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US-based customer experience software firm Sprinklr has appointed former Walt Disney exec Venke Sharma to a lead role driving its Sprinklr Insights product, which provides real-time consumer, competitor and market insights. He is based in Mumbai. More
DIY online survey pioneer SurveyMonkey has promoted Priya Gill to Global Head of Marketing, leading its marketing strategy and execution across all markets. More
Panel company Intra Research has appointed Helle Raun Oddershede as its new CEO, taking over from Marina Moshenska who moves into the role of Chief Operating Officer. More
Insights technology and panel provider Toluna has appointed Lucia Moir as Chief Operations Officer and promoted Priyanka Sarkar to Chief Research Officer. More
Ipsos has announced senior role extensions for five employees in its qualitative division Ipsos UU, in India, as it gears up for product launches and 'ambitious growth targets'. The five are Sapna Parmar, Neha Dutta, Shelly Jain, Geetika Singh and Ashwini Sirsikar. More
UK-based consumer and B2B researcher 2CV has announced eleven promotions, including Chris Oatey and Jon Smetherham to Regional Directors, responsible for leading the Asia team based in Singapore; and in the UK Kar Hoo Lee to Associate Director of Data Services and Abigail Plank to Associate Director. More
Experience Management (XM) company Qualtrics has appointed Juan Rodriguez as Chief Information Officer and Assaf Keren joins Qualtrics as Chief Security Officer. More
Kantar has promoted Amanjit Singh to Regional Marketing Director - APAC, after more than thirteen years at the company. More
Anil Goel has joined Nielsen as Chief Engineering Officer, leading its technology and engineering teams to drive product innovation and advanced technology adoption. He is based in Bengaluru, India and will report to CEO Karthik Rao. More
Eponymous online survey firm SurveyMonkey has promoted Jing Huang to VP, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Katie Miserany to SVP and Chief Communications Officer, and Craik Pyke to VP, Infrastructure and Security Engineering. The firm now boasts gender equality at both the C-Suite and VP levels. More
Australian owned agency TKW Research Group has launched a new call centre in Suva, Fiji, promising 'CATI-quality data at online survey prices'. More
Insights and experience tech company PG Forsta has appointed Mike Thompson as Chief Analytics Officer, and says he will drive the development of new AI-driven capabilities and products, following the company's commitment to invest $500 million in the area over five years. More
Southeast Asia-based qual and quant marketing intelligence and panels provider Divergent Insights has appointed Swagata Moitra Ghosh to its Leadership Team as VP Global Research and Insights. More
Mishcon de Reya (MDR Group), a business services group with a focus on legal advice, has launched a market insights and analytics business called MDRi, providing strategic advisory services to businesses worldwide. Simon Tye will lead the new division as Chief Executive Officer. More
Consumer and B2B research agency 2CV has promoted Sabine Cronick to the role of CEO of UK/EU, and James Redden to CEO of US and APAC. More
San Francisco-based predictive intelligence firm 6sense has appointed Jerome Levadoux as its first Chief Product Officer. More
In West Palm Beach, Florida, MR industry veterans Hugh Davis and Keith Price have launched ACKWEST Group, a holding company which will focus on buying and developing emerging tech-driven enterprises in the consumer insights and marketing services sector. More
Former Dynata Chief Gary Laben has joined retail and consumer goods analytics and inventory optimisation firm Trax, as CEO. More
In the US, research agency Shapiro+Raj has added an AI Innovation Group to its Technology Practice, with Scott Swigart still leading the enhanced unit. More
NIQ, the consumer intelligence company previously part of Nielsen and now combined with GfK, has launched a Global Media Division, which it says is 'designed to enhance the value advertisers derive from their marketing efforts' - and has appointed Lana Busignani to lead it. More
Longtime Ipsos exec and current Global Head of Audience Measurement Liz Landy is to leave the company at the end of this month. Daniel Wong-Chi-Man will step up to Lead the Audience Measurement Service Line globally, while Ipsos iris leader James Oates will add responsibility for the business in the UK. More
Nielsen has announced that its Pacific Broadcaster & Publisher Lead Tony Boyte will be stepping down in April, to be replaced by eighteen-year company veteran Scott Gillham. More
Packaging, NPD and shopper specialist PRS IN VIVO has appointed Richard Bordenave as global Chief Behavioral Officer. More
Ipsos India has expanded the role of Archana Gupta, adding responsibility for Shopper Research and for developing the firm's base of young talent; and has hired former NIQ exec Malavika Mani as Executive Director, servicing large accounts in the west zone. More
PureSpectrum has appointed former Qualtrics and Dynata employee Mani Padmanabhan as Senior Client Director for Asia, based in Singapore. More
Consumer intelligence provider NIQ has announced two key leadership changes in the Asia Pacific region. Pacific MD Megan Treston will transition to a regional role as APAC Consumer Panel Service (CPS) Product Lead, while recent arrival Pete Sheridan steps into her old role. More
Consumer data giant Circana has announced changes to its commercial organisation including the appointment of former CPG sector President Jeremy Allen as Chief Commercial Officer. Tim Bush, currently President, General Merchandise, will retire by the end of the year after two decades at Circana and NPD. More
First-party data provider Dynata has recently appointed long-time Toluna marketing leader Janice Caston as EVP of Marketing, and Rebecca Bello as VP Product. More
Former Ugam Solutions and Discuss exec Vinay Raj Rao has launched BioBrain, a platform which claims to 'seamlessly connect the entire research ecosystem' for improved efficiency and deeper insights. More
Comscore has promoted Alejandro Fosk, previously SVP for Latin America, to EVP International, overseeing its EMEA, APAC and LATAM regions. More
Agile and automated market research platform Zappi has appointed Nataly Kelly as Chief Marketing Officer and promoted Babita Earle from EVP of Global Enterprise Partnerships to International MD. The firm also recently hired Melissa Clucas as CFO. More
Human8 has promoted Amy Perifanos, previously VP of Commercial Solutions North America, to global Chief Portfolio Officer, with a seat on the Global Leadership Team. More
Automated in-home product testing platform Highlight has announced changes to its leadership team, with the appointments of Priyanka Carr as COO and President, and Deirdre Norris as VP of Product. More
Toluna has appointed Lucie Claire Vincent Ortiz to its Board of Directors. As a senior operating executive in multinational consumer product companies, including Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Philip Morris International, she will advise the Board with a particular focus on the needs of this sector. More
Healthcare specialist Research Partnership has launched a new Alzheimer's Disease tracker in Germany, Japan and the US, as part of of its syndicated Therapy Watch series. The firm plans to expand the service to other key European markets this year. More
Ipsos India has appointed Shrutika More as Country Service Line Leader for the Creative Excellence vertical, with immediate effect. She joins from pharma firm Abbott Healthcare. More
MR and analytics group YouGov has promoted Tom Fisher to Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), aiming to deepen its relationships with blue-chip clients. More
Media measurement and ad currency giant Nielsen has appointed former Buzzfeed exec Carole Robinson as Chief Communications Officer. More
Dynata has appointed three senior directors: Derek Brown as VP Australia and New Zealand, based in Sydney; Michael Fegan as VP North Asia, based in Hong Kong; and Russell Carter as Country Manager in Singapore. More
New York-based customer engagement and CXM platform Emplifi, which grew out of the merger of Astute and Socialbakers, has appointed Ohad Hecht as its new CEO. More
Insights tech and panel provider Toluna has promoted Scott Axcell, formerly Head of Marketing for North America, to Chief Marketing Officer. He also joins the executive leadership team. More
Marcoms group Interpublic has announced that Chad Engelgau, CEO of its data and marketing services company Acxiom, will leave at the end of this month, after a total of seventeen years with the company, to pursue an opportunity in the non-profit sector. A search for his successor is underway. More
UK-based b2b services group Informa Plc is combining part of its business with US-based b2b purchase intent specialist TechTarget to create a new company in which Informa will hold a majority stake. The British firm will also pay $350m in cash. More
British-based consumer and sensory researcher MMR has appointed Evelyn Huang to head up its qual research in China. More
Community-centered CX and insights firm Alida has a new CEO: Efrem Ainsley is promoted from COO to succeed Ross Wainwright, who recently stepped down from the role. More
Founder Ross McCray is stepping down as CEO of VideoAmp, with former Discovery and Fox exec Peter Liguori joining as Executive Chairman and ex-Nielsen man Peter Bradbury as Chief Commercial and Growth Officer. The company will also cut almost 20% of its staff, according to reports. More
US-based research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG) has launched a suite of advisory services to help clients with the adoption of AI at scale; and has appointed company President Steve Hall as its first Chief AI Officer. More
Insights group Human8 has announced a change of leadership at its cultural and creative consultancy Space Doctors. Co-founder and MD Fiona McNae will leave the company at the end of this year, after 22 years, to be replaced by Gareth Lewis and Cato Hunt. More
Ipsos India has appointed former Nielsen exec Unni Hariharan as Executive Director leading its Tech and Ecommerce business. More
Consumer data and analytics firm NIQ has announced the launch of NIQ Labs, an innovation center which it says will 'harness the collective power of top-tier talent and capabilities acquired through strategic M&As'. More
DRNO's News Editor of seventeen years Mel Crowther passed away last week after a battle with cancer. Mel has been a wonderful colleague and the driving force in making this publication what it is today, as well as a well-loved figure in the industry, and I'm sorry I know her loss will come as a shock to a lot of you. More
In Chicago, fast-growing agency QualSights has appointed Tod Johnson and Karyn Schoenbart to its Board of Directors. More
Consumer research platform GWI has appointed former OAG tech leader Nick Dearden as CTO, based in its UK headquarters in London. More
Customer and employee experience solutions provider Medallia has appointed Nick Martin as SVP International. More
Ipsos has appointed Eleni Nicholas as Chief Client Officer, with seats on the firm's Executive Committee and Group Management Committee. More
Insights technology and panel provider Toluna has confirmed key leadership positions including regional Managing Directors, following its summer acquisition of MetrixLab. More
US-based research consultancy Shapiro+Raj has appointed Geneva Taylor as Director, Data Analytics & Insights. More
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In Tokyo, Nielsen has appointed Naobumi Otaki as Sales Director for Japan, leading the Advertiser and Agency team in the country, driving sales, and developing long term strategic partnerships within the industry. More
Ipsos has made a number of senior changes, including moving Balaji Pandiaraj to lead Customer Experience for its business in India. Apeksha Jain moves up to Pandiaraj's previous role as Country Service Line Leader, Automotive and Mobility Development (AMD). More
London-based insights and analytics growth consultancy Freemavens has appointed former Black Swan Data exec Lauren Warnock as Analytics Director, while former Kantar Consulting exec Stephanie Holt joins as Senior Consultant. More
Tiburon, California-based company Jon Peddie Research has launched a consulting division to be known as JPRi. The new unit will provide strategic advice on product pipeline, marketing roadmap, M&A opportunities, and internal efficiency for clients in the Game Tech market. More
Toluna has confirmed its senior team following the June acquisition of MetrixLab. The firm's Chief Sales, Research, Technology and Financial Officers will remain in role while former MetrixLab Global HR Director Hans Verhulst becomes Chief People Officer and Jolique Weelink Chief Insight Officer. More
In London, agile consumer insights platform aytm (Ask Your Target Market) has appointed research tech veteran Johnny Caldwell as Client Director, EMEA & APAC, supporting its continuing expansion into global markets. More
UK-based Ascential, the information and analytics company once known as EMAP, has announced it will sell its digital commerce and consumer research units for around £1.4bn, so as to focus on its events business. More
PR group Hill+Knowlton Strategies has announced the formation of a global Intelligence + Technology capability; a partnership with Pendulum Intelligence; and the launch of a proactive analytics tool, H+K Sonar, which helps firms detect, predict and mitigate harmful narratives online. More
Global data and insights company Pureprofile has announced two appointments to strengthen its UK operations. Samantha Cooke joins as Senior Partnerships Manager UK, and Tyrone S'ng as Client Development Manager. More
Toluna has promoted Dixit Chanana to the role of MD for India, including MetrixLab India and with full responsibility for the development of the Indian business of both brands. More
Customer and employee experience specialist Medallia has appointed Simonetta Turek as Chief Product Officer and a member of the executive leadership team. More
Australia-based data and insights company Pureprofile has appointed former Brandwatch Chairman Mark Heeley as a Non-Executive Director. More
Research tech firm SightX has moved its VP Global Commercialization Daryl Maloney McCall to focus on regional growth in Europe and APAC, as its offering and client base in these regions expands. More
Nielsen has announced that CFO Warren Jenson, who joined the ratings giant just five months ago, will add the role of company President to his existing responsibilities. He will oversee the modernisation of operations and manage Nielsen's IT, Corporate Development and Global Strategy functions. More
In the UK, STRAT7-owned cultural insight and strategy consultancy Crowd DNA has appointed Elliot Pigram as its new Global MD. Pigram will take the reins on 1st January next year from founder and CEO Andy Crysell, who will move to the position of non-executive Chair. More
In France, former Cint COO JD Deitch has launched Passaggio, a company helping insight and analytics firms among others to achieve operational excellence. More
Global insights consultancy Human8 has announced that co-founder Kristof De Wulf is to step down from the CEO role, with Camille Nicita taking over from next Monday. Katherine Ephlin, currently North America Head of Operations, will replace Nicita as MD North America. More
The Board of not-for-profit the Media Research Users Council India (MRUCI) has elected Shailesh Gupta as Chairperson and Shashank Srivastava as Vice Chair. More
DIY online survey pioneer SurveyMonkey has appointed former Cloudflare and AWS exec Amit Prakash as Chief Marketing Officer. More
Ipsos India has appointed Shalini Sinha to lead two of its verticals: Brand Health Tracking (BHT) and Creative Excellence (CRE). She reports to Amit Adarkar, CEO, Ipsos India More
Long-time Nielsen exec Karthik Rao has been named as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, replacing David Kenny who moves to the role of Executive Chairman. More
First-party insights data company Dynata has appointed Brad Brockhaug for the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). He is based in New York. More
In the US, decision intelligence company Morning Consult has appointed Joseph DeVeny as Head of Research Solutions; Ryan Bien as Head of Analytics & Data Operations; and Alex Menendez as Head of Customer Success. All are based in the firm's Commercial division. More
Ipsos has appointed former Bureau Veritas Director Caroline Ponsi Khider as Chief Communications and Brand Officer; and Dr Bonnie Bain as Global Head of Healthcare. Bain replaces Michael Spedding, who retires at the end of the year. More
Nielsen is planning to lay off 9% of its global workforce, in order to cut costs and 'realign revenue'. Employees received the news in a statement issued on Wednesday, and the cuts are expected to affect around 1,000 members of staff. More
US-based analytics and advisory firm Escalent, formerly Market Strategies International-Morpace, has promoted Arundhati Mehrotra to the role of Executive Vice President of Global Delivery. She is based in India. More
In the US, connected TV and cross-screen advertising specialist LG Ad Solutions has appointed Michael Hudes as President and Chief Executive Officer. He replaces co-founder and CEO Raghu Kodige, who left last December and was replaced by Adam Sexton as acting CEO. More
In Singapore, sensory research specialist MMR has appointed former Reckitt Benckiser and Givaudan insights professional Wanni Xu Sensory Director in its Asian division. More
Brand and marketing insights company Shapiro+Raj has promoted Chelsey Merker to the role of Senior Vice President, leading its Strategy and Research Excellence teams. More
Kantar has promoted Mary George Parayil to the position of Principal of Kantar Analytics, India. She is based in Bengaluru. More
Agile research solutions and panels firm Borderless Access has appointed James Robinson, Pradipta 'Paddy' Bhattacharjee, Ashok Veetal and Lauren Tuch as new members of its senior sales team in the US, UK and MENA regions. More
Social media intelligence and analytics specialist Meltwater has appointed Huixian Yang as Customer Experience Director (APAC), based in Singapore, while Sydney-based Jeff Piniros has been named Sales Development Director (APAC). More
Ipsos India has promoted Neha Munshi to the role of Country Lead, Ipsos Digital, with immediate effect. She joined the company as a Research Executive as recently as 2017. More
Rakuten Insight Global has appointed Darci Greco to its US Sales team as VP Client Development, Americas. More
WPP's consumer data specialist Wavemaker has announced that its Consultancy, Fast Growth and B2B Practices will be led by the three of its Global Client Presidents - Anna Hickey, Alastair Bannerman and Alex Altman, respectively. More
First-party data company Dynata has appointed former SSI MD Mark Lepine to lead its APAC business. He is based in Hong Kong. More
WPP's consumer data specialist Wavemaker has promoted Premjeet Sodhi, currently its Chief Strategy Officer for India, to Global Head of Measurement and Analytics, based in New York. More
Asia Pacific-based reputation and policy management specialist Sandpiper Group has launched a Research & Insights company, focused on supporting communications and public affairs practitioners and led by Craig Young as interim Managing Director. More
In London, video feedback platform Discuss has hired David Bailey for the newly created role of Sales Director, tasked with building business relationships in the EMEA and APAC regions. More
In India, customer lifecycle and user retention platform CleverTap has appointed Sidharth Pisharoti as Chief Revenue Officer, tasked with driving growth across India, META and Asia Pacific. More
NielsenIQ (NIQ) and GfK have officially completed their merger, and the combined business will now be led by NIQ CEO, Jim Peck. More
Brand and marketing insights company Shapiro+Raj has opened a dedicated Technology practice, headed by long-time tech industry researcher Scott Swigart, with support from a team of eight tech-domain researchers. More
In Singapore, Kantar has hired long-time Nielsen exec Kartikeya (Kartik) Varma for the dual role of Head of Creative and Media, Singapore, and Head of Media, APAC. More
Ghent, Belgium-based insight consultancy Human8 has announced the appointment of eleven new partners - it now has 36 worldwide. Meanwhile the founders / co-founders of three companies it previously acquired - Join The Dots, Columinate and Direction First - are stepping down. More
Digital media measurement, data and analytics platform DoubleVerify (DV) is launching business operations in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, promising more local support for a growing client base across Southeast Asia. More
WPP's consumer data specialist Wavemaker has appointed Sindhuja Rai as Chief Executive Officer in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. She takes up the role in September, when she will also join the Wavemaker Global Executive team and the GroupM APAC Leadership team. More
Consumer behaviour specialist Circana, formed from the merger of IRI and The NPD Group, has appointed Anne Bramman as Chief Financial and Growth Officer and a member of its executive leadership team. She starts on June 20th. More
Ipsos has promoted Jyoti Malladi to the role of Managing Director, Research, in India, where she is responsible for business management, driving audience measurement business strategy. She will also oversee the setting up of a media analytics hub supporting the entire APAC region. More
MR technology platform Glow has appointed Marc Chester and Yige Ma as Sales Directors in the UK and Hong Kong, respectively, while Adam Portner joins the firm's US Advisory Board. More
US-headquartered shopper and digital marketing consultancy Behaviorally has announced that Yolanda Yao has re-joined the company as Director, Customer Success, based in its office in Shanghai, China. More
TV audience rating body BARC India has appointed former Nielsen exec Dolly Jha as Chief of Product and Research. More
Following the announcement on Friday of the imminent departure of CEO Parves Khan, ESOMAR says it will extend Joaquim Bretcha's interim tenure as Director General to September 2024, helping to provide continuity. More
Former Illuminas MD Frank Ma has launched a qualitative research business called One16 in Singapore, focusing on market / user exploratory studies, concept testing, post-launch tracking and UX research. More
Global trade association ESOMAR is to lose the services of CEO Parves Khan, who has announced she will leave at the end of June, and will focus on charitable and non-exec work before taking up a new as-yet unannounced role. She will also join a new ESOMAR AI Taskforce. More
