Desirée Lopez is Global CEO of cultural insights agency Flamingo. She was previously both CEO of Kantar Public UK (formerly TNS BMRB) and UK Executive Director of WPP’s Government and Public Sector Practice. A trained social scientist, she was formerly Director of Research at EdComs and Lecturer and Supervisor at the Institute of Education’s Centre for Longitudinal Studies. She brings an in-depth understanding of the social and policy research landscape and significant experience of shaping commercial and strategic growth.