - posted a 95% rise in pretax profit to £598,000 for the first half of the year ( www.mrweb.com/drno/news7220.htm ).