B2B tech purchase intent data firm TechTarget has announced that its Enterprise Strategy Group has expanded to EMEA and APAC, welcoming Brian McKenna and Aaron Tan as Regional Directors of Analyst Services for the two territories, respectively. More
In the US, enterprise data intelligence provider Alation has opened new offices in London, UK, and Chennai, India, while appointing Jill Woodworth as Chief Financial Officer and David Chao as Chief Marketing Officer. More
Customer and employee experience specialist Medallia has appointed Dan Madden as Chief Financial Officer and Robert Baca as Chief Technology Officer. More
Customer experience management (CXM) platform Sprinklr has expanded its presence in India, with the opening of an office in Gurgaon's business district. The firm plans to hire 400 new engineers for the new office by the end of the summer, and add more than 200 interns this month. More
Sky Group's Chief Business Officer Patrick Béhar is joining Kantar Media in September as Global Chief Executive. He will take over from Chris Allen, who has led the exec team since 2022 and will now focus exclusively on his role as Global CFO. More
US-based international data collection and research tech company Sago has promoted Steve Mast to the newly created role of Chief Product Officer and Carlo Marcelino to Chief Technology Officer, replacing Troy Anderson who has left the company. The firm was previously known as the Schlesinger Group. More
Sir Martin Sorrell, founder and Executive Chairman of digital advertising, marketing and technology services company S4 Capital, is undergoing 'further preventative treatment' following keyhole surgery in February to remove a tumour. More
Social media intelligence and analytics specialist Meltwater has launched its Enterprise Intelligence suite of tools in the APAC region. The firm has also hired two senior execs as part of its 'enterprise push'. More
Brand and marketing insights company Shapiro+Raj has appointed Carrie McDowell as Director, Quant Operations; Adam Weil as Director, Life Sciences; Samantha DuBois as Director, Strategy; and Jaspal Singh as Director of People. Meanwhile Carol Tobler is promoted to Senor Director, Marcoms. More
YouGov has appointed Meta Platforms exec Steve Hatch as Chief Executive Officer from 1st August. He will take over from co-founder Stephan Shakespeare, who will become Non-Executive Chair, replacing Roger Parry. More
Consumer data science specialist dunnhumby has appointed Prithvesh Katoch as Head of dunnhumby India, where the company employs more than 730 professionals. He adds the role to his existing position as Global Head of Client Data Services. More
Mindshare UK has appointed Alexis Faulkner as Chief Transformation Officer, leading the group's Insights, Technology and Analytics and Digital Planning teams; and Richard Kelly as Chief Solutions Officer. Both are new roles. More
Data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company Merkle has promoted Steve Yurisich to the role of Chief Executive Officer for Australia and New Zealand, as John Riccio moves to the position of APAC CEO. More
Comscore has launched a dedicated programmatic targeting division called 'Proximic by Comscore', which will provide end users with access to more than 2,600 predictive, ID-less audiences and content-level solutions across CTV, linear, digital, DOOH and audio. More
Global insight and data membership organisation ESOMAR has elected Ray Poynter as its 2023-2024 Council President, replacing Kristin Luck of ScaleHouse, who has completed her two-year term. More
In the UK, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) insight and data specialist Digital i has promoted Matt Ross to the role of Managing Director. He takes over from interim MD Emma Shelton, who is stepping back from daily operations to concentrate on chairing the firm's Board of Directors. More
Ipsos India is making three changes to its leadership team from the beginning of April, including moving Vincy Jathanna to the newly created role of Vice President of Operations. More
Customer and employee experience specialist Medallia has appointed Joe Tyrrell as CEO, replacing Leslie Stretch who is retiring and transitioning into an advisory role at the company. More
Shopper insights firm Behaviorally has appointed Francis He as Vice President, Market Development, based in Shanghai and servicing clients across Asia. More
US survey software and solutions firm QuestionPro has acquired Pundit Consultantz, a healthcare innovation and go-to-market commercialization consultancy based in Chicago. Pundit's founder and CEO Arti Bedi Pullins becomes QuestionPro's President and Chief Healthcare Officer. More
Omnicom-owned data and analytics firm Annalect has lost its ANZ CEO Clement Tsang and COO Matthew Nolan: both roles were reportedly cut as part of wider restructuring of the business. More
Communities specialist InSites Consulting has announced an expansion of its Executive Committee and the appointment of a first Chief Growth Officer - Managing Partner Tom De Ruyck. More
GroupM's new data / audience planning agency EssenceMediacom has appointed Silas Ho as MD in Hong Kong and Anthony Lau as Managing Partner there, with a focus on formulating the agency's business development strategy. More
Former Lightspeed, Ipsos and Schlesinger exec Matthew Seabrook has joined agile research solutions and panels firm Borderless Access, as its sales representative in the UK. More
Australian market research technology platform Glow has opened an office in the US, where Chrissy Brogan has been hired for the newly created role of Director of Market Development. The firm has also made appointments and promotions at its headquarters. More
In Sydney, online sample marketplace PureSpectrum has appointed online research veteran Chris Mawn as ANZ Director of Clients. More
Ipsos India has promoted six members of its team, including Pallavi Mathur Lal to the role of Senior Director, Content and Communications; and Madhurima Bhatia to Media Engagement and Partnerships Lead for India and the Asia Pacific region (excluding Greater China). More
Kantar has promoted Jane Ng and Paromeeta (Paro) Mathur Banerjee to General Managers of its Insights division in Singapore and Malaysia, respectively. More
In the US, mobile survey platform GeoPoll has hired long-time RTI International exec Charles Lau as its first Chief Research Officer. More
Branding Science Group has promoted Jo Gryniewicz to the role of President of the company in the US. More
UK-based 'data creation' platform Walr has expanded in the Asia Pacific region with the appointment of Lamia Lee as General Manager, tasked with heading up its operations in the region. She is based in Sydney, Australia. More
Following last month's news that Nielsen is restructuring its business into three global units, and the departure of five of the firm's senior managers, the company has confirmed it is reducing total headcount to 'roughly in line with where it was a year ago'. More
Long-time Unilever insights leader BV Pradeep has joined the global advisory team of digital MR products and solutions company Borderless Access, with a remit to help the company design strategies for acquiring and expanding its client base. More
Kantar has appointed Cheong Tai Leung as Chief Executive Officer of its Insights Asia Pacific business. She is based in Singapore and takes over from Wayne Levings, who will now focus exclusively on his role as Kantar's Chief Client Officer. More
Former MRS President and ad industry leading light Jeremy Bullmore has died aged 93, shortly after retiring from WPP after 67 years at the group and its predecessor companies. More
Mobile marketing and ad tech platform InMobi has appointed three advertising industry veterans to its Global Ad Monetization team: Brian Slitt and Pamela Ibarra in VP roles and Christopher Damski as Director of Product Development for its Meson brand. More
CRM software giant Salesforce is to cut around 10% of its workforce. The firm says increasing its headcount by some 30% in 2021 (to around 73,500) was a mistake - 'too many... leading into this economic downturn'. More
Ipsos has announced two appointments to its global Executive Committee: Valerie Vezinhet as Chief People Officer and Michel Guidi as Chief Operating Officer. More
A judge in Amsterdam has ruled that ESOMAR's election misconduct allegations against its former CEO found 'no support in the facts whatsoever', and the organisation has written to members to say as much. More
Nielsen is restructuring its business into three global business units, according to online publication AdAge: Nielsen Audience Measurement, Nielsen Analytics and Gracenote. Current COO Karthik Rao will become CEO of the first of these. More
Kantar has launched a team called Global Connected Data Solutions, within its audience network Profiles division, to help advertisers maximise the value of their first-party data. More
CEO Jami talks to MrWeb's Nick Thomas about how she came to be co-founding and growing a data collection business for the 21st century; embracing the tech, but keeping customer service front and center. Taken from the 'Data Visualization' special issue, out now. Available either to read or watch. More
Cynthia Pachovski has been formally named Chief Executive Officer of Ipsos Canada, following the retirement of Gary Bennewies earlier in the year. More
Industry body ESOMAR is to rerun its elections for Council after uncovering what it calls 'serious misconduct'. The association has fired two members of staff, but stresses that no complaints have been made about the conduct of candidates. More
Long-time Kantar CFO Olivier Lefranc has joined automated insight-gathering and sample management platform Cint, as Chief Financial Officer, based in Paris. More
Insight firm MetrixLab has opened an office in the Philippines, and has appointed Bernadette Verde as Senior Client Director, based in it. More
Continuing our month-long focus on Data Visualization Sandro Kaulartz, Chief Innovation and Product Development Officer at Ipsos Social Intelligence, talks to MrWeb's Nick Thomas about Topic Modelling, data hybridization and the democratization of data science. Available to read or watch. More
Ipsos has announced the sale of its people-counting and footfall solution Retail Performance, to US-based RetailNext, in which it will take a minority stake. More
Global online communities specialist InSites Consulting has appointed Els De Paepe as Chief People Officer (CPO). She succeeds former Join the Dots CEO Quentin Ashby, who has moved to the role of Global Head of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance). More
Research and CX tech provider Forsta has appointed long-time FinTech exec Henry Pooley as Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region. He is based in Sydney, Australia. More
Beginning a month-long focus on data visualization, the Forsta CEO talks to MrWeb's Nick Thomas about empathy, athletes, M&A, investing in tech, and 'seeing the future through mountains of data'. Available to read or watch. More
International data collection and research tech company Schlesinger Group has hired former Kantar Americas CEO Reed Cundiff as Chief Executive Officer, following Steve Schlesinger's move into the role of Executive Chairman. Meanwhile Isaac Rogers becomes company President. More
Australia-based consumer data company Pureprofile has promoted Anna Meiler to the newly created role of Managing Director, APAC Data & Insights, while former Dynata exec Martin Tomlinson joins as Country Manager for New Zealand. More
Marcoms giant WPP has announced that John Rogers has decided to step down as Chief Financial Officer, and will be succeeded by former dunnhumby CFO Joanne Wilson. More
ESOMAR has announced the election of Nikki Lavoie as its 2023-2024 Council President, replacing Kristin Luck who has completed her two-year term and will now serve an additional two years in an ex-officio capacity. MindSpark founder Lavoie is currently Council Vice President. More
Dr David Theodore Bottomley AM, who has died aged 97, started one of the first market research consultancies in Australia, and convened the first meeting of what later became the country's national research association (now The Research Society). More
Dynata has appointed a new Chief Executive: former Dodge Data and Analytics head Mike Petrullo replaces longstanding leader Gary S. Laben. More
Ipsos has moved Hamish Munro into the position of APAC Chief Executive Officer, replacing Christophe Cambournac who will move into a global role with the business. Additionally, South East Asia CEO Suresh Ramalingam has been named Chief Client Officer for the APAC region. More
SurveyMonkey parent company Momentive has made 11% of its workforce redundant, as part of what it calls a restructuring plan to improve operating margins and improve efficiency. More
Insights group MetrixLab is opening a second UK office, in Manchester, and appointed three people to work in it: Cecily Crawley joins as a Team Lead and Richard Lomax as an AD, while recent joiner Sam Smith will move from remote working. Three more positions are being recruited. More
Indian healthcare and medical fieldwork specialist Krea has re-appointed Sridhar Mani, this time as Chief Revenue Officer, based in the firm's Chennai headquarters. More
Customer experience management specialist Sprinklr has announced plans to more than quadruple the size of its Singapore-based Research and Development (R&D) Center to up to 100 professionals, during the next 36 months. More
Research agency 2CV has added Matt Haydock as Research Director in its UK Qualitative team; Jonathan Smetherham in its Singapore team as Research Director; and Heath Gregory in the US as an Associate Director. More
Nielsen has appointed long-time Amway exec Deepak Mann as Director, Marketing Effectiveness, based in Mumbai, India. More
In the US, Comscore has set out a cost-cutting restructuring plan, which will see an undisclosed number of employees lose their jobs. More
India-based full service market research firm Market Xcel Data Matrix has appointed long-time Issues & Answers exec Mohit Gour as President Market Xcel (USA). Additionally, Shilpi Alagh joins the company as an Associate Director. More
Sampling and ResTech company InnovateMR has expanded its senior supply team with the appointment of Gaurav Sharma as Vice President of Global Sample in India, and Mark Rasmussen as Senior Director of Global Supply, based in the US. More
EssenceMediacom, which will combine digital strategy, data-driven creative, analytics, and tech capabilities with multichannel, audience planning and strategic media expertise, has appointed Benjamin Wei as China Chief Executive Officer. More
Cultural insights and strategy consultancy Crowd DNA has opened an office in Los Angeles, headed by recently appointed David Stewart. The firm has also hired Hina Hussain as Head of Agency in New York, and Radha Patel as a Director in Singapore. More
Long-time Kantar group CEO Eric Salama has been appointed as Global Chair of recently divested unit Kantar Public. More
Ipsos has appointed 24-year company veteran Jean-Michel Mabon in the role of Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, responsible for overseeing buys in connection with a growth plan the group announced in June. More
In the US, marcoms network Stagwell has launched a Risk and Reputation business unit, to help business leaders audit the issues most important to their stakeholders, develop proactive and reactive strategies, and monitor and measure the impact of positions on business reputation. More
Global media agency network Mindshare has appointed former Kantar EVP Mausami Prasad as National Head of Strategy & Insights, based in Mumbai, India. More
Shopper and digital marketing consultancy Behaviorally has opened an office in Hanoi, Vietnam, and appointed Tomas Emmers there as Vice President. More
Online survey and research services firm QuestionPro has expanded to Japan with the opening of a Tokyo office, and appointed MR veteran Satoshi Komatsuzaki to lead it as Country Director. More
Community panels pioneer and culture expert Verve has launched ignite@VERVE, a new offer combining its heritage in communities and smart digital research with a range of proprietary tools including AI, a global network of 'cultural and creative individuals', and a new cultural values framework. More
In Singapore, government and public sector research and advisory business Kantar Public has appointed Cheryl Chung to lead its policy advisory business in Singapore. More
Melbourne, Australia-based specialist market research employment agency Flow Recruitment has expanded to Sydney, where it has appointed Amanda Cotesworth as Associate Director. More
London-based mobile research and sample specialist On Device Research has hired former Nielsen exec Simon Clarke for the newly created role of Commercial Lead for Singapore and the APAC region. More
Accenture's interactive customer experience and analytics business Accenture Song has hired former R/GA exec Tuomas Peltoniemi as Managing Director, Go-to-Market & Client Service, for Southeast Asia. More
Agriculture and animal health specialist Kynetec has promoted Colin Siren to the role of Chief Operating Officer for Animal Health. He replaces Jeff Gaidos, who is taking a step back from the business, but will continue on a part-time consultancy basis. More
YouGov has promoted Laura Robbie, previously MD Australia, to the role of CEO of the Asia Pacific region, replacing Julien Chevignon who becomes CEO for Western Europe. More
Ipsos Hong Kong has expanded its dedicated insights-based brand and marketing advisory unit Strategy3 with the appointment of Reza Nobar as a Partner. More
Consumer insight and sensory specialist MMR Research has hired former GfK and Nielsen exec Mihir Inamdar for a newly created role, Commercial Director, based in Singapore. More
Australian insight consultancy Fiftyfive5 has appointed former Kadence MD Phil Steggals as Head of Consulting for the APAC region. He is based in Singapore. More
In India, strategy consulting firm Oncofocus Solutions has spun off its primary market research unit into a separate business within the group, called decodeMR. More
Linda Dupree, CEO of Nielsen Catalina Solutions (NCS) is to retire later this year, and has already been succeeded by NCS Board Chair Alan Miles. Dupree is staying on as an advisor during a transition period. More
Global MR membership organisation ESOMAR has appointed Parves Khan as its new Director General and Chief Executive Officer, following the departure of Finn Raben earlier in the year. More
Digital experience consultancy Bounteous has brought in former Merkle executive Michael McLaren to serve as President, North America. More
Media and marcoms group Dentsu International has hired former Nielsen exec Robert 'Rob' Gilby as Chief Executive Officer, APAC based in Singapore. He will take up the post on September 5th. More
Digital consumer marketing insights specialist Behaviorally has opened a first office in Thailand, and appointed Vorasiri 'Pat' Supanichvorapart there as Vice President. More
Pureprofile has promoted Joris Schellekens to Head of Data & Insights for mainland Europe, as well as promoting three APAC execs: Keith Ang to Head of Sales, D&I Asia; and Katiemay Gardner and Peta Kernan to Senior Account Director. More
In India, consumer insights provider Hansa Research has appointed former Kantar exec Sandeep Ranade as Executive Vice President and Quantitative Head. More
The Market Research Society of India (MRSI) has named Manish Makhijani, Global Insights Director of Hindustan Unilever, as President of its Managing Committee for the period 2022-2024. He takes over from Sandeep Arora, EVP and Global Head - Research & Analytics Solutions at Datamatics. More
Ipsos has launched a user experience (UX) facility called the Ipsos Experience Lab in the Franklin Center in downtown Chicago, providing space for focus groups, interviews, device tests and simulations. More
Research firm MetrixLab has opened an office in Warsaw, Poland, its first in Eastern Europe. More
Insight exchange and sample management platform Cint has added Tina Daniels, MD at Google, and long-time IBM exec Liselotte Engstam to its Board of Directors. The pair bring experience in tech, media measurement, engineering and international management. More
Tokyo-based MR sample provider GMO Research is expanding to North America with the opening of a subsidiary in New York City, headed up by Christa Arite. More
First-party data platform Dynata has appointed former employee Arun Kumar as Vice President, Southeast Asia and India, leading the business and teams across the region. More
Matt Britton started digital research platform Suzy in 2018, named it after a favourite song, worked with other non-researchers to build it, and got to $25 million annual recurring revenue 'faster than Salesforce and Qualtrics'. An interview with MrWeb's Nick Thomas - available as video or in print. More
Ipsos has unveiled a four-year plan to accelerate growth and shareholder value. This will include the group spending between EUR 100m and EUR 200m per year on 'smart acquisitions', while doubling its investments in data analytics, technology and 'knowledge panels'. More
In India, Omnicom-owned media agency network OMD has appointed former Nielsen / Millward Brown exec Charul Tomar as Head of Strategy, tasked with helping to drive the next stage of the company's growth in the region. More
In Paris, Ipsos has appointed Dan Lévy as Group Chief Financial Officer, from June 10th, replacing Laurence Stoclet who has been with the business for nearly 24 years. More
Customer experience management firm Merkle has appointed former Accenture exec Hawk Liu as its Chief Executive in China, leading growth, performance and greater integration across its CX consulting, data science, digital transformation, loyalty marketing and B2B services. More
Digital research firm MetrixLab has opened its first office on the African continent, in Johannesburg, South Africa, appointing Nanzala Mwaura as Managing Director and Rentia Kraucamp as Research Director. More
Global marcoms group Omnicom has appointed former Conduent exec Brian Clayton as its first Chief Data Privacy Officer, responsible for driving its 'privacy-first' approach and ensuring compliance with global privacy regulation. More
Interpublic's marketing intell company Kinesso has appointed four new Regional CEOs, Matt Ware, Andy Butters, Jorge Chavez and Sean Muzzy, all of whom are currently leaders in the group's Matterkind activation division and who will retain these roles alongside their new ones. More
