Pete Canning

Pete graduated in 2001 from The University of Leeds with a degree in History. After a trying out a number of professions - including banker, zoo keeper, shelf-stacker and international-freestyle-skier - he found his true calling in research. Pete began his career at Ipsos UK on their graduate training scheme building a foundation in all things quant (with a little qual) before specialising in retail research; running projects for supermarkets and high street brands.

In 2005, Pete moved to Hall & Partners, to develop his interest in brands and communications research. Here he worked on a number of high profile quant accounts for clients such as Marks and Spencer, Camelot, McCain food, and Oxfam.

Pete joined The Nursery early 2010 to work on the Quant side of the business.