Business intelligence provider Management Information Principles (MIP) has hired four specialists to establish a new senior consulting division.

Rob van der Ende has been appointed director of professional services. Prior to joining MIP, van der Ende was a regional CRM director with IT services provider, EDS. Peter Hosking has been appointed principal consultant. Hosking has experience in the fields of benefits realisation and transition management. Graham Gibson, recently arrived from the UK, has been appointed data warehouse architect. Gibson has previously held information services positions with British Telecom, Consumer Credit Counselling Services, Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals and Co-op Travelcare. Kieran Hagan has been appointed pre-sales consultant. Hagan has spent his career in various pre-sales, business analysis, programming and training roles across the retail banking software industry and assisted in the sale and implementation of the State Bank of India centralised core banking project.