Automated insight-gathering and sample management platform Cint has announced further leadership changes following its December acquisition of Lucid. CFO Joakim Andersson and COO Andy Ellis are stepping down, replaced respectively by Britta Mittler (interim) and Jake Wolff. More
Silicon Valley-based streaming insights firm Conviva has announced it will launch an audience measurement standard, in partnership with streaming providers using its real-time cloud 'sessionization' technology. It has also opened an office in Japan, to be led by Takeshi Torii. More
Australia-based research and marketing solutions company Pureprofile has appointed former MediaCom HR leader Michelle Mowle as Global Head of Talent and Culture. More
Shopper marketing consultancy Behaviorally has expanded to the Philippines with the opening of a hub in Manila, where it has appointed Joy Abella-Yu as Vice President. More
WPP's consumer data specialist Wavemaker has promoted Phil Mumford to the role of Managing Director of its Adelaide office, replacing Matt Hofmeyer who is now MD in Hong Kong. More
Nielsen has expanded its Asia Pacific team with the appointment of long-time Ipsos exec Arnaud Frade as Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial Growth. More
Kyoko Matsushita, the Global CEO of WPP's data-driven full service media agency Essence Global, has been named Chief Executive Officer of WPP in Japan. More
Consumer insights provider Toluna has expanded to Thailand, where it has hired former Nielsen exec Chumphol (Marc) Sivawettakul as Business Development Director, Southeast Asia. He is based in Bangkok. More
In the US, customer experience management (CXM) company Merkle has named John Riccio President of Merkle Asia Pacific, replacing Zhengda 'Z' Shen who has announced his retirement effective July 1st. More
Data and research tech company Schlesinger Group has promoted Chawntae Applegate to the role of Executive Vice President of Global Client Solutions. More
ESOMAR has appointed Geraldine Proust as Head of Public Affairs and Professional Standards, responsible for leading global advocacy efforts; managing industry relationships and strategic partnerships; and developing and enforcing global regulatory professional standards for the industry. More
In Seoul, digital media measurement firm Integral Ad Science (IAS) has appointed Inwon Park as Head of Korea Market, charged with leading sales operations and working with brands, agencies, publishers and platforms in the region. More
Ipsos has opened an offshore Data Services Centre in Mumbai, to handle offshore production work initially for North America, and later for other global markets. Haribabu Rajendran takes the reins as Managing Director. More
Insight-driven digital experience consultancy Bounteous has launched an India-based delivery arm, led by Vasan Sampath. The firm says it is planning to add thousands of new jobs in digital engineering, commerce, marketing, data and analytics over the next five years. More
Global IT, consulting and business process services company Wipro has appointed former Capgemini Chief Exec Anis Chenchah as its new CEO for APMEA (Asia Pacific, India, Middle East and Africa). He replaces N S Bala, who has resigned for 'personal reasons'. More
Omnicom is bringing the Indian staff and technology of digital design and marketing specialist Hangar into its data and analytics division Annalect, allowing the latter to provide 'holistic solutions in the fields of technology, media services, marketing science and creative services'. More
Canada-based research tech specialist Torfac has appointed former Branded researcher Vishal Yadav as Senior Director, Client Development, leading the expansion of its Sales team in the EU and APAC. More
Behavioural science consultancy The Behavioural Architects (TBA) has hired 29 new members of staff across its global offices - twelve in China, seven in Australia, and ten in the UK. More
Major league consumer data and insights firms IRI and The NPD Group have announced they are to merge, promising clients 'a view of total retail purchasing and consumption trends powered by advanced, predictive analytics' on IRI's Liquid Data technology platform. More
In the US, cultural intelligence company Collage Group has appointed Pinkie Gunderia as Chief Financial Officer. More
India's Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has named IPG Mediabrands India CEO Shashi Sinha as President, succeeding Punit Goenka, MD & CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. More
Kantar Public, the global group's evidence and advisory business for governments and the public sector, has appointed current WPP exec Kathryn Cooper in the new role of Global Head of Behavioural and Communications Advisory. More
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital has merged Cello Health and four of its other firms to launch Lumanity, offering medical sector product development, market access and commercialization services. Former Cello Health Insight CEO Nicola Cowland becomes the new firm's Global President, Insight. More
Indonesia-based customer analytics platform MoEngage, fresh from a $30m Series D funding, has announced the appointment of Jason Smith as VP of Sales for Europe, and plans to open dedicated offices in France, Spain and Italy as it doubles its team in the region. More
Momentive - formerly SurveyMonkey - has announced a $200m share repurchase program and plans for a renewed focus on delivering stockholder value. The firm has also promoted Priyanka (Pri) Carr from General Manager of its MR business, to COO. More
Ipsos India has announced the appointments of Garima Mall and Pooja Doshi as Executive Directors. Mall will service Market Strategy & Understanding (MSU) and Brand Health Tracking (BHT) Clients in Mumbai and Bengaluru, while Doshi will work on key CPG accounts and drive business development. More
Continuing our focus on 'Measuring Brains & Bodies', Pedro talks about sweat, motor racing, suppliers who always say Yes, investors who always said No, banning the bull and embracing the (one-trick) pony, and how EDA (electrodermal activity) can grow into a currency for media engagement. More
Comscore CEO Bill Livek has announced plans to retire and move to the position of Non-Executive Vice Chairman after a successor has been found. As the news broke, the firm reported positive net income of $29m for the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to a net loss of $13.2m a year earlier. More
In India, digital media agency Kinnect has launched a Customer Experience practice, and appointed Bharatesh Salian to lead it as SVP - Marketing Science and CX. More
Kantar Public has appointed three senior policy evaluation experts - Richard Lloyd as Senior Director in its Evaluation practice in London, Leong Chan-Hoong as Head of Policy Evaluation and Data Analytics in Singapore, and Laetitia Dansou as Director of Policy Evaluation in France. More
In Singapore, Kantar has promoted Katie McClintock to Managing Director, South-East Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam), while Emma Eichbaum moves from Kantar Thailand to take up the position of Head of Client Growth. More
GfK CEO Peter Feld has decided not to seek an extension to his contract, and will leave the company on March 14th. CFO Lars Nordmark will step into the Chief Exec role on an interim basis, while COO Joshua Hubbert has been added to the Management Board. More
Los Angeles-based entertainment research and content testing platform MarketCast has appointed Jenna Lauer as Head of Research and Insights, while promoting Zoë Friend to the role of Head of New Content Insights Group. More
Continuing our focus on 'Measuring Brains & Bodies', HCD's VP of Research & Innovation talks about a career in 'neuro' (with a rat allergy); quantifying the stress of bad audio on a Zoom call; whether any perfume can live up to one of those weird ads; and much more besides. Available to watch or read. More
STG's newly formed media monitoring and measurement business Onclusive has appointed Manuel Moerbach as Chief Executive Officer. More
Texas-based data collection firm Veridata Insights has reported 150% year-over-year revenue growth and fifteen recent hires, having opened offices in Canada, Bulgaria, India and the UK. More
Personal data management specialist Swash has hired Arbitron Mobile founder Hannu Verkasalo and research analyst Seth Ulinski to build the business and connect it with their networks of market research contacts. The firm has also raised $19m in an oversubscribed round of funding. More
Marcoms group Dentsu International has appointed Keith Camoosa as 'Chief Addressability Officer', tasked with bringing together and developing its addressable media practice. More
Media conglomerate ZEE Entertainment has appointed long-time Diageo CMO Amrit Thomas as Chief Data Officer, based out of its Technology & Innovation Centre in Bengaluru. He replaces Ujjyaini Mitra, who since leaving in September has founded data solutions company theDeltacube.ai. More
US and Canada-based recruitment specialist Rare Patient Voice (RPV) has promoted three members of staff - Debi Crist to Director of Patient Engagement and Panel Management, Tiffany White to Director of Business Development, and Laura Mullen to Director of Marketing and Communications. More
This is the last edition of DRNO for 2021 - we'll be back on Tuesday 4th January. From all of us at MrWeb to all those of you celebrating it, a very Merry Christmas; and to all of you, thanks for reading this year and best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2022. Here we look backwards and forwards briefly... More
Data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company Merkle has appointed long time PwC Australia exec John Riccio as Chief Executive Officer in the ANZ region, succeeding Erik Hallander who is leaving to 'pursue other opportunities'. More
Comscore has promoted longtime employee Janice O'Bryan to Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Domestic for its Movies division. More
Kantar has reported revenue of $2,681m for the first three quarters of 2021, up 11% at constant currency although still down 5% from 2019 figures; and EBITDA of $445m, up 52% on 2020 and 39% (organic growth 33%) versus the same period in 2019. More
Dentsu International has launched its data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company Merkle in Taiwan. Current iProspect Taiwan CEO Carrie Tsai will now serve as Chief Exec of both businesses. More
Comscore has promoted Brian Pugh to the role of Chief Information Officer, responsible for developing new tech tools, for ensuring that data is secure, and for MRC and ISO accreditation of the firm's services. More
The Stagwell Group, owner of the Harris and Harris Poll brands, has opened a regional headquarters in Singapore, where it has appointed Randy Duax as Managing Director, Asia Pacific. More
Crispin Beale, former Chime I&E CEO, has joined US-based Behaviorally in the newly created role of company President, overseeing all client service and business development efforts across Europe, Asia and North America. More
Data and analytics company Fifty-five has expanded to Singapore, where it has appointed long-time WPP exec Ben Poole as Head of Office. More
In India, Tesco-owned customer data firm dunnhumby has named Prithvesh Katoch as Global Head of Client Data Services. The firm has also promoted Chhavi Sinha to the role of Global Head of Data Engineering, while Nitesh Maan joins as Director of Media Engineering. More
Comscore has appointed former United International Pictures VP Han Seng Lim to lead its Client Services team in Southeast Asia. More
Connected TV ad delivery and measurement platform Innovid has expanded to China, where it has appointed former Google/Publicis exec David Chen as Executive Director. More
Japanese holding company Dentsu Group has announced that Toshihiro Yamamoto will retire from his role as President and CEO, to be succeeded by Hiroshi Igarashi from next January. Management of dentsu international (DI) will remain under the leadership of Wendy Clark. More
Canada-based online sample and research technology specialist WiseWorks has been renamed Torfac, and has announced plans for 'extensive hiring and expansion' of its Technology and Development team, including more than 30 new positions. More
Consumer insights provider Toluna has promoted Susan Vidler to the newly created position of Global Chief Research Officer, leading the group's global research team and responsible for developing, defining and implementing best practices across the research function. More
In the UK, personalized content and viewer insights provider ThinkAnalytics has hired Samuel Sweet for the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer of EMEA and AP. More
WPP's brand and customer experience agency VMLY&R has appointed Symon Hammacott as Chief Experience Officer for Asia, based in Singapore. More
US-based customer and employee experience management firm Medallia has appointed Denise Miura as Vice President leading growth in Japan and elsewhere in Asia Pacific. She is based in Tokyo. More
Australian insight consultancy Fiftyfive5 has made 33 new hires since July, boosting its teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Singapore. They include Clare Bradshaw as COO and Helen Brocklehurst as NZ-based Head of CX. More
Long-time Kantar exec Tim Wragg has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of brand insights analytics and consulting agency Hall & Partners, succeeding Vanella Jackson who moves to the role of company Chairperson. More
Ipsos has posted third quarter revenue of EUR 526.3m, up 12.3% versus Q3 2020 and 5.4% - or 8.5% in organic growth terms - compared with Q3 2019. The firm says profitability is 'in line with the objectives for the year announced in July', with a slight improvement predicted in operating margin. More
Toluna has appointed former Verint, Nielsen and Affinnova exec Kevin Daly in the new role of Chief Sales Officer. More
PureSpectrum has appointed former System 1 Research MD Lester Sualog to lead client development in Asia. More
Video attention measurement and emotion analytics specialist Realeyes has appointed former Brand Networks CEO Dave Fall as Chief Product Officer. More
In London, marketing group MSQ has appointed former Kantar exec Bart Michels as Executive Director, and Executive Chairman of its data-driven consultancy, Freemavens. In this role, he is responsible for driving MSQ's client growth agenda and shaping the group's insight offer. More
Nielsen has hired former Disney exec Robert (Rob) Gilby as President of Asia Pacific (APAC), tasked with driving new business opportunities and relationships and developing new media opportunities in the APAC region. He takes up the position next Monday and is based in Singapore. More
In the UK, healthcare MR agency the Research Partnership has appointed former Kantar Health exec Richard Goosey as Head of Analytics. More
Ipsos has announced the appointment of twenty-year Confirmit exec Wale Omiyale, as Global Head of Sales for Observer and Ipsos.Digital. More
WPP-owned data and measurement-driven media agency Essence has named Kota Murakami Managing Director for Japan, responsible for leading innovation in data, analytics and technology, as well as business growth in the market. More
Toluna has appointed Cate Rubenstein as SVP of Global Marketing, responsible for 'expanding and elevating' its brand. More
Marcoms giant Havas has appointed Lindsay Stein as its first Chief of Social Impact, tasked with partnering with marketers and client firms to help them create research-based social impact solutions. More
Ipsos has announced that Nathalie Roos will no longer be taking over as CEO, following the emergence of 'deep discrepancies' in her discussions with Didier Truchot. Instead, Ipsos MORI CEO Ben Page will take the top job, from November 15th. More
Programmatic research tech platform Lucid has appointed Eric Denker as Vice President heading up its Corporate Development and Strategy. More
CX and customer intelligence platform InMoment has appointed Eric Weight as VP solutions consulting, supporting its rapid expansion across Southeast Asia and Japan. More
Kantar Public, the global insights group's public policy evidence and advisory division, has appointed social scientist Issac Lim in the new role of Head of Policy Development, Evaluation & Data Analytics within its Singapore business. More
TV audience rating body BARC India has appointed former Publicis CEO Nakul Chopra as Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Sunil Lulla, who left last month to pursue 'entrepreneurial ambitions'. More
CX and research tech company Forsta has appointed Brian Bhuta as Chief Product Officer, overseeing product development, leading innovation and evolving the architecture of the product suite. More
The Market Research Society of India (MRSI) has appointed former BARC India exec Derrick Gray as Vice President. More
Xandr, the advertising and analytics division of AT&T, has appointed Masatsune Shironishi as Managing Director, Japan, and Nicole Prior as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. More
In Australia, online sample marketplace PureSpectrum has appointed long-time Pureprofile exec Vanessa Scholla as Senior Account Director, ANZ in its Sydney office. More
Former dunnhumby CEO Guillaume Bacuvier has been hired as Global Chief Executive Officer of Kantar's consumer panel division Worldpanel. He succeeds Josep Montserrat, who takes on the role of Non-Executive Chairman. More
US-based sample solutions provider InnovateMR has promoted Chief Research Officer Lisa Wilding-Brown to the role of CEO. Co-founders Matt Dusig, George Llorens and Gregg Lavin, along with company President Michael Anderson, move to the firm's Board of Directors. More
In New York, customer experience and analytics specialist Accenture Interactive has appointed David Droga, founder of ad agency Droga5, as Chief Executive Officer and Creative Chairman, effective September 1st. He replaces Brian Whipple, who is retiring. More
First-party data and insights platform Dynata has appointed Dilip Nagaraja as Chief Technology Officer, driving the continued development of the firm's platform and automating the processing, access and distribution of its products. More
London-based audience and gamer insights firm GWI is opening its first APAC office in Singapore in October, staffed by a combination of relocated European team members and locally sourced talent. More
Digital research firm MetrixLab has appointed Jayanth Narasimha as Regional Director of Qualitative Research for the AMEA region. In this role, he will integrate early-stage qual solutions with MetrixLab's existing quant offerings for packaging, communications and creative testing. More
In Bengaluru, India, digital MR product and solutions company Borderless Access has appointed Vittesh Kalambi as Vice President - Panel Solutions. More
Digital research firm MetrixLab has promoted Claudia Strauss to the role of UK Managing Director, replacing Angela Morgans who will focus full-time on her position as Regional Managing Director for MetrixLab Europe. More
In the US, Kantar has appointed former SurveyMonkey exec Chuck Brinker as Brand Guidance Product team Lead, starting next month; and Christoph Haschka as Group Director of Mergers and Acquisitions. More
In India, data collection and MR services firm Aeon Market Research has appointed Preeta Sanjith as Executive Director, heading up the Research division. More
Comscore Chief Financial Officer Greg Fink will be leaving the company at the end of August, 'to pursue new interests'. More
Advertising and marketing business Grey Group China has appointed Kathy Liu to head up its Centre of Intelligence. More
First-party data platform Dynata has hired former Verto Analytics CEO Pat Brennan as VP, Panel Development; while Nancy Brigham joins as VP, Research Science; John Talierco as Product Owner; and Naveen Goel as VP, India Operations. More
In Singapore, shopper insights specialist Behaviorally has appointed Stephen Dexter as Senior Director, Market Development. More
Kantar has appointed Annie Ho as Chief Financial Officer, Insights Division, Asia Pacific, replacing Stephen Gardner who is retiring after almost 25 years with Kantar and the WPP Group. More
In New York, consumer insights platform Morning Consult has added seven former Kantar executives and three from Ipsos to its Commercial team. More
Sample marketplace PureSpectrum has added an Australian office, and appointed Anthony O'Brien to lead it as Vice President, ANZ. Daniel Soh also joins the firm in Singapore as Senior Account Director. More
Kantar has promoted Ilana Sanborn to the newly created role of Head of Kantar Marketplace, Asia Pacific. More
Global MR agency Kadence International has appointed Vipin Arora as Executive Director, heading its Insight Practice in India. More
From our special issue published this week, KL Communications founder Kevin Lonnie talks about what's changed and what hasn't in twenty years running a communities business; about getting customers to solve clients' business problems; and getting space men to talk to each other. More
In Stockholm, Sweden, sample management platform Cint has appointed Marie-Louise Howett as Chief Human Resources Officer, responsible for guiding the company's global people, culture and workplace strategies. She replaces Johanna Isander, who left the firm in April. More
In India, consumer insights specialist Hansa Research has appointed Ashish Karnad as Executive Vice President and Head, Media and Digital Business. He joins from Nielsen, where he oversaw the firm's work on the Indian Readership Survey (IRS). More
Enero Group, the parent of research firms The Leading Edge and The Digital Edge, has appointed Nick Burton as Group Strategy and M&A Director, based in its HQ in Sydney. More
Kantar has chosen a new Chief Executive - Chris Jansen, currently CEO of global schools group Cognita, starts in the role on 1st November. More
Business data firm Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. has completed the acquisition of a new global headquarters building, Town Center II in Jacksonville, Florida. More
Continuing our focus on insight communities, Verve's Joint Head of Research talks about setting up the world's largest community panel; the boom in exploratory digital qual; and why he's seeing research better represented in board meetings than ever before. Available in print or as a video podcast. More
Digital research firm MetrixLab has expanded its DACH business with a new office in Frankfurt and four senior appointments, following what it calls 'years of growing demand from local and global clients' in the region. More
US-based D3, known for its research in conflict regions and other challenging environments, has announced eight new hires, in line with 'the new research opportunities that have emerged this year'. More
Australia-based consulting business Fiftyfive5 says it has made 45 new hires in the last twelve months, 'across all geographies and levels', bringing its headcount to 147. More
Kantar Public, the global group's government and public sector practice, has hired Damien Huang for the newly created role of Director for Policy Research, Development and Evaluation, in Singapore. More
Australasian technology-based customer insights agency Perceptive has hired long-time Ipsos exec Ian Mills in a new role, Director of Strategy. He is based in Auckland, New Zealand. More
WPP's global data and measurement-driven media agency Essence has promoted Magda Wolder to the role of Head of Experience, APAC, based in Singapore. More
Ad and innovation testing platform Zappi has made three hires to support growth across the EMEA and APAC regions. The firm says its international sales team has doubled in size, and is planned to triple by the end of the year. More
Biopharma product and portfolio consultancy Prescient has appointed two senior staff for its Intelligence & Insight business - John Crowley as a Director in the US and Sugandh Sharma as a Senior Director in India. More
Australia-based full-service MR agency DBM Consultants has appointed financial services specialist Andrew Kim as Managing Director in Singapore. More
In India, marcoms group Rediffusion Brand Solutions has launched a specialist consumer research and analysis division called Rediffusion Consumer Lab (Red Lab), offering market research, consumer understanding and trend spotting services. More
Eye tracker developer Tobii is preparing to spin off its Dynavox arm, which develops speech generating devices, eye trackers and eye gaze/eye-controlled devices for people with disabilities and special needs. Along with the spin-off, Group CEO Henrik Eskilsson says he intends to step down. More
Kantar Chief Executive Alexis Nasard has stepped down after just four months in the role. Deputy CEO Ian Griffiths will lead the company until a new appointment is made. More
WPP has launched a global data company called Choreograph, which brings the specialist data units of GroupM and Wunderman Thompson into a single business, accessible to all WPP clients and companies. More
In Singapore, Kantar Public has hired Chor Mui for the newly created role of Head of Behavioural Insights, Communications and Experience Design. More
Tech buyer and seller marketplace Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) has launched a division called Aberdeen Strategy & Research, delivering insights into the business technology market. Robin Peto will lead it as Managing Director. More
Today sees the launch of the inaugural 'Insight250' list, honouring MR industry 'leaders, visionaries and pioneers' who have been selected for their efforts in enhancing market research, enterprise intelligence and data-driven marketing. More
Long-time Cint executive Richard Thornton has departed from the company for some 'planned time off with the family'. More
Shopper insights specialist Behaviorally (previously known as PRS IN VIVO USA) has expanded into Asia, opening hubs in both Singapore and Shanghai. Former PRS IN VIVO execs Nichole Gu and Melvin Ng join as Managing Director, Asia and Vice President, Market Development respectively. More
US-based customer intelligence platform InMoment has appointed tech sales executive Carl Kimball, to support its growth across the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. More
Shopper intelligence specialist Catalina has appointed Joy Linsday and Kanako Takano to oversee its Human Resources (HR) in the US and Japan, respectively. More
Online sample marketplace PureSpectrum has expanded to the Asia Pacific region, where it has appointed former Cint exec James Rogers as Managing Director. More
In the US, Comscore has promoted analytics leader Michael Vinson to the position of Chief Research Officer. More
For the third of our new video podcasts, we're Zooming In on Gary Drenik, co-founder and CEO of Prosper. If you're interested in the collection and modeling of consumer data (USA and China) this is a must. More
London-based B2B loyalty and incentive programme provider Motivforce has promoted Nick Merry to the role of Global Chief Executive Officer, replacing co-founder David Cox, who is now the company's Chairman. Merry is based in Sydney, Australia More
Recently merged Confirmit and FocusVision have appointed Christopher Nagy and Giles Whiting to their leadership team as Global President / CFO and COO, respectively. More
In Sydney, Kantar Public has today announced the appointment of Kirsty Macmillan to head up its Australian business. More
In India, brand communications, advertising and design firm Creativeland Asia (CLA) has appointed long-time Kantar exec Shalini Sinha as Chief Executive Officer of the firm's Consumer Intelligence Unit and Director of Strategy. More
Trade association ESOMAR has named ScaleHouse Consulting founder Kristin Luck as President of its Council, replacing Joaquim Bretcha of Netquest who has completed his two-year term. MindSpark founder Nikki Lavoie is the new Vice President, and five of the remaining eight members are also women. More
In London, marketing intelligence and programmatic media specialist MiQ has promoted Giles Ivey to the position of EMEA Chief Executive Officer, while Van Sideras has been named EMEA Chief Operations Officer and Freddie Turner takes Sideras' previous role as UK Managing Director. More
In London, Kantar has hired former Neustar exec Ted Prince for a newly created role, Chief Product Officer, responsible for defining and delivering new offerings and real-time platforms. More
Online survey software provider QuestionPro has hired employee understanding specialist Sanja Licina as President of its Workforce Experience division, with overall responsibility for driving growth, product development and client satisfaction. More
Kantar has promoted Deepender Rana to the role of General Manager of its Insights division (formerly Kantar IMRB, TNS and Millward Brown) in the South Asia region. He takes over from Preeti Reddy, who has been named Chairwoman of Kantar South Asia. More
Ipsos has hired former New York Times insights exec Dan Wong-Chi-Man for a newly created role, Head of Global Marketing and Business Development. He will be based in London. More
UK-based kids, parents & family panels firm The Insights People has added eight new team members since the start of the year, taking its headcount to 54, with a further 16 hires planned. The firm says that so far in 2021 it has added one new client every week. More
Debbie Clifford, Chief Financial Officer of SurveyMonkey, is leaving to become CFO of her previous employer Autodesk. SurveyMonkey has already initiated a search to find her replacement, with CEO Zander Lurie taking over the role until one is named. More
US-based sample solutions provider InnovateMR has appointed former Dynata execs Divesh Mahajan as Account Director, APAC and Kanishka Baisoya as Associate Director, Global Bidding. Both are based in India. More
YouGov has hired Hideyuki (Andy) Hata for a newly created role, Senior Strategic Advisor, YouGov Sport, tasked with establishing the business's commercial operations in Tokyo. More
In Canada, marketing and business communications solutions provider DATA Communications Management (DCM) has announced that company President Michael Coté has left the company and been replaced by CEO Gregory Cochrane in the role of President and CEO. More
Former Body Shop CEO Jeremy Schwartz has joined Kantar as Practice Chairman for Sustainable Transformation, with a remit to increase marketplace visibility for the division, along with C-suite engagement. More
Behavioural research specialist EyeSee has opened a new sales office in Singapore and an operations office in Mexico City, following a year of record growth in 2020. More
In the US, Ipsos has appointed Christie Kawada as Head of Media Development and Audience Measurement. She takes over from Manny Flores, who moves to the position of Executive Vice President in the Client Organization. More
Kantar Public has appointed Gaurav Sabharwa as Chief Executive Officer of India and South Asia, based in New Delhi. He takes over from Surya AV, who left in October after nearly two decades with Kantar. More
James David 'Dave' Power III, the founder and retired Chairman of automotive industry research specialist J.D. Power, died on January 23rd after a long-term illness. He was 89. More
The second of our new video podcasts is with Eugene Murphy of indeemo and includes discussion of mobile ethnography, the future of shopping, the impact of the pandemic on research methods and budgets, and the potential for qualitative in the post-Covid world. More
Today we kick off our video podcast series with a closer look at how luxury markets are faring in time of Covid, and the challenges of researching this sector. MrWeb's Nick Thomas talks to Lars Long, Chief Executive of Altiant. More
From this week, Daily Research News will feature video interviews of around 20-25 minutes with leading figures in the insights and analytics world, giving you more depth on some of the stories in the news, and talking about themselves, their companies and their views. More
UK-based media and marketing analytics firm Ebiquity has appointed Paul Williamson as Managing Director of its North America business, while Stewart Li joins as Managing Director of China. More
In the US, experience management company Qualtrics has appointed Julia Anas as Chief People Officer, Edward Chen as Head of Corporate Development and Strategy, and Gina Sheibley as Chief Communications Officer. More
In France, BVA Group has promoted Karen Gombault and Olivier Blanchet to serve as Chief Executive Officers of shopper specialist PRS IN VIVO worldwide. This follows the recent sale of PRS IN VIVO USA, now known as Behaviorally and run by former PRS IN VIVO Global CEO Alex Hunt. More
Online community specialist C Space has promoted Jessica DeVlieger to the role of Global Chief Executive, replacing Charles Trevail, who will continue to lead parent company Omnicom's Interbrand Group around the world. DeVlieger is based in Boston. More
US-based sample solutions provider InnovateMR has appointed Sandeep Singh as Managing Director, APAC, while Sylvia Ortiz-Moscato joins as Vice President of Operations, B2B & New Client Partnerships. More
Ipsos has promoted Annie Chan to the role of Managing Director in Hong Kong, replacing Mick Gordon who will move on to an as yet undisclosed role at the company. More
Online community provider InSites Consulting has appointed former Nielsen / Synovate exec Eddie Au as Executive Director in its Hong Kong office. More
Ipsos has appointed Vicky Abad as Country Manager for the Philippines, replacing Marie Lee, who retired in December 2020 having led the business there for the past eight years. More
In the US, Polly MacIsaac has returned to online community specialist C Space as Chief Operating Officer, allowing Phil Burgess to relinquish his operations responsibilities and focus on his role as Chief People Officer. More
Financial data technology company SRAX has appointed angel investor and cryptocurrency analyst Lou Kerner as CEO of its BIGtoken subsidiary - a consumer-managed data marketplace. More
Mumbai Police have arrested Partho Dasgupta, former CEO of India's Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), along with fourteen others, on charges of 'manipulating' the country's ratings data. More
DRNO is taking a break now until 4th January. It's been a strange old 12 months, but we're looking forward greatly to 2021. We wish those of you doing it a fantastic Christmas, and everyone a great New Year. More
Tokyo-based marcoms giant dentsu is planning to cut 6,000 jobs - around 12.5 per cent of its 46,560-strong workforce based outside Japan - in the next twelve months, as a result of the downturn in global spending caused by Covid-19. The group says it will also eliminate 154 of its brands. More
Customer experience management (CXM) and insights platform Alida (formerly Vision Critical) has expanded its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) team with the appointment of six new members, including Phillip Walsh as General Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific. More
Online communities specialist InSites Consulting has brought its seven offices in Asia under its own name, retiring that of ABN Impact, which it acquired a year ago. More
In the US, DIY research software firm SurveyMonkey has hired former Neustar and IBM exec Ken Ewell for the newly created role of Chief Customer Officer, charged with leading and expanding the firm's customer success, professional services and support teams. More
Nielsen has appointed Jamie Moldafsky, formerly CMO at Wells Fargo Bank, as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, effective immediately. More
London-based metals, mining and fertilizer industry analyst CRU has appointed Veron Khoh to as Global Head of Human Resources. More
Consumer intelligence platform Toluna has appointed former Nielsen MD Bruce Haymes as Non-Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors. More
Panel provider Intra Research has appointed Marina Moshenska as its new CEO, with incumbent Kaspar Jänes moving to the Chairman's role. More
From the Data Visualization special issue published last week: Ipsos.Digital CEO Andrei Postoaca talks about the challenges involved in developing a DIY research platform for one of the world's biggest and best known insight groups. More
Former employees of GroupM and Comscore, Michael Bologna and Joanna Drews, have launched HyphaMetrics, which will use a proprietary panel of 5,000 homes to track viewing across devices. More
Digital MR products and solutions company Borderless Access has launched a sub-brand, BA Health, combining a range of technology and analytics-driven research capabilities for clients in healthcare, life-sciences and diagnostics, with a team strengthened by 24 recent appointments. More
'Human Experience' agency Potentiate has brought in Voxpopme APAC leader Jem Wallis in the role of 'Head of Agile Qual'. More
Our Data Visualization special issue is published today. Here, in his Introduction, Ipsos co-founder & CEO Didier Truchot talks about clients' need for clarity, AI's potential to change our industry, and why insight professionals should be confident about the future. More
Marcoms giant WPP has appointed former Baidu President and Microsoft China Chairman Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang as a Non-Executive Director on its Board, with effect from 1st January 2021. More
In New York, marcoms network dentsu International has appointed long-time Accenture exec Keith Lippiatt as Global Chief Operating Officer of its CXM (customer experience management) line of business. More
Medallia's Senior Director of Product Management Vache Moroyan and his team are tasked with building dashboards that are a pleasure for research professionals to work with. Continuing our focus on Data Visualization - interview by Nick Thomas on September 22nd. More
In London, Kantar has appointed long-time Procter & Gamble exec Alexis Nasard as Chief Executive Officer, effective 30th December. He replaces Eric Salama, who left the business in February. More
In the US, Ipsos-owned MMA (Marketing Management Analytics) has announced one relocation and two senior leadership appointments in the EMEA and APAC regions. More
Continuing our focus on Data Visualization, the LivingLens co-founder talks in-depth with MrWeb's Nick Thomas about family influences; starting, financing, building and selling the business; the huge potential for video and the importance of good data viz. Video version also available. More
Kantar has reversed the decision to close its Philippines Media Division, made just a month ago. Its key client, TV and new media network ABS-CBN, had been set to close down but has now signed a new TAM contract with the agency. More
In Australia, cultural insights and strategy consultancy Crowd DNA has appointed former Vice Media APAC Head of Insight Stephanie Winkler, as a Director. More
UK-based marketing and media consultancy Ebiquity has promoted Leela Nair to the role of Managing Director, Asia Pacific. More
In Stockholm, insight exchange and sample management platform Cint has appointed Joakim Andersson as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Lottie Saks, who left the company in May to join commercial vehicle business Haldex. More
Digital ad verification company Integral Ad Science has expanded its operations into Indonesia, and appointed Arfitrianto Zulnaini as Sales Director, leading the business from Jakarta. More
Kantar is planning to cut around ten percent of its US staff due to the impact of the pandemic, according to online reports. More
Customer insights firm Vision Critical has changed its name to Alida, and aims to disrupt the global customer experience (CX) industry, taking on the likes of Qualtrics and Medallia. More
Toluna has appointed former Lightspeed and YouGov exec Sej Patel as Head of Business for Australia and New Zealand. More
Australian digital research platform Pureprofile has appointed Keith Ang in the new role of Client Solutions Director. Ang worked most recently as Client Development Manager at Kantar Profiles. More
YouGov has created two new senior roles - Global Sector Heads for Travel & Tourism, and Leisure & Entertainment - and has a new South African affiliate, MR agency KLA. More
YouGov has expanded in the Asia Pacific region through a partnership with Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based behavioural science specialist Decision Lab. More
Survey tech and data collection business Global Survey is transferring its headquarters to the US, with new offices in Orlando, Florida; and has appointed Maria Figueras as Senior Director for Client Development. More
Toronto, Canada-based customer insights solution provider Vision Critical has appointed Steven Medeiros as General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan, based in Hong Kong. More
Kantar is shutting down its Philippines TV ratings service at the end of the year, following the closure of its biggest client, commercial television and new media network ABS-CBN. The move will result in Kantar having to lay off around 50 employees. More
Video ad distribution and tracking platform Unruly has promoted its UK MD Alex Khan to the position of Group Managing Director, International, heading up the company's commercial activity across the APAC region, while continuing to oversee all UK operations. More
AI-powered customer lifecycle and user retention platform CleverTap has appointed former Sprinklr exec Abhishek Gupta as Chief Customer Success Officer, based in India. More
Research software and solutions company Confirmit has appointed Giles Whiting as its new COO and Rebecca Wright as Head of Legal. More
In the US, market research and analytics company GutCheck has named former long-time Nielsen exec Rob Wengel as its new Chief Exec, replacing co-founder Matt Warta who has left the business. More
Research software firm Confirmit has appointed former Dapresy CEO Tobi Andersson as Chief Product Officer, leading its product strategy and vision. More
UK-based kids, parents and family specialist The Insights People has raised £500k in investment funding, which it will use for international expansion, and to create eight new jobs at its Manchester headquarters. The firm has also appointed Stefan Lampinen as Chairman. More
Research and analytics group YouGov has signalled its intent to increase market share in the media sector by bringing in US and European 'heavy-hitters' Tamara Alesi and Julian Newby. More
In the US, Omnicom Health subsidiary Adelphi Research has promoted Ratna Wynn to the position of EVP, Head of Research, Operations and Innovation, with responsibility for all research functions and operations. More
Research participant recruiter Liveminds has hired former Nielsen exec Kate Domingo to head its APAC regional office in Manila, in the Philippines; where it has also appointed Tristan Chong and John Paul Ocat as Behavioral Recruitment Executives. More
Research & Results, the organiser of the annual Munich, Germany-based trade show for market research, data and insights professionals, has decided to close its whole business because of the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. More
Customer analytics platform MoEngage has appointed Atma Gunupudi as Vice President of Global Customer Success; Saurabh Madan as General Manager of South-East Asia & ANZ; and Yash Reddy as Chief Business Officer. More
Dentsu Aegis Network is to expand its business transformation specialist Isobar Consulting to India. The launch builds on existing consulting capabilities at agencies Fractal Ink and Isobar India; and the agency will be led by Priyanka Agrawal as Country Head. More
Staff survey and people analytics platform Perceptyx has announced the acquisition of Kantar's Employee Insights business. Terms were not disclosed. More
Customer data pioneer dunnhumby has expanded its India leadership team, adding three industry veterans: Finance Director Dipti Bhatia, Director of Media Products Sourabh Sharma and Director of Technology and Operations Sai Prakash Dilipkumar. More
Innovation insights firm Clarivate Analytics has announced the launch of a Global Business Center in Penang, Malaysia, to be led by VP Shankar Nagalingam. Two more such centres are planned, for London and Chandler, Arizona. More
In the UK, marcoms group Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) has appointed Merkle exec Nick McCarthy to lead its new EMEA Global Technology Alliances team. More
US-based digital media measurement software and analytics specialist DoubleVerify (DV) has expanded to India, where it has appointed Nachiket Deole, to lead business operations in the region. More
Online communities specialist InSites Consulting has transferred Daniel Teixeira to Singapore, where he has taken up the role of Managing Director of its Asia brand, ABN Impact | InSites Consulting. More
Digital research agency MetrixLab has opened an office in Zug, Switzerland, and appointed former Nielsen exec Hassan Mouheb to lead it as Managing Director. More
New Delhi, India-based quant online research and respondent engagement specialist Internet Research Bureau (IRB) has appointed David Winter as a Director, to head up UK sales from the London office. More
Panel provider Borderless Access has appointed long-time Dynata exec Kasia Churchill as Director, Sales - UK, based in London. More
Nielsen is carrying out an 'optimization plan' to drive permanent cost savings and 'operational efficiencies', which will result in the loss of around 3,500 of its c.46,000 employees. The firm also plans to exit several smaller, underperforming markets and non-core businesses in H2 2020. More
Kantar has added the newly created role of Deputy Chief Executive to the role of Chief Financial Officer Ian Griffiths. More
