Forsythe Consulting
70 Roundwood Court
3 Meath Crescent
London E2 0QL

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Greville Percival : Maurice Forsythe : Roger Landells :
Marjorie Thompson : Permjeet Panesar : Virginia Gorna :
Greville Percival is our joint MD. He was formerly head of research and customer services at the Commission for Racial Equality. His research agency experience includes Stats MR Ltd and ACNielsen Marketing Research At the CRE Greville cut costs by bringing capital intensive work in-house and outsourcing fieldwork and data entry. He made statistical analysis a key part of the CRE’s formal investigations; and ran its extensive research programme. He has provided research consultancy to CABE, the Runnymede Trust, the Electoral Commission and the Centre for Research on Economic, Social and Cultural Change (CRESC). Greville’s customer service skills were first called upon when he was skipper of a passenger boat based at the port of Lowestoft, Suffolk. His leisure time is spent on photography, and mountain biking in Scotland.


 
Maurice Forsythe is joint MD of Forsythe Consulting and was also a senior manager at the CRE, where he ran the extensive community development, outreach and development programmes. Maurice is responsible for new business development and has recently completed a long term assignment for Voluntary Action Camden.Maurice’s skills and experience ensure that our work never loses touch with the grass roots. Maurice travels extensively and enjoys good wine and meeting friends old and new. He is also developing our European and US business links.


 
Roger Landells is Research Director of Forsythe Consulting. Roger joined us after several years as Chairman and CEO of Market Research Solutions (IIP & MRQSA). Roger created Market Research Solutions from a management buyout of Nielsen Consumer Research. Roger’s early career was as Director of Market Planning with Watney Mann & Truman where he honed his expertise in consumer market research, statistics and sampling. He does indeed know how to organise a drinks party in a brewery. Roger was previously a director of A C Nielsen Marketing Research; where he controlled 700 staff with an annual budget of £20m. Roger’s interests include golf, classic cars, wine and food, and fly fishing.


 
Marjorie Thompson works with Forsythe Consulting on a range of marketing and media activities. Marjorie has worked for some of Britain’s most famous ‘brand names’: CND, Saatchi & Saatchi, and the Royal College of Nursing. She is an acknowledged expert on, corporate social responsibility, how pressure groups influence Parliament, cause-related marketing, the Euro-American relationship, secrets of ‘Inspired Leaders’ and the lobbying process. George Robertson, outgoing NATO secretary general wrote to her on his elevation to Secretary of State for Defence: ‘In many ways it was my battles with you that made me robust enough to get here.’ She remains popular with the defence community and over the years has addressed the Royal Naval Engineering College at Manandon, officers on a political course at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, officers aboard the Ark Royal. Marjorie talks annually at the Joint Staff Services Command College at Shrivenham.


 

Permjeet Panesar has joined Forsythe Consulting as Principal Consultant and brings high level consulting expertise and in-depth knowledge of hard-to-reach communities.  He is leading Forsythe Consulting’s work on regional equalities evaluation studies.


 
Virginia Gorna is an independent consultant with expertise in
Neighbourhood Renewal, single regeneration budget (SRB), Sure Start and other government funding regimes.  
She works extensively in the youth and community sectors for local authorities and the voluntary & community sector (VCS).
In addition to Sure Start Virginia is involved with initiatives including the development of community nurseries and childcare courses. Virginia has considerable experience of working with refugees on projects such as the establishment of a Somali Youth Project, Somali Summer University and One Stop Shop for Refugees. Virginia was a member of the team undertaking research on Service Delivery and the Somali Community for the Government office for London in 2004.