Ruth McNeil

Ruth McNeil is a marketing research consultant with a background in both marketing and research. She began her career at Unilever working in market analysis in the fast-moving consumer goods area. Later she worked as a brand manager at Lever Industrial. This marketing background has been useful to her current career in marketing research, enabling her to understand how the implications of the research matter to her clients. For fifteen years McNeil worked at Research International as a board...See more

Ruth McNeil is a marketing research consultant with a background in both marketing and research. She began her career at Unilever working in market analysis in the fast-moving consumer goods area. Later she worked as a brand manager at Lever Industrial. This marketing background has been useful to her current career in marketing research, enabling her to understand how the implications of the research matter to her clients. For fifteen years McNeil worked at Research International as a board director and deputy M.D. of Specialist Units, specializing in B2B research. Starting in 2001, she ran her own marketing research consulting firm, Response Consulting Ltd, which draws on her own expertise and that of a range of senior research associates. Her clients come from both the private and public sectors and include organizations in the telecommunications, financial, pharmaceutical, industrial, and energy sectors. She has worked with clients on strategic planning, branding research, customer relationship management, concept development, market optimization, and other areas. She set up Ruth McNeil & Associates in 2010. McNeil is also a regular speaker and industry commentator. See less