Nine researchers with 'various ethnic backgrounds and industry experience' have joined forces to launch Colour of Research (CORe), a non-profit organisation that will champion ethnic diversity in the MR and insights industry. More
Reach3 Insights has appointed Bala Rajan as SVP based in Sydney, Australia, with a remit to help develop new hybrid quant and qual methodologies focused on its core 'conversational research' technologies and techniques. More
Marcoms group Havas has launched a B2B agency called Langoor Havas Enterprise in South East Asia, to help clients with digital transformation, strategy and execution. More
Insight marketplace and MR tech provider Cint has expanded its APAC presence with the opening of an office in Singapore. More
In New York, skin care and makeup products manufacturer The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has moved billionaire heiress Jane Lauder into the new role of EVP, Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer. She will take up the position on July 1st. More
Scott Ernst, Global CEO of online specialist Macromill, is to step down after the group's annual shareholders meeting in September. Toru Sasaki, Representative Executive Officer for the group's Japan Operation, will take over the role. More
Gordon Brown, the co-founder of Millward Brown, died peacefully at his home in the UK on Saturday 6th June, after a short battle with dementia. He was 76 years old. More
John Croll, former CEO of media monitoring firm Isentia, has teamed up with ex-colleague Michael Bade to launch a media intelligence platform called Truescope. The firm aims to inform clients about breaking news across all media types and identify issues, fake news and trends in real time. More
In Mumbai, data-driven and tech-enabled marketing consultancy Hansa Cequity has promoted Neeraj Pratap Sangani to the role of Chief Operating Officer. More
Nicole Pike, former MD of Nielsen's video gaming analysis business Esports, has joined YouGov in the newly created role of Global Sector Head of Esports & Gaming. More
Mobile marketing and ad platform InMobi has expanded its product offerings, leadership team and local footprint in Southeast Asia. More
In India, Hansa Research has appointed former Kantar exec Piyali Chatterjee as Senior Vice President & National Head of its Customer Experience (CX) practice. More
In the US, mobile research specialist MFour has appointed former Corelogic exec Aaron Wepler as Chief Technology Officer. He replaces Wendell Hicken, who left in October to take up the post of CTO at MR business Sense360. More
The Market Research Society of India (MRSI) has appointed long-time industry exec Mitali Chowhan as Deputy Director General in its Secretariat team. More
In the US, Google has moved former Yahoo! Labs research head Prabhakar Raghavan into the senior role of 'Head of Search and Assistant', reporting directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. More
Indian data collection and MR services firm Aeon Market Research has appointed Ankur Sinha as VP Online Panels, as it expands into online research. He joins after almost seven years at analytics and research company Absolutdata. More
Andy Waller, formerly Global COO of Hall & Partners, has joined consulting, big data and business process management specialist Datamatics as Head - Strategic Partnerships for its Research & Analytics Solutions division. More
Shopper data and insights business Nielsen Global Connect has appointed Tribune Media veteran Chandler Bigelow as its first Chief Financial Officer. More
Concluding our DRNO coverage of the Mobile Insights special edition, an interview with the inspirational founder and CEO of app-based feedback business Streetbees. The second half of this, along with lots more mobile-focused content, can be found in the supplement itself. More
Kantar Media's Global CEO Andy Brown has left the business, less than a year after WPP agreed to sell 60% of Kantar to private equity firm Bain Capital. Brown's next career move is not yet known, and his previous role has been filled on an interim basis by former Bain exec Serge Lupas. More
In the US, brand and marketing insights company Shapiro+Raj has promoted Senior Director Lisa La Brooy to the role of Vice President, in charge of its New York Office. More
India and Australia-based online panel and technology provider Orchidea Research has hired Patrick Callaghan as Director, Business Development for the North America region. More
Australian research and marcoms group Enero - which owns MR agencies The Leading Edge (TLE) and The Digital Edge - has appointed former Nike exec Brent Scrimshaw as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Matthew Melhuish who left the company in March. More
Ken Østreng, CEO of research software firm Confirmit, has left the company following its sale to Nordic private equity fund Verdane. Tech sector exec Kyle Ferguson has now taken over his role. More
In Vietnam, Kantar has transferred David Anjoubault from Worldpanel to take up the role of CEO of its Insights division. He replaces Nitin Nishandar, who has been named Chairman of the Insights division in Vietnam and Chief Client Officer. More
Digital media measurement software and analytics provider DoubleVerify (DV) has opened an office in Japan, and appointed former Google director Takashi Takeda to launch and lead the business. More
Continuing our focus on mobile insights, Brandwatch founder & CEO Giles Palmer talks sifting through 1.5 trillion pages of data; pulling apart the Model-T Ford; and why our industry could grow fivefold in 5 years. Excerpts from a podcast interview by Jamin Brazil of Happy Market Research. More
Nielsen has announced information sharing and 'cooperation' agreements with one of its largest shareholders, hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation, which now owns a 13% stake in the group. It will also set up a Finance Committee and add IPG exec Jonathan Miller to its Board. More
Long-time Nielsen / Kantar exec Terrance Kent has been appointed CEO of SRDS (Standard Rate & Data Service), which Kantar recently sold to French ad tech company Adwanted Group. More
In Tokyo, Kantar has appointed former Dynata exec Justin He to lead its Profiles division, and manage the already established Japanese team. More
In London, marcoms group Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) has promoted Neil Gissler to the newly created role of Global Chief Operating Officer. More
Al (Albert) Angrisani, turnaround specialist and former President and CEO of Harris Interactive, died as a result of complications from COVID-19 at the Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro on Thursday, April 23rd, at the age of 70. More
Insight exchange and sample management platform Cint has completed its platform integration with P2Sample, which it acquired last year. The combination enables Cint to offer access to more than 100 million respondents. More
Nielsen has promoted Andrea Borelli to the role of Managing Director for Nielsen Hong Kong and Macau. More
In the US, international data collection business Schlesinger Group has acquired qualitative technology-led research services provider 20|20 Research for an undisclosed sum. Jim Bryson, founder and former Chair at 20|20, is retiring from the business. More
Marcoms group Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) has brought forward the acquisition of the remaining shares in US-based data-driven performance marketing agency Merkle. According to reports, DAN has paid about $108m (£86.4m) to buy those shares from Merkle's staff and shareholders. More
Southeast Asia-based qual and quant marketing intelligence company Divergent Insights has opened an office in Jakarta, Indonesia. More
Angus Webb, the founder and Managing Director of online research supplier Panelbase, died last Wednesday evening from the COVID-19 virus, at a hospital in Spain. He was 45 years old. More
Asia Pacific-based data-led marketing and strategy consulting group Illuminera has partnered with marketing insights professional Ashok Sethi, to launch a specialist marketing and behavior change division called 'Behave!' More
In Chicago, former Facebook exec Liz Roche has joined customer engagement and data agency Havas Helia as Managing Director. More
DIY online research software company SurveyMonkey has appointed Amit Sethi as Vice President of Data, Karen Budell as VP of Brand Marketing and Gary Fuges as VP of Investor Relations. More
Global association ESOMAR is teaming up with MrWeb and its existing partner Women In Research to give data and insights professionals access to the world's largest specialist index of job opportunities, with new packages and offers also launched. More
Australian research and marcoms group Enero, the owner of MR agencies The Leading Edge (TLE) and Jigsaw Research, has appointed CFO Brendan York and Chief People and Culture Officer Fiona Chilcott as acting co-CEOs, while it seeks a permanent replacement for Matthew Melhuish. More
Consumer intelligence platform Toluna has appointed Ron Ruffinott as a Senior Research Solutions Consultant based in the company's US headquarters in Connecticut; while Dixit Chanana joins as Country Director in India, based in the Gurgaon office. More
Daniel Wirth has been appointed as CEO of Kynetec and the Kleffmann Group, following the recent announcement that the two agricultural and animal health research specialists are merging. More
UK-based emotion analytics specialist Realeyes has appointed Kyoko Tanaka to lead its Tokyo office. More
Cint has added Helene Stafferöd Westerlund as Chief Technology Officer, heading up its global technology objectives as part of its executive team. More
Nielsen Holdings plc has appointed Sean Cohan as Chief Growth Officer and President, International; and promoted Peter Bradbury to Chief Commercial Officer, U.S. and Karthik Rao to COO of its Media division. More
Stockholm, Sweden-based brand tracking and consumer science specialist Nepa has promoted Ann-Christine Fick to the position of Chief Financial Officer, while Michael Wallin joins in the newly created role of Head of Investor Relations. More
Adam Crozier, former CEO of broadcaster ITV, the Football Association and Royal Mail, has been named Non-Executive Chairman of Kantar. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in survey technology provider Askia, and says it will tap the firm's expertise and technology to develop the 'survey platform of the future'. More
Research, media and events provider Informa Tech is bringing together its analysis and research units into a single entity. Ovum, Heavy Reading, Tractica and most of what was previously IHS Markit's TMT research business will be unified under the new brand, Omdia. More
French healthcare sector fieldwork agency QualWorld has expanded its presence to twelve countries including Sweden, Poland and India. More
Market intelligence and content services specialist Netscribes has expanded its network of offices in India, and grown its workforce to more than 1,000 worldwide. More
Ipsos India has promoted Deepak Garkhel to the role of Operations Director for its 'APEC' region (Asia Pacific Excluding China) region; Pratim Thakurta to Operations Head; and Kedar Padgaonkar to lead data processing. More
Philippines-based digital marketing agency Xiklab Digital has expanded in Southeast Asia, with the launch of operations in Myanmar and Singapore. More
P-O Westerlund has been named CEO of Sweden-based brand tracking and consumer science firm Nepa AB, replacing Fredrik Östgren who leaves the company with immediate effect. More
Audience intelligence and measurement firm Quantcast has hired former Dentsu Aegis Network exec Sonal Patel for its newly created role of Managing Director of South East Asia (SEA), based in its Singapore office. More
Adam Crozier, former CEO of broadcaster ITV, the Football Association and Royal Mail, is said to be discussing the role of Chairman at Kantar. More
Big data giant Cloudera has announced a new CEO. Rob Bearden was previously Chief Executive of rival firm Hortonworks, with which Cloudera merged a year ago. More
Nielsen has appointed David Rawlinson as Chief Executive Officer of its Global Connect business, while Linda Zukauckas will take up the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Global Media business. Both will join on February 3rd. More
Comscore's interim Chief Executive Dale Fuller has resigned as a Director of the company to 'pursue other ventures', following the recent promotion of Bill Livek to the CEO role. More
Kantar has appointed former ITV plc COO and CFO Ian Griffiths as its new Chief Financial Officer. He will join the company on January 16th. More
In Taiwan, Nielsen has promoted long-term employee Luke Verwey to the role of Managing Director, with responsibility for all Nielsen Global Connect's business activities across the country. More
Entertainment technology and TV data provider TiVo is to merge with audio, imaging and computing technology products firm Xperi Corp., in an all-stock deal with an enterprise value of $3bn. The TiVo name will remain on its products but the combined company will be known as Xperi. More
Nielsen has named Laurie Lovett as its new Chief Human Resources Officer, starting January 13th; and Christopher Taft as SVP Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. In addition, former Microsoft and CBS exec Nancy Tellem joins the Board. More
In Washington, DC, WPP-owned market research and political polling specialist Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates (PSB) has hired former Hershey CMO Peter Horst as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mike Chuter who left the firm earlier this month. More
Retail data firm The NPD Group has appointed Darren Person as Global Chief Information Officer, and Robert Taylor as SVP, Enterprise Systems. More
2001, like 1984, was a year for which fiction had given us very specific expectations, and while disappointingly little coasted through the heavens to the strains of the 'Blue Danube', some MR industry giants certainly soared. Here's our review of the year on DRNO. More
Kantar Chief Executive Eric Salama has decided to step down from his role at some point in 2020, after which he will serve as a non-executive Director and Consultant at the company. Kantar has already begun the process of recruiting a successor. More
Digital research firm MetrixLab has opened an office in Delhi, India, from where it will serve existing global clients, and support new clients across the region. More
WPP has announced that Michelle Harrison will move from CEO to non-executive Chair of its Government Practice - which she has led since its inception in 2012 - so as to focus on her role as Global CEO of Kantar's Public division. Global MD Sean Howard steps up to the vacant CEO role. More
UK-based emotion analytics specialist Realeyes has appointed long-time marketing analytics and technology industry exec Max Kalehoff as Vice President of Marketing, based at its offices in New York. More
Today it's exactly 21 years since MrWeb was officially launched - a traditional coming-of-age here in the UK. In Internet terms, 21 is ancient really, and we'll do a bit of looking backward over the next few weeks, but we also have major plans for the coming year. Details here - and your feedback wanted! More
Marketing and image software giant Adobe has hired long-time IBM exec Nanda Kambhatla to lead its Research team in India, based in Bengaluru. More
Marcoms group Interpublic has created a new practice focused on 'digital responsibility', within its recently formed Kinesso targeting and optimisation company. Acxiom / LiveRamp executive Sheila Colclasure has been hired to head it up. More
Consumer engagement and insights platform Glow has announced the appointment of Daniel Calo as Head of Partnerships, based in Melbourne, Australia. More
In New York, Nielsen Global Connect has hired IBM exec Jacqueline Woods as Chief Marketing Officer, starting on December 1st. More
In the US, data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions provider Alliance Data has appointed Ralph Andretta as President and Chief Executive, effective from next February. He will succeed Melisa Miller, who has served in the role since the June 2019 retirement of Ed Heffernan. More
Content ratings provider and brand safety specialist OpenSlate, part owned by Nielsen, has appointed Poppy Hill as Managing Director for APAC, as it expands in the region. She is based in Sydney. More
In Australia, consumer engagement and insights platform Glow has hired Oscar Mora for the newly created role of Head of Growth for the Asia Pacific region. More
The Indian MR industry is getting its 'first ever' awards for excellence, the MRSI Golden Key Awards, courtesy of trade association The Market Research Society of India. More
Australian-based media measurement group Isentia has promoted Russ Horell to the role of Chief Commercial Officer replacing Sean Smith whose departure was announced two weeks ago. More
In the US, Sony Pictures has promoted Chris Liberge and Kate Donnelly, both taking the title of Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Marketing and Research. The pair will co-run Sony's new group of film-specific 'strategy pods'. More
Research software firm Confirmit has appointed Howard Lax as Principal Director, CX Consulting, supporting clients in their efforts to design, develop and implement customer experience strategies. More
US-based sample solutions provider InnovateMR has opened a new headquarters in Calabasas, California - adding to existing locations in Connecticut, London, Ahmedabad and New Delhi. The firm says its headcount has doubled during 2019. More
Programmatic sampling firm Lucid has launched new EMEA headquarters in London, from which to drive development in the region. Staff numbers in the city have grown from fewer than ten to more than 50 in just two years. More
TV audience measurement body BARC India has announced that founding CEO Partho Dasgupta is leaving the position, and will be replaced by Sunil Lulla. More
Kadence International has announced that Greg Clayton, Global Head of Insight and MD of the UK office, is leaving the business to 'pursue new challenges'. The London office will then be led by Darren Lewis, in the role of UK Country Manager. More
Kantar has named Doreen Wang Country Leader in China. She will return from New York to Beijing in January to take up her new appointment. More
GroupM's data and measurement-driven media agency Essence has announced the expansion of its services across China. More
Continuing our month-long in-depth look at online communities, Nick Thomas talks to InSites Consulting co-founder and CEO Kristof De Wulf about buying UK online research pioneer Join the Dots, its fourth acquisition in 18 months; and about plans for the future. More
Shopper intelligence and personalization firm Catalina Marketing Japan has named Brett Wayn President and Chief Executive Officer, while Sean Chu has been hired as Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, reporting to him. More
There are lots of options for those wishing to join this successful sector (see job listings in the publication) but how do you find the treasure and minimise the risk? Nick Thomas taps the experience of four of the sector's recruitment specialists to help you pick all the right cards and avoid the blues. More
Our month-long focus on online communities continues with another podcast. Samsung's Director of European Countries CMI on work-life and other kinds of balance; the extremes of 'agile'; working on communities with Verve; backing up insights; and why brands should 'get out more'. More
Comscore has promoted Arturo Guillén to the role of SVP & Global Managing Director of its movie division, taking the reins from SVPs Steve Buck and Jim Zak. More
Shopper and product experience specialist PRS IN VIVO has expanded its global Luxury Practice, and added the concept of 'Happiness Science' to its behavioral science offering. More
Manchester-based kids, tweens and teens specialist Kids Insights has launched its first Asia Pacific business, Kids Insights India. More
US-based consumer psychology expert Strategic Vision is opening its first office in India, located in Hyderabad and led by Ravindra 'Ravi' Kondagunta, in partnership with his company Traction Labs. More
On 29th November 1998 MrWeb - publisher of DRNO - officially launched with the appearance of its first job ad. To celebrate our twenty-first birthday we're publishing special supplements on five major growth areas in the sector, beginning this month with online communities. More
Toronto, Canada-based online sample and market research technology specialist WiseWorks has opened a new office in Ahmedabad, India, which will be led by Nimai Sharma. More
Eurodata TV Worldwide, the international division of French audience measurement firm Médiamétrie has promoted François Lhomme to the role of Sales Director for the EMEA and APAC regions; and Kunal de Souza to an equivalent Americas role. More
Video research and targeting company methinks has appointed Kris Jacob as Chief Revenue Officer for North America and EMEA, while Eung Soo Lee joins as Vice President of Business Development, Asia-Pacific. More
Steve Buck, Comscore's SVP of Business Relations and Jim Zak, SVP of International Theatrical are among those to depart the company as it cuts 8% of its workforce, according to reports. More
FSU and middle east panel operator Intra Research has brought in two former MDs of Norstat, based in its core territory of the Baltic states. Tiina Tammeveski was Norstat's MD for Estonia from 2013-17, and Marina Moshenska in Latvia from 2012-14. More
Sample provider P2Sample has partnered with not-for-profit organization Women in Research (WIRe), to launch a study which evaluates the percentage of women in MR executive roles. Across 133 firms analysed, only a third (36%) of exec roles were occupied by women. More
Seoul, South Korea-based video research and targeting company methinks has hired Aaron Burcell as Chief Executive Officer. More
Melbourne, Australia-based mobile researcher MDI has expanded its footprint to London, with the appointment of former GfK NOP leader Arno Hummerston as Director - Europe. More
Digital research firm MetrixLab has promoted Gayatri Srikant from Senior Client Director to Managing Director for Singapore, replacing Rob Valsler who moved up a fortnight ago to Regional MD for AMEA. More
Global CEM Software firm Sitecore has laid off around 70 employees, c.5% of its workforce, according to reports. More
Melvin Ng has re-joined global shopper agency PRS IN VIVO, as Asia Senior Director of Market Development, based in Shanghai. More
In India, WPP and its insights and data arm Kantar have rolled out not-for-profit, cross-industry organisation, the Institute for Real Growth (IRG), to offer senior business leaders in local companies help with their growth strategies. More
