Chris Lawrence, who was senior VP in Hill+Knowlton Strategies' research unit, has moved to Finn Partners as director of research in its Washington office.
He'll team with Matt Price, deputy research director, and work on projects with Barry Reicherter, senior VP and partner of FP's Digital Insights unit.
Lawrence has experience in branding/reputation management, plan/proposal development, program evaluation/tracking and client satisfaction surveys.
Prior to H+K, he was senior VP at Weber Shandwick's KRC Research and field director at Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Assocs.
Richard Funess, senior managing partner at FP, praised Lawrence's "sell and do" experience that will enhance the firm's ability to offer "research-based strategic insight."
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