Rick Brown

Rick Brown serves as the Vice President of Foodservice Client Development at Circana, a position held since March 2023, following a significant 16-year tenure at The NPD Group where Rick held multiple titles, including President of Foodservice, Fashion, and Prestige Beauty. Rick's experience includes managing custom research in Canadian markets and a history of delivering market intelligence solutions to clients. Prior to The NPD Group, Rick was a Custom Research Program Manager at Frost & Sullivan and a Post Doctoral Associate in Psychology at the University of Florida. Rick holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor's degree in Science from McMaster University.