Comscore has disclosed plans to cut a further 8% of its workforce, adding to around 10% made redundant in the second quarter. More
Marcoms network WPP is to launch two co-location campuses in India, with more than 3,800 people due to move into a new Mumbai Campus later this month, and the establishment of a Gurugram Campus next year. More
Comscore Board member Paul J. Reilly has resigned, citing a lack of confidence in its operating strategy and innovation. In the last few days, the company's share price has dropped further to record lows around the $US 1.50 mark. More
Digital research firm MetrixLab has appointed four Regional Managing Directors: Angela Morgans for Europe, Rebeca Dreicon for LATAM, Rob Valsler for AMEA, and Kevin Moran for North America. Meanwhile two new teams will focus on innovation in the company's product portfolio. More
Ipsos India has extended the role of Mystery Shopping Head Sonul Verdia, to include leadership of the Customer Experience (CX) Practice. He takes over the latter post from Parijat Chakraborty, who will now focus on public affairs and corporate reputation businesses. More
Toluna's parent company ITWP has promoted Phil Ahad to Chief Digital Officer and Pierre Camagne to Chief Financial and Operations Officer, while hiring Michael Masset as Chief Human Resources Officer. More
In the US, sample provider Symmetric has promoted SVP Ellen Pieper to the role of Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for client strategy as well as revenue management and forecasting. More
Digital research agency MetrixLab has promoted Kevin Moran to the role of US President/Managing Director. He was previously CEO of research agency Acturus, acquired by MetrixLab in 2017. More
Insight exchange and sample management platform Cint has acquired US-based P2Sample. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
Ipsos Bengaluru Branch Head Geeta Lobo has taken on the role of India Ambassador for the Global Science Organization, alongside the position of Social Intelligence Analytics (SIA) Head, for Ipsos India. Meanwhile Research Manager Sasha Francis has moved across to the SIA team. More
DIY research software company SurveyMonkey has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Lara Sasken Lindenbaum as Vice President of Communications; DuVal Hicks as Vice President of Sales Operations; and Dennis Scott as Vice President of Growth Marketing. More
ITWP, the parent company of Toluna, Harris Interactive Europe and KuRunData, has hired Michele Morelli as SVP of Global Marketing Strategy; promoted Tsahi Ben-Yosef to SVP of Product Innovation; and promoted Mathilde Lelievre to EVP of Global Operations. More
Australia-based media intelligence group Isentia has appointed James Merritt, currently Head of APAC at dunnhumby, as Chief Executive for Asia, starting 4th November. More
Indonesia-based research and neuroscience start-up Neurosensum has followed up a recent $1.8m funding win with the launch of a new research tool, SurveySensum, and says it aims to double its size to around 90 employees by the end of the year. More
The partners at pricing and strategy consultant Simon-Kucher have elected Mark Billige, from the UK, and Andreas von der Gathen, from Germany, as co-CEOs for the next five years. They will take up their new positions on January 1st 2020. More
Digital research and marketing analytics firm MetrixLab has promoted Thijs Elias to the role of Chief Executive Officer, replacing co-founder Jan Willem Gerritsen, who left the company in January. The position has since been held on an interim basis by Scott Ernst, Global CEO of parent company Macromill. More
Spotify's Sydney-based APAC Head of Automation and Data Dan Robins, whose role included overseeing insights across the region - has left the firm. More
Alison Lewis is leaving her post as Chief Marketing Officer of consumer manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson, as part of a business shake-up which will see the role scrapped altogether. More
Online video ad and analytics tech firm Innovid has opened an office in Tokyo, where it has appointed Toichiro Watanabe as Regional Director, Japan. More
Brand tracking and consumer science firm Nepa has named Esha Nagar Managing Director of Sales for India, based in Mumbai and overseeing its research and client development efforts across a range of vertical industries. More
UK-based Insights People has created eight new jobs, after receiving backing from business support agency, GC Business Growth Hub. The company is also seeking to finalise another round of investment to further scale its US and European businesses, and to launch into Asia. More
Sir Martin Sorrell's recently launched marcoms group S4Capital has hired his former WPP colleague Scott Spirit as Chief Growth Officer with a seat on the company's Board, while another former WPP exec, Elizabeth Buchanan, joins as a Non-Executive Director. More
Audience technology platform Eyeota has appointed former Dentsu Aegis exec Phoebe Ang as its new CFO, based in Singapore. More
In the US, Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing service Instagram has promoted Tamar Shapiro to the role of Head of Analytics, leading a team of more than 150 data scientists and data engineers. More
In the US, Comscore's recently appointed Chief Operating Officer Kathryn Bachmann has resigned a month after taking up the position. More
Kantar has set up an International Election Team, to provide forecasting, research and commentary for elections across the world. More
Former SKIM exec Lester Sualog has been hired by System1 Research as Managing Director for the APAC region, based in Singapore. More
Co-founder Julian Hadfield has left UK- and Australia-based specialist MR recruiter Resources Group, and retired from recruitment after nearly thirty years. More
Cross-screen data management platform (DMP) Lotame has relocated Evgeny Popov to its New York office, where it has promoted him to the position of Head of Global Data Solutions, responsible for driving data revenue globally for the Lotame Data Exchange (LDX). More
Kantar has promoted Irvinder Kaur to the position of India Analytics Practice Lead, overseeing the delivery of analytics offerings. More
Kantar has appointed Gregory Aston as Global Head of Research, Digital Advertising Intelligence, based in New York; while Petra Mašínová joins as Global Director for Reputation Intelligence, based in Paris. More
Insight exchange and sample management platform Cint has hired long-time GMO Research exec Nicholas Antram as Senior Vice President for the Asia region, based in the firm's Tokyo office. More
Nielsen has expanded Desmond Wang's role to include that of Managing Director for Hong Kong & Macau, alongside his existing position as MD of Taiwan. More
Comscore has promoted to fill the gaps left by the recent resignations of Will Hodgman and Joe Nguyen. Guido Fambach becomes EVP, EMEA & APAC, while Kedar Gavane moves up to the role of SVP, APAC, reporting to Fambach. More
Comscore SVP of Asia Pacific Joe Nguyen has left the company after nearly a decade, as news breaks of an imminent 10% cut in workforce and a possible sale of the business. More
Consumer data giant IRI has promoted Paul Hinds to the role of Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region, based in the firm's Sydney, Australia office. More
Gurgaon, India-based Indus Insights, which offers machine learning, data science and advanced analytics services, is opening a delivery center in Los Angeles. Rajit Kavindran has joined the firm there to lead US operations. More
Australia-based insight and strategy consultancy The Leading Edge has closed its London office, citing 'Brexit uncertainty-related issues' which it says have made clients reluctant to commit to budgets. The firm will now run most client accounts from its Sydney headquarters. More
WPP's Kantar division has appointed Rajani Athreya as HR Director, Insights & Country HR Services Leader for South Asia. She is based in Mumbai. More
TV audience rating body BARC India has appointed Aaditya Pathak as EVP-Partnerships & Growth, while promoting Elbert D'silva to lead its Product Leadership & Excellence team. More
In India, former Kantar IMRB exec Praveen Nijhara has joined Hansa Research as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Ashok Das who will continue as a senior advisor for the group. More
Cultural insights and strategy consultancy Crowd DNA is opening an office in Sydney, in July. The business will be led by Elyse Pigram, who is transferring back to her native Australia after more than a year in the firm's London office. More
Ipsos India has announced that its CEO Amit Adarkar has taken on the additional role of Operations Director, for the Asia Pacific region. More
Ipsos India has extended the role of Sonul Verdia, Mystery Shopping Lead, to include the post of Business Development Head for Customer Experience in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Ananya Roy Mathur, Research Director, Innovation, takes on the post of Creative Excellence Lead for India. More
In Sydney Australia, technology research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG) has promoted Scott Bertsch to the role of Regional Leader for Asia Pacific. More
Audience insights and measurement platform Quantcast has appointed Rueben Vijaratnam as Regional Head, Malaysia. More
Global shopper insights agency PRS IN VIVO has appointed former long-time Kantar exec Ian Elmer as United States Managing Director. He will be based in the firm's headquarters in Teaneck, New Jersey, reporting to CEO Alex Hunt, and leading the US Client Development and Qualitative teams. More
In the US, advertising intelligence specialist Integral Ad Science (IAS) has promoted Laura Quigley to the role of Managing Director of Southeast Asia, replacing Niall Hogan, who left the company in February. Quigley will be based in Singapore, where the company has just relocated to larger offices. More
Nielsen has launched a Behavioral Sciences Institute, with the aim of educating leaders across industries on 'the power of conscious and nonconscious decision making'. The Institute will sit within, and tap the data library of the company's Consumer Neuroscience division. More
Japan-based research and marketing group INTAGE has merged its healthcare MR provider ANTERIO Inc. with customer relations specialist ASKLEP, under the new name of INTAGE Healthcare Inc. The new company is led by former ANTERIO CEO Yoshiya Nishi. More
Chief Executive Bryan Wiener and President Sarah Hofstetter are leaving audience measurement company Comscore due to 'irreconcilable differences over how to execute the company's strategy'. More
Nielsen CEO David Kenny has signed the LEAD (Leading Executives Advancing Diversity) Network CEO Pledge, committing the company to increasing the number of women in senior leadership roles globally. More
Masahiro Uenom, former President of ad targeting and retargeting specialist Criteo in Japan, has been hired by data-driven traveller marketing firm Sojern as Vice President of Asia-Pacific (APAC). More
Full-service business-to-business MR company B2B International has hired Silvia Leiva for a newly created role, APAC Regional Insights and Business Growth Director, based in Singapore. More
Kantar has officially launched its 'Marketplace' on-demand research store, which combines a sample reaching 80 million consumers worldwide with the ability to deliver quick turnaround self-serve custom surveys, insight solutions and expert consulting. Will Galgey will lead it as CEO. More
Insight exchange and sample management platform Cint has created a global enterprise solutions team, focusing on clients with 'advanced, high value and technology-led requirements'. Greg Dunbar will lead it, as EVP of Enterprise, joined by Mike Misel as SVP of Enterprise for the Americas. More
Consumer insight firm Join the Dots has hired former System 1 exec Maria Spinelli as Head of Asia, based in Singapore and replacing Karen Schofield who is to leaving at the end of the month to 'pursue other interests'. More
In Tokyo, online research firm Rakuten Insight Global has appointed Takahiro 'Tack' Yamaya as company President, replacing Hidefumi Watanabe who is being promoted to a broader director role within the Rakuten Group. More
Dentsu Aegis Network has launched its dentsu X media business in Canada. The agency uses an insight-driven media planning approach which goes beyond consumers' claimed behaviour and aims to understand audiences based on their motivations. More
In the US, programmatic sample platform Lucid has promoted former COO Andy Ellis to the newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer and Managing Director, North America. He has been replaced by Rick Rodgers, while Nicole Patel and Ben Hogg have also been promoted to the exec team. More
WPP has hired Walmart exec Jacqui Canney as EVP, Global Chief People Officer, responsible for all aspects of employee strategy, including recruitment, talent management, leadership development and learning. She joins on June 1st and succeeds Mark Linaugh. More
Sir Martin Sorrell's new company S4 Capital is to open for business in India, with offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and has brought in former Ogilvy India WW President Poran Malani to lead them. More
WPP's specialist growth consultancy Kantar Consulting has opened a Retail, Sales & Shopper practice in Singapore, and has hired three new members for the team. More
SurveyMonkey's parent company SVMK has reported a 19% increase in fourth quarter and full-year revenue to $68m and $254m respectively. Meanwhile CFO Tim Maly plans to retire, to pursue his passion for 'climbing, skiing and adventure in the mountains'. More
New York-based marketing analytics firm Truesight Consulting has opened an office in Delhi, India, where it has hired Rajesh Kumar as Chief Client Officer. More
In New York, WPP's media investment arm GroupM has appointed research analyst Brian Wieser as Global President, Business Intelligence (BI). More
Data-driven performance marketing agency Merkle has named Ted Bray Growth Officer for the Asia Pacific region. More
TV audience rating body BARC India has elected AAAI President Nakul Chopra as its third Chairman. More
Research Now and SSI have completed their merger, with the joint business now known as 'Research Now SSI' and led by former Research Now CEO Gary Laben. More
Kantar has appointed Katie McClintock as Chief Executive Officer of its Insights division in Singapore - comprising Kantar TNS and Kantar Millward Brown. She will take up the position in January, replacing Nichola Rastrick who is leaving the business. More
Retail data pioneer the NPD Group has appointed former GfK exec Stanley Kee as MD of its APAC business, effective January 2nd 2018, based in Singapore and leading teams in China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. More
comScore CFO Gregory Fink has been appointed as the company's Principal Accounting Officer Elect, replacing Michelle Spencer, who had only served in the role since last January. No explanation has yet been given. More
Audience measurement firm comScore says it plans to cut 175 jobs, and that COO Cameron Meierhoefer has stepped down. More
Global bank Citi has appointed former eBay exec Zoher Karu as Head of Asia Pacific Data and Analytics, within its Consumer Banking business in the region. More
Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Indonesia-based performance marketing agency Valuklik and its analytics subsidiary Pinnacle, for an undisclosed sum. More
In the US, brand and marketing insights company Shapiro+Raj has hired Robert Hart as Senior Vice President of Research & Analytics, responsible for leading the organization's research, analytics and data science capabilities. More
Digital research agency MetrixLab has appointed Nick Langeveld as President of its US business, a new position based in its office in Norwalk CT. More
Local audience data provider Eyeota has appointed Peter Hunter as General Manager, ANZ, to lead business in the region and expand the firm's demand and supply side teams. More
Local audience data provider Eyeota has appointed early investor Andrew Tu as Managing Director, Asia Pacific. He succeeds co-founder Trent Lloyd, who moves into a global role as EVP Global Publisher Strategy and Products. More
Scientific and medical communications network Porterhouse Medical Group has launched a research division, Porterhouse Insights. Fabrice Allum, previously of Double Helix Discovery and McCann Health, joins to lead it as Managing Director. More
US data firm Verisk Analytics, Inc. has appointed former Nasdaq CFO Lee M. Shavel as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. SVP Eva Huston will depart 'to pursue opportunities outside the company' after a three-month handover period. More
comScore co-founder Gian Fulgoni has brought forward his retirement date, originally planned for the end of next January, and stepped down as CEO. No reason has been given for this change. More
App store analytics firm App Annie has appointed Cindy Deng as Managing Director, Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. More
Australia-based media measurement firm Isentia is to cut thirty jobs in the country, moving its news monitoring services to Asia. More
Australian media monitoring and intelligence group Isentia has made more than half its Singapore-based content marketing staff redundant, following the recent closure of its King Content business. More
comScore co-founder and CEO Gian Fulgoni is to retire at the end of January, shortly after his 70th birthday. Following this will resume his previous Chairman Emeritus role, and provide the firm with advisory services for a further twelve months. More
Netherlands-based online research and marketing analytics specialist MetrixLab has appointed former Nielsen exec Brady Ni as Managing Director for Greater China, replacing Edwin Song. More
Research software firm Confirmit has appointed Halvor Stokke as Chief Financial Officer, following former CFO Ken Østreng's promotion to President and CEO earlier this year. More
Richard Korn has returned to Ipsos as MD of its Loyalty division in Sydney, after a four and a half year spell in Hong Kong. More
Local audience data provider Eyeota has appointed Michael Tuohy as Director, Data Supply, based in the US and overseeing the Data Partner and Publisher Acquisition teams. More
Animal health and agriculture researcher Kynetec has acquired Market Probe Agriculture & Animal Health and Market Probe Europe. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Kantar Media has teamed up with software firm TechEdge to create a dedicated audience analytics software unit, focused on bringing innovative products to market. Andreas Velter will lead the new business, reporting to Kantar Media CEO & Chairman Andy Brown. More
Insights and marketing services holding company Reimagine has appointed Dan Fitzgerald, previously Chief Client and Marketing Officer at Lightspeed, to its leadership team as Managing Partner. More
Research solutions and online data firm Survey Healthcare (SHC) has announced record growth in 2017 to date, including a near 50 percent increase its in production staff, now 35-strong. It has also rebranded, dropping the word 'Universal' from its corporate identity. More
comScore has given Wesley Nichols, Paul Reilly and Bryan Wiener seats on its Board of Directors, as part of its settlement agreement with one of its largest shareholders Starboard Value. More
In the US, comScore has appointed Joseph Rostock as Chief Information Officer, leading the technology division, and at the same time promoted Yvonne Bigbee to CTO, reporting to him. More
Cint has relocated Deputy CEO Richard Thornton from San Francisco back to London, taking the new role of Chief Operating Officer; while Oscar Carlsson has been appointed Chief Innovation Officer, based in San Francisco. Greg Dunbar and James Rogers are also promoted to new EVP roles. More
Ipsos has appointed Geeta Lobo as Executive Director and Head of Ipsos Bengaluru in India; while in the US, the firm's media and brand communication business Ipsos Connect has hired Michael Baer as SVP, Head of Audience Measurement Group (AMG). More
Marketing personalization tech firm Qubit has promoted Joe Smith to Chief Revenue Officer and appointed Leah Anathan as CMO, and says it is hiring across multiple locations across three continents. More
Consumer tracking company The NPD Group has announced the appointment of former GfK leader Gerhard Hausruckinger as Group President for Europe and APAC. More
The Board of Governors of Indian audience measurement body MRUC has elected Ashish Bhasin as Chairman and Pratap Pawar as Vice Chairman More
US data intelligence specialist cogint and Hong Kong-based marcoms firm BlueFocus are to combine assets to form a new global marketing services organization. As part of the deal, cogint will spin off its data and analytics operations and assets into a separate company called Red Violet. More
In London, online research and marketing analytics firm MetrixLab has appointed former Future Thinking UK MD Claudia Strauss as Senior Client Director. More
The Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA) has elected Jill Spencer, Director of UK-based customer experience research specialist ReactCX, as its President for the next two years. She replaces Yvonne Kinzel of German CEM firm Multi-Value. More
India-based digital research firm MRSS has appointed former GfK and Nielsen exec Swee Woon Tan as Managing Director, Asia Pacific for its recently acquisition Market Probe Asia Pacific in Singapore. He replaces Saji Kumar, who will guide the integration until the end of the year. More
GfK has appointed Cheong Tai to lead its Asia Pacific business, while promoting Margret Schuit to oversee activities in Southern Europe. They will both report to CEO Peter Feld. More
In Korea, WPP-owned media investment unit GroupM has merged its media agency Maxus into its data-driven agency Essence, as part of its global reorganization plans. More
Interpublic's New York-based agency R/GA has extended its consulting services to Asia Pacific, to provide advanced analytic and strategic capabilities to clients in the region. More
GfK has announced a transformation and investment programme, aimed at sharpening its focus on customer needs, accelerating digitization and getting the company 'back on a sustainable growth path'. Plans include a 'one office per country' strategy. More
COO Alessandra Cama is leaving GfK, resigning with immediate effect after around two years as a member of the company's Management Board. More
Nielsen has launched a new video gaming analysis business called Nielsen Esports, which will provide sponsorship valuation, fan insights, custom industry research and consulting services to rights holders, media platforms and brands. More
GfK has appointed Jutta Suchanek as Chief Human Resources Officer and Benjamin Jones as Chief Technology Officer. Both take on newly created roles, and will become members of the firm's Executive Leadership team. More
Kantar has announced that Richard Ingleton will take over the role of Chief Executive Officer of its Insights Division, from Travyn Rhall who will be leaving the business in November. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment about Rhall's next career move. More
IT intelligence, advisory services and events specialist IDC has appointed Iggy Pintado as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. He replaces Ullrich Loeffler, who is 'pursuing other interests'. More
SRKay Consulting Group, a division of London and Mumbai-based SRK Group, has launched a specialist service for companies facing challenges with customer experience management (CEM). 'Serena Way' draws on ' deep customer psychology' and will be rolled out globally. More
Optimizely, whose software platform helps clients optimise their customer experience, has opened regional headquarters in Sydney, Australia. More
UK-based healthcare fieldwork agency Just Worldwide has opened an office in Malaysia, where it has appointed KarHui Tan. The firm has also hired Carrie Skinner as Director of Global Fieldwork in its Newtown, Pennsylvania office. More
Global information services company Experian has promoted former India MD Mohan Jayaraman to the newly created role of Regional Managing Director Asia Pacific for Decisions Analytics (DA), Business Information Services (BI) and Data. More
CEO Jamin Brazil and Chief Product Officer Jayme Plunkett, the co-founders of MR tech firm Decipher, have left research technology and services group FocusVision, according to industry sources. More
US organisation GreenBook has beta launched Savio, a platform inspired by the 'gig economy' and allowing users to buy in research expertise to use with online research tools or as a standalone service. Features include ratings and reviews, project management tools and payment processing. More
In Singapore, customer insights agency SKIM has appointed Lester Sualog as Client Solutions Director, Asia, while transferring Paul Janssen from its New York office to take up the role of Vice President. More
Malaysian boutique MR agency Green Zebras has doubled its annual revenue to just over $1m, while appointing former TNS exec Fiona Wong as Research Manager, and Teena Harris as Research Associate. More
Asian market research consultancy ABN Impact has appointed former Ipsos leader Miranda Cheung as Director in Singapore. More
In Hong Kong, MR consultancy ABN Impact has appointed former YouGov co-CEO Patrick (Paddy) Corr as Executive Director for the Asia region. More
US-based data-driven marketing firm MediaMath has appointed Pranjal Desai as Country Manager for India, following a recent partnership with digital media and branding business Zirca Digital Solutions. More
Data-based marketing agency Merkle has expanded to India, through the acquisition of big data marketing and analytics specialist Sokrati. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
In Japan, eCommerce giant Rakuten has partnered with marcoms group Dentsu to establish a new company called Rakuten Data Marketing, combining their big data and mass media expertise and launching in October. More
Media and business intelligence firm Isentia has appointed Alex Yu as General Manager for Hong Kong, with the additional role of driving business development in the region. The company has also moved its Hong Kong operations to a larger office. More
comScore has expanded its APAC team with the appointment of Adam Natiq as Head of Sales for Australia and New Zealand; Alan Jenner as Senior Product Manager; and Derek Wen as Client Services Manager. More
Global MR groups The Research Club, Women In Research (WIRe) and MrWeb have teamed up to put the world's biggest listing of research job opportunities in front of a hugely expanded audience of potential candidates. The search is also in a new more mobile-friendly format. More
Retargeting technology company RTB House has opened an office in India, where it has appointed Kshitiz Randhir Shori to lead regional operations. More
The Market Research Society of India (MRSI) has appointed KREA Chairman and CEO Pravin Shekar as its new President, replacing Sanjoy Datta who has completed his term in the role. More
Kantar has launched a new service integrating consumer insights and behavioral data from across its portfolio with shopper and media data, allowing clients to 'fully leverage the studies they run with Kantar for targeting purposes'. More
Senior GfK Leader Dr. Gerhard Hausruckinger has resigned from the company after seven years on the Management Board. Meanwhile Christoph D. Erbenich has been appointed as Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer. More
Havas Media has launched a division called Socialyse Influence, which will monitor all client influencer campaigns, and ensure they are accurately measured. More
New York-based personalized content and insights provider Outbrain has laid off 4 percent of its global workforce, mostly in the US, according to reports. The move reflects a shift in emphasis from site editorial tools towards programmatic ad systems. More
British big data firm Quantexa has opened an office in Sydney, Australia, following a launch in Brussels in April. The Sydney office will be led by advanced analytics specialist and former SAS exec Shaun Mathieson. More
WPP-owned PR consultancy Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has launched a service called 'The Shanghai Addition', promising a new way to connect Chinese brands with audiences, cultures and markets around the world. More
comScore's Chief Technology Officer Michael Brown is to leave the company, as a restructuring exercise combines the technology and product teams into a group reporting to COO Cameron Meierhoefer - according to a filing. More
On-demand panel and sample company Innovate has appointed former dataSpring exec Jeff Gerken as Assistant Vice President, responsible for sourcing new business opportunities and managing a range of existing client relationships. More
In London, marcoms giant Dentsu Aegis Network has appointed Mark Keddie as its first Global Data Protection Officer, ahead of the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which governs the general use and privacy of EU citizens' data. More
Digital data solutions provider Research Now has hired Fergus Clarke as Regional Director of Southeast Asia, responsible for developing regional business, and leading markets across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Korea. More
Pharma sector forecasting and insights specialist J+D Consulting has partnered with Seigo Maeda, founder of SDMJ Consulting in Japan, to support its global expansion plans. More
comScore has expanded its Board of Directors from seven people to twelve. The new arrivals are Lisa Gersh, Joshua Peirez, Mark Harris, Jacques Kerrest and Susan Riley. More
Paris-based mass media conglomerate Vivendi has entered into an official agreement to buy Bolloré Group's c.60% majority stake in multinational marcoms group Havas, at a price of EUR 9.25 per share. More
Online insights exchange Cint has opened an office in Hong Kong, where it has appointed Ronald Leung as APAC Regional VP of Supply and Heather Hughes as APAC Regional VP of Partnerships and Alliances. The firm has also made hires in the US and UK. More
Mobile ad targeting firm Amobee has appointed branding specialist Patricia Goh as Vice President, Southeast Asia, to lead the firm's operations across the region, and deliver new digital marketing solutions. More
Data visualisation specialist Visual Metrics has appointed Ryan Meegoda as Managing Partner, with a remit to expand the company's services to clients across Australia and Asia. More
UK-based market intelligence firm The Business Research Company has relocated its Hyderabad, India team to a larger office in the city, where it plans to increase staff numbers from 70 to 150 in the coming months. More
Kantar's digital data collection arm Lightspeed is opening an office in Bangkok, Thailand, and has appointed Benchawan (Best) Phumphuengsri and Anis The as Client Development Managers in the region. More
In the US, two former Apple engineers have launched a foot traffic counting and analytics firm called Dor, with $3.8m in seed funding. More
US-based MR and insights, tech publishing and events group IDG (International Data Group) has made an undisclosed number of staff redundant following its majority acquisition by investment company China Oceanwide Holdings. More
In Shanghai, former Kantar TNS exec Lynn Zhang has returned to the firm as Managing Director for China. More
UK-based consumer insight agency Join the Dots has been acquired by its senior management team from founders and previous majority shareholders Pete and Trish Comley. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
In India, Majestic Research Services and Solutions (MRSS) has appointed veteran researcher Indroneel Dutta as Vice President, Client Servicing, responsible for the company's FMCG vertical. More
WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell's pay for 2017 will fall by around £22m in 2017, with further drops scheduled for 2018 and 2021. The firm, whose high-paying 'Leap' scheme had in any case expired this year, notes that it 'understands share owners' increasing discomfort' with levels of 'reward opportunities'. More
WPP China CEO Bessie Lee is leaving the business after 27 years, to focus on her startup incubator firm Withinlink, which invests in areas such as big data analytics, Internet of Things, social media and mobile advertising. She will be replaced by former GroupM China CEO Patrick Xu. More
In the Philippines, Kantar Media has promoted Jay Bautista to the role of Managing Director, based in Manila. More
The Research Industry Council of Australia (RICA) is fighting the terms of a recent government decision to abolish a visa program for overseas workers, which it claims will have a detrimental impact on the country's market and social research industry. More
Digital data collection specialist Research Now has hired former WPP / Kantar exec George Pappachen for a newly created position, EVP Corporate Development & Strategy. More
Omnicom is closing seven of the eight global offices of its consumer and cultural insight agency Flamingo, citing 'underperformance' and its need to now focus on growth opportunities in London. More
Global media giant Viacom has promoted Colleen Fahey Rush to EVP, Insights & Audience Science, and Chief Research Officer of its Viacom Media Networks subsidiary, effective immediately. More
GfK has appointed three new members to its Supervisory Board: Thomas Ebeling, Johannes P. Huth and Philipp Freise, following its agreement with investment group KKR which is now its partner in running the global group. They replace Peter Goldschmidt, Aliza Knox and Bruno Piace. More
Research technology and panel exchange operator Cint has hired former Nasdaq director Johanna Isander for a newly created position, Chief Human Resources Officer, supporting its global growth and talent management initiatives. More
UK-based mobile video MR specialist Voxpopme has appointed industry veteran Jem Wallis as Regional Director of Asia Pacific, based in Sydney. More
Online community and survey tech provider Toluna has hired Jay Rampuria to lead global business development for both itself and parent company ITWP. More
Ipsos has promoted industry veteran Dean Luker to the role of Corporate Development Director, responsible for its acquisition programme in support of the company's overall strategy. He replaces Deputy CEO Carlos Harding, who passed away in December. More
Interpublic innovation arm IPG Mediabrands has appointed Arun Kumar as its first Chief Data & Marketing Technology Officer. He takes up the new position alongside his existing role managing global operations at sister company Cadreon, which focuses on data, tech, insights and activation. More
In Singapore, WPP-owned agency network Wunderman has transferred Thomas Brauch to the role of Head of Data & Analytics for the Asia Pacific region. More
ORC International has appointed former Kantar Group exec Alena Rossini as Managing Director, Singapore. More
Kantar Millward Brown has appointed Pablo Gómez Martínez as Head of Media for Asia Pacific. He rejoins the firm to take up the Singapore-based role in May. More
WPP-owned digital data collection specialist Lightspeed has promoted Caroline Frankum to Chief Executive Officer, replacing David Day who is leaving for a role in the UK Foreign Office. Nick Nyhan becomes Chairman. More
GfK has appointed consumer goods industry exec Peter Feld as its new Chief Executive Officer. His predecessor Matthias Hartmann resigned last August due to 'differing views' on the long-term direction of the business between himself and majority shareholder GfK Verein. More
New York-based agency SIS International has opened an office in Tokyo, which will be led by Andrew Edsall, responsible for client servicing across the Asia Pacific region. More
In the US, not-for-profit organization Women In Research (WIRe) has appointed former FocusVision exec Michelle Andre as its first Managing Director, responsible for organizational development and oversight, fundraising, marketing, and assisting with long-term planning. More
Frank Martell has been named President and CEO of property information and analytics provider CoreLogic, following the unexpected death of Anand Nallathambi on March 2nd after a brief illness. He was 55 years of age. More
Ipsos has officially launched its Public Affairs division in India, under the leadership of Parijat Chakraborty, who joined the group in January. More
Data-driven CRM and performance marketing agency Merkle has promoted long-term exec Zhengda 'Z' Shen to the role of President of Asia Pacific. Under his leadership, the firm plans to grow its team to 1,000 employees in APAC by the end of the year. More
Online community and survey tech provider Toluna is planning to increase the size of its respondent community by 20 per cent during the second half of 2017, and has hired Kyle Kim-Hays as EVP for Global Digital Marketing, responsible for the push. More
Ravi Radhakrishnan has joined digital research agency MetrixLab as Managing Director of its first commercial office in India. More
Animal health and agriculture researcher Kynetec has appointed Richard Jameson to its leadership team as Executive Director of Global Custom Research. More
Bonn, Germany-based pricing and strategy consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners has announced further rapid expansion, and an ambitious long-term growth target - aiming to double in size to 2,000 staff by 2023. More
Kantar TNS has hired Caterpillar's former consumer insights exec Stephane Sanchez as Regional Head of Customer Strategies, Asia Pacific. He will take up his new role, based in Singapore, next month. More
Ipsos has made changes to its Asia Pacific operations, with the news that its business in China will operate as a separate region, led by Lifeng Liu as Chairman and Chief Executive. More
WPP's government and public sector advisory business Kantar Public has opened an office in Singapore, where it has appointed Sandra Lim as Executive Director. More
In New York, full service agency ORC International has hired former Nielsen marketer Ana Mackay-Sim as Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for overseeing brand and revenue-building marketing initiatives globally. More
MR presentation and reporting specialist Dapresy has promoted Fredrik Osterberg to the role of Managing Director, Europe, while appointing former Cambiar exec Beth Rounds as its Chief Marketing Officer. More
Netherlands-based online research and marketing analytics firm MetrixLab has appointed former GfK exec Ian Davis as Senior Client Director for Financial Services, based in its UK office. More
GfK has launched a unit called Supercrunch, which will offer clients a new type of automated, user-defined analysis to support marketing decisions. The division will be led by Norbert Wirth, who previously served as the group's Global Head of Data and Science. More
Research software firm Confirmit has promoted CFO Ken Østreng to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Henning Hansen who, in his own words, has resigned to focus on other priorities, spend more time with his family, and 'start a new chapter'. More
Ipsos has appointed former TNS director Parijat Chakraborty as Head of its Public Affairs business in India. He will be based out of the Gurgaon office and will report to Amit Adarkar, CEO for India. More
WPP audience profiling and targeting division Xaxis has named John Wittesaele as President EMEA, while promoting Arshan Saha to the role of President Asia Pacific. More
In Tokyo, marcoms network Dentsu has promoted Toshihiro Yamamoto to the role of President and CEO, following the departure of Tadashi Ishii, who resigned in December following a scandal over an employee's 'death by overwork'. More
ORC International has appointed Varna Arun, formerly of Frost & Sullivan, as Asia-Pacific Commercial Director based in Singapore. More
US market research associations CASRO and MRA have completed their merger, forming the Insights Association. More
Nielsen has appointed Nancy Ramsey Phillips as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective next week. She joins from Broadcom Corporation where she was EVP and CHRO; and replaces Mary Liz Finn, who announced her retirement from Nielsen in September. More
This is the last edition of Daily Research News for 2016. We wish all our readers, clients, contributors and friends around the world a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. More
Harris Poll creator Louis Harris died of heart problems on Saturday, at his home in Key West, Florida. He was 95 years old. More
DIY survey firm SurveyMonkey is to downsize its Australian sales team, reports suggest, with six staff set to leave by March 2017. Meanwhile its base in Ottawa, Canada, is expected to adds dozens of new recruits during the year. More
Singapore-based audience data firm Eyeota has expanded to the US with the opening of an office in New York's Union Square. More
WPP AUNZ has rolled out the group's integrated retail practice The Store to the Australia and New Zealand market, and named Rob Draper as its CEO. With existing offices in the UK and US, The Store brings together shopper marketing resources from WPP companies around the world. More
Carlos Harding, the Deputy CEO of Ipsos, died suddenly of a heart attack last Friday morning. He was 69 years old. More
comScore co-founder Magid Abraham has resigned from the company's Board of Directors, to concentrate on his role as Executive Chairman of wearable technology developer APX Labs. More
MRSS India has added a Social Research Practice, and appointed former IMRB International Director Dr.Srikant Patel to lead it. More
Former Quintiles CEO Tom Pike, who led the company through its recent mega-merger with IMS Health and is now the combined firm's Vice Chairman and President of R&D Solutions, is to retire. His replacement will be Richard Staub III, while Paul Spreen will rejoin as EVP and Chief Customer Officer. More
WPP-owned digital data collection specialist Lightspeed has opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where it has appointed Lindsay Dominguez as Client Development Lead. More
WPP's media investment arm GroupM has brought together all its data, analytics and digital services in a new suite of products, [m]PLATFORM, creating what it claims is the ad industry's 'most powerful collection of data, technology and expertise for audience addressability'. More
In the US, Joan Lewis has resigned from her role as Chair of comScore's Board, and has been replaced by former US Postmaster General William Henderson. More
IBM Watson has launched a new Internet of Things (IoT) consulting service, staffed by 1,500 consultants, data scientists and design and security experts at its IoT headquarters in Munich, Germany and in eight other IoT centres in Asia, Europe and the Americas. More
German-based product, pricing and marketing strategy specialist Simon Kucher & Partners has named sixteen new partners, who will take up their new roles on January 1st. More
Ipsos has announced changes in its ownership structure, designed to simplify it and ensure the company's independence over the long term - following the death in December 2014 of co-founder Jean-Marc Lech. More
In India, research veteran Sandeep Chibber has formed a new company, Decisive Research LLP, offering full service research in addition to online & off-line data collection, programming and translations, DP / analysis, dashboards and report writing. More
Global analytics and insights provider Blueocean Market Intelligence has announced four recent senior appointments, including Anish Nanavaty who joins as Head of Americas, and Joseph Sursock as SVP - Europe. More
US-based mobile marketing platform TUNE has opened an office in New Delhi, India, to support its base of customers and partners in the region. The new office will be led by former Komli Media director Ashwiny Thapliyal, as Regional Head of Sales for India & Southeast Asia. More
Tokyo-based sample and survey software business dataSpring has appointed MApps CEO Ikuo Hagino as Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Masahiro Takanohashi who will remain with the firm until the end of the year, when he will leave to pursue 'other leadership opportunities'. More
US-based pharma researcher Decision Resources Group (DRG) has expanded to the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, with the establishment of a consulting office in Singapore. More
Research technology and services group FocusVision has appointed Zlatko Vucetic as Chief Commercial Officer of the EMEA and APAC regions; while promoting Oliver Brown to the role of Director of Client Services, EMEA. More
Australian consultancy Faster Horses has moved both its Perth and Sydney teams to larger premises, following triple digit growth in the last two financial years. More
In the US, Nielsen Sports has appointed former Repucom execs Danny Townsend and Glenn Lovett as Co-Managing Directors, following its acquisition of the business earlier in the year. In addition, Repucom founder Paul Smith has announced he will leave the business at the end of the year. More
From today, DRNO will be adding a new section focusing on more news of actual surveys - from project wins to interesting fieldwork and results. See the link above for 'Survey Briefs'. We're also, for the first time, offering advertisers a chance to sit at the very top of the news email, for one day. More
US-based survey technology firm Qualtrics has appointed Microsoft veteran Zig Serafin as Chief Operating Officer, leading operations in the run up to a planned IPO. More
In the US, research and insights firm Shapiro+Raj has promoted social scientist Margaret Mueller to the role of President. More
Australia-based former Y&R Chief Executive Jason Buckley has formed a new firm, ai.agency, combining creative expertise with artificial intelligence to devise 'engaging narratives' for clients without the need for traditional market research. More
Insight and brand strategy consultancy Flamingo has launched a new division dedicated to healthcare and pharmaceutical clients, and appointed former Hall and Partners exec Lee Gazey to lead it. More
In Westlake Village, California, former Cint US MD Michael McCrary has launched PureSpectrum, a new global marketplace for buyers and sellers of online sample. The company is backed by strategic investments from Research Now and Critical Mix. More
Decision science and data analytics firm Mu Sigma is back under the control of founder Dhiraj Rajaram, following his divorce from former CEO Ambiga Subramanian earlier this year. More
Dentsu Aegis Network has spent an undisclosed sum to acquire French agency Wasabi Analytics, which measures online ad performance and will be added to the iProspect division. The latter also has a new President, while Dentsu Aegis has a new global data R&D center in Singapore. More
In India, TV rating body BARC has appointed former Nielsen exec Jamie Kenney as Business Head, Digital, as part of its plans to launch digital audience measurement in the country. Kenney will be based at the organisation's Mumbai office. More
US media conglomerate Viacom has promoted Christian Kurz to the new global role of SVP, Global Consumer Insights, overseeing corporate and consumer research, with a focus on exploring new technologies and consumer behavior. More
WPP's Kantar has unveiled a new global operating brand, pooling expertise to offer advice on the delivery of public policy, services and communications. More
WPP's healthcare panel and patient community solutions provider Lightspeed All Global has appointed industry veteran Jennifer Carrea as Chief Executive Officer. She also joins the Lightspeed Board of Directors. More
In Australia, Nielsen Book General Manager Shaun Symonds has left the company after seventeen years, to seek 'new opportunities', and Julie Winters has been appointed to head up the Australia and New Zealand business. More
India-based market research agency MarketsandMarkets has launched a North American headquarters in Seattle, Washington, where it has hired a number of execs including Gartner veterans Dan Holmes and Frank Capovilla. More
Marcoms giant WPP has launched its Government & Public Sector Practice in Singapore, to be led by Executive Director Cecilia Wong. More
London-based polling and research specialist ComRes has opened an office in Shanghai, where it has appointed former Capita exec Marc Hardwick as Commercial Director. More
Bloomberg Media has hired former Dentsu Aegis Network exec Michelle Lynn as Global Head of Data Science and Insights, responsible for leading initiatives, and managing Data and Research teams globally from its office in New York. More
In Sydney, Australia, former 3 mobile and Yahoo!7 Insights specialist Sharon Keating has launched a company dedicated to improving the wellbeing and performance of execs, particularly in the market research industry. More
Family-owned agricultural and industrial commodities giant Cargill has appointed CPG veteran Chuck Gitkin in the newly created role of CMO of its North America protein business - with a remit to help shift its focus to a customer-centric, insight-based strategy. More
In the US, pharma data giant IMS Health and healthcare consultancy Quintiles have confirmed details of the new senior management team to be established following their planned merger. More
Digital data collection specialist Research Now has opened a new office in India, based in the Cyber City business hub in Gurgaon, near New Delhi. More
Tokyo-based panels and technology company dataSpring is opening an office in London, where it has named Arjen van Duijvenbode as Director of Business Development EMEA. More
The Supervisory Board of GfK has elected Ralf Klein-Bölting as its new Chairman - he succeeds Dr. Arno Mahlert on September 13th. More
GE veteran Anoop Bhatia has launched a market intelligence company, Nowigence, offering real-time dashboard access to tailored, sector-based summaries of news culled from nearly three million news items each day. More
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has appointed former Kraft Foods insight exec Jen Acerra as Vice President, Global Brand Research and Insights, leading the group's global MR team. More
comScore co-founder Magid Abraham has resigned as Executive Chairman of the Board, to focus on his new role as Executive Chairman of wearable technology developer APX Labs. He will remain on the comScore Board for the remainder of his term, which expires in 2018. More
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), set up by the UK government and often known as the 'Nudge Unit' is expanding with the opening of new offices in Singapore and Manchester, and additions to its existing team in Sydney. More
German-based product, pricing and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners has announced first half revenue of EUR 116 million, up nineteen percent versus the first half of 2015. More
WPP Chief Executive Sir Martin Sorrell, 71, and his wife Cristiana are expecting their first child together in November. More
Former Xaxis leader Caspar Schlickum has joined creative and data-driven digital agency network Wunderman as Chief Executive for the Asia Pacific region. He succeeds Martin Conneen who is leaving the company to 'pursue new opportunities'. More
Asian market research consultancy ABN Impact has opened an office in Korea, where it has appointed former GfK MD KyungEun Chang as Managing Director. More
Gent, Belgium-based consumer intelligence specialist NGDATA has expanded into the Asia Pacific region, with the opening of an office in Singapore. The new operation is led by Frank Weyns, who has joined as Head of APAC Operations. More
Ad network Havas has rolled out its Adcity out-of-home OOH and geolocation-based communications division globally, with 300 local experts based in 35 offices across Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America. More
Mobile measurement and attribution specialist Medialets has opened an APAC headquarters in Singapore and announced senior appointments in North America and London. More
Israel-based digital ad platform Taptica has further expanded its Asian offering with a new office in Seoul, adding to a recent launch in Beijing; and has appointed Hoon Lee as General Manager in South Korea. More
In India, GroupM media agency Motivator has hired Upali Nag as National Head - Insights and Innovation, based in its Bangalore office. More
ORC International has appointed Bhavya Sehgal as Senior Vice President, Asia, to lead and expand its strategy business across the region. More
WPP-owned digital ad targeting specialist plista has appointed long-time GroupM exec Serina Tsou as Head of its Asia Pacific region. More
In Singapore, WPP-owned digital data collection specialist Lightspeed GMI has promoted Neha Jindal to the role of Regional Operations Lead for the Asia Pacific region. More
Healthcare fieldwork agency Just Worldwide has opened an office in Japan, adding to existing operations in the US, UK, Italy, Poland and Singapore. More
Panel and survey software firm dataSpring has appointed Mark Sullivan as Director of Business Development - East Coast, based in New York; while Irene Wang joins as Director of Business Development - China, based in Shanghai. More
San Francisco-based mobile ad targeting and analytics firm Apsalar has opened an office in the Koramangala district of Bangalore, to support its client base in India and Southeast Asia. More
Kantar Health has appointed former Double Helix exec Diana Tan as General Manager, China, with a remit to introduce new approaches to physician and patient insights, based on the firm's proprietary digital and mobile methods. More
Online community and survey tech provider Toluna has reported a 20 percent increase in staff numbers, supporting 'mass customer adoption of its digital research platform'. More
There may be no timescale set, but WPP has confirmed that it is beginning to think about who may eventually replace CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, including internal and external candidates. More
Video ad tech company Tremor Video is expanding to New Zealand, with Vice President Josh Ismin relocating to lead the new office. More
Research consultancy Kadence International is relocating Singapore MD Greg Clayton back to the UK in May, to take up the role of Managing Director for UK/Europe. Replacing him in Singapore is Insight Director Phil Steggals, whose current position will be taken by Patrick Young. More
US-based data collection agency Azure Knowledge Corporation continues to expand with the launch of offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Moscow, Russia; and has appointed Danielle Ribeiro de Souza and Ernest Khodzhaev, respectively, to lead them. More
Media services division Omnicom Media Group (OMG) has unveiled a new data-driven marketing agency network, Hearts & Science; and appointed Scott Hagedorn - formerly Chief Executive of its analytics division Annalect - as its CEO. More
WPP division MEC has launched a specialist content division, MEC Wavemaker, pulling together its diverse existing services in the area into one unit. The insight- and data-driven unit will operate initially in ten markets across Europe, Asia and the Americas, and will be led by MEC's global COO Alastair Aird. More
US-based DIY research company SurveyMonkey has launched a mobile app insights platform, providing app publishers with data on more than a thousand mobile apps ad well as the overall app economy. The launch follows the acquisition of app data start-up firm Renzu. More
Global panel marketplace provider Cint has promoted Richard Thornton to the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. His remit includes driving corporate business development in future markets. More
Online video analytics specialist Innovid has appointed former Sizmek exec Carolyn Bollaci as Managing Director of APAC, supporting the company's growth in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, India and China. More
Palo Alto, CA-based intelligent machine learning startup Adatos has opened an office in Australia, led by former AMAA Chief Executive Paul Dovas as Manager, and David Perez as Director for Australia and New Zealand. More
DIY online survey platform SurveyMonkey has opened an APAC office in Sydney, Australia, with an initial staff of fifteen. More
Survey sample and technology firm WiseSample has opened an office in Singapore, where it has appointed Lim Soh as Director. More
Full service agency Morpace has promoted Bryan Krulikowski, VP of Automotive Diversified and Morpace Asia Pacific, to the role of Senior Vice President. More
WPP's Data Alliance has expanded its reach to Jakarta, Indonesia, to meet demand from local agencies and clients - and has appointed Wijaya Santoso to lead it. More
Digital data collection specialist Research Now has appointed former WPP exec Gary Laben as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Kurt Knapton who resigned last October. Meanwhile John Rothwell has added the title of President to his existing role as Chief Operating Officer. More
WPP Chief Executive Sir Martin Sorrell has received shares worth £60m, according to reports. With salary and annual bonuses the figure is 'likely to approach £70m'. The share award is triggered by the group's success in outperforming both its peers and the FTSE 100 over five years. More
Full service agency 2CV has appointed Andrew Lam to lead its North Asian quantitative business, from its office in Hong Kong. More
Nielsen has promoted Megan Clarken to the newly created role of President of Product Leadership, leading its Marketing Effectiveness practice and Watch media research products. More
Czech Republic-based social media monitoring company Socialbakers has appointed Charles Tidswell as Vice President, Asia, based at the firm's office in Singapore. More
Eye tracking technology developer Tobii has appointed John Traynor as Vice President of its Pro Insight Research Services team in North America, and William Yang as Pro Insight Sales Manager in China. More
Kantar has moved Adrian Gonzalez into a broader group role in charge of its Consumer Insights businesses - he was previously CEO of Millward Brown's Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific (AMAP) region. TNS APAC CEO Chris Riquier is among those leaving the business in the restructure. More
Data and analytics solutions firm Annik has re-established itself in the UK with the launch of an office in Bracknell, Berkshire. Jonnie Prior joins to lead the office after twelve years at Microsoft UK. More
In the UK, MR and analytics staff recruitment consultancy Prime Insight has announced three appointments. Ed Binns and James Evans join the company, while Catherine Keeling has been promoted to Director for the UK and Europe. More
Online community and survey tech provider Toluna has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region with the opening of its first office in Malaysia. The new operation will be led by Christine Tan, Senior Director, Southeast Asia. More
UK-based consumer and cultural insight agency Flamingo is opening its eight office next month, this time in Jakarta, Indonesia. The new operation will be headed by Adri Reksodipoetro, who was previously MD of the firm's APAC hub in Singapore. More
Palo Alto, CA-based DIY online survey platform SurveyMonkey has appointed Zander Lurie as its new Chief Executive Officer, less than six months after hiring former HP exec Bill Veghte to replace CEO Dave Goldberg, who died suddenly last May. More
Nielsen has appointed James A. Attwood, Jr. as non-executive Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective January 1st and succeeding David L. Calhoun. More
US retail discount chain Target Corporation has appointed Keith Colbourn as SVP of Loyalty and Lifecycle Marketing, leading the development of data-driven marketing strategies. More
Long-time Kantar Media employee Nick Burfitt has re-located from London to Singapore, to serve as Managing Director for Asia Pacific. He takes charge of the firm's recently awarded contract to supply multi-platform TV ratings in Thailand. More
WPP-owned online panel provider Lightspeed has announced the promotion of Martin Filz to Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, effective January 1st, 2016. President and Global CEO David Day will temporarily take over Filz's former role as CEO for EMEA. More
Cross-screen data management platform provider Lotame has appointed Alex Sibois as Managing Director Asia Pacific, based in Singapore and with a seat on the executive leadership team. More
Ipsos has named Simon Wake Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, replacing Hamish Munro, who has been promoted to the position of CEO of Ipsos South East Asia. They will take up their new roles in January. More
The Readership Studies Council of India (RSCI) has named GroupM CEO CVL Srinivas as its new Chairman for a two-year period. More
UK-based research agency B2B International has launched an advice and consultancy division, and says it is looking to accelerate its expansion. More
GfK has agreed to sell its global Animal and Crop Health division to a consortium comprising private equity investor Inflexion and the current management team led by Stephen Hearn. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
Research technology and services group FocusVision has promoted MD Richard Collins to the role of Managing Director for quant and qual solutions EMEA. He is based in London. More
A group of agencies in India are planning to set up a self-regulatory industry body, with the aim of improving standards in the way the country's polls are conducted. More
WPP division Mindshare is rolling out its Shop+ real-time retail data unit globally. The unit works with a range of methods from beacons in physical stores to real-time response technologies used by online retailers. More
Chief Operating Officer Brian J. West has resigned from Nielsen, effective at the end of the year when his responsibilities 'will be divided among existing company executives'. More
Consumer insights specialist Macromill has appointed Shinichiro Oka as Chief Human Resources Officer, based in Tokyo, while Mark Sidell joins the firm as Chief Operating Officer, based in the United States. More
Research and branding consultancy The Sound has appointed nine new members of staff across its offices on three continents. More
Marketing services giant Dentsu Aegis Network is expanding its digital performance agency Columbus, currently focused on Australia, into Asia, where it will operate in parallel with sister agency iProspect. More
US-based web analytics and behavioral targeting firm Lotame has hired Gaurav Seth for the newly created role of Country Manager for India. More
comScore has appointed Xinyu Huang as SVP, Managing Director of Greater China, providing strategic leadership to strengthen the company's position in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. More
Shaswati Saradar, CEO of India's MRUC (Media Research Users Council) has 'decided to move on' after nearly five years, and will be replaced by Radhesh Uchil. The organisation also has a new Chairman and Vice Chairman. More
Digital data collection specialist Research Now is looking for a new President and CEO, following Kurt Knapton's decision to resign for personal reasons. He will remain on the Board of Directors once his successor has been identified. More
Online specialist MACROMILL-MetrixLab has appointed Scott Ernst as Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Han De Groot, who will remain as a member of the Board and provide advice to the leadership team on portfolio choices and strategy. More
WPP's Data Alliance has expanded its reach to Mumbai, India, where it will draw on expertise from group companies to help clients activate eCommerce, mobile and social media data strategies. More
Healthcare fieldwork specialist M3 Global Research is opening its first studio in Philadelphia next January. The studio will provide a full-service research service for the healthcare community and the consumer goods sector. More
Global panel marketplace provider Cint has opened an office in Hong Kong, moved to larger premises in Tokyo, and appointed former Toluna MD James Rogers to lead its continued expansion in Asia as Regional Head of Supply Acquisition & APAC MD. More
Asia / Pacific Managing Director Greg Wayman is to leave ORC International at the end of the year, and will be replaced by former Nielsen exec Oliver Rust, who joins on November 10th. More
In Sydney, TNS has promoted Anne Rayner to the newly created role of Global Head of Communications Research. More
GfK has announced that Debbie Pruent will retire at the end of December, and will be replaced by David Krajicek as Chief Commercial Officer for the Consumer Experiences sector. In addition, Alessandra Cama will take up the new role of Chief Operations Officer. More
Full service agency MRSS India continues to build its senior team, with the appointments of Rajesh Kumar as Transportation and Logistics Practise Guru; Chandramouli Guin as the Head of its Public Sector practice; and Manish Ganvir as Vice President - Insight Sciences. More
Berlin-based mobile user data specialist zeotap has appointed former InMobi VP Neeraj Singh to lead its Advertising division in India. In addition, the company has recruited several new members of staff at its Global Technology Center in Bangalore. More
YouGov-owned sports and sponsorship specialist SMG Insight has appointed Richard Brinkman as Director of Strategy and Growth in the UK; Tracy Schoenadel as Senior Vice President, North America; and Joseph Eapen as Senior Vice President, India. More
WPP has extended its strategic partnership with marketing software giant Adobe, to provide solutions to clients through six specialist WPP agencies called 'the WPP-Adobe Alliance'. Separately, WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell has spoken about the 'very low standards' of some online audience measures, including Facebook's. More
Research software firm Confirmit has developed a location and beacon triggering solution, to help clients understand 'in-the-moment' customer behaviour. The company has also ammounced its official launch in Australia. More
Online research company Lightspeed GMI has announced a global roll-out for its survey programming platform, QuestionArts, backed by a newly strengthened leadership team. More
US-based mobile campaign attribution analytics and optimization firm Kochava has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea. More
Berlin-based social media analytics specialist Searchmetrics has appointed Volker Smid as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Tom Schuster who has left the company. More
In India, IMRB International has appointed marketer K Ramkrishnan as General Manager of its IMRB | Kantar Worldpanel business. More
Czech Republic-based social media monitoring company Sociabakers has appointed Robert Lang as its new Chief Executive Officer, replacing co-founder Jan Rezab who takes on the role of Executive Chairman. More
WPP-owned digital research specialist Lightspeed GMI has opened an office in Gurgaon, India, with a team led by Ashish Pandey, Client Development Manager and Siddhartha Dutta, General Manager. More
A new big data analytics company, 6Estates, is the latest company to launch as a spin-off from a research centre established by partner universities in Singapore and China. More
In Mumbai, MRSS India Ltd has announced four appointments: Ms Archana Pai as VP Custom Research (South), Anita Pathak as Manager, Mansi Mody as Senior Field Operations Manager and Pratyush Upadhyay as a Research Manager. More
London-based consumer agency Firefish has expanded to South East Asia with the opening of a Singapore office. The venture will be led by former ABN Impact Director Angela Cross, while company Board Director Bob Cook becomes Regional MD to help kick-start the business. More
Malaysian boutique MR agency Green Zebras has moved to larger premises in Oasis Square, Kuala Lumpur, and made three appointments there. Simon Wong joins as Chief Financial Officer, Cheong Tien Weng as Qualitative Research Specialist, and Fazril Jamal as Research Associate. More
WPP-owned media agency Mindshare APAC has launched a regional team called FAST, to provide services to brands looking to make sense of their marcoms data. More
In Sydney, Havas Media Group has appointed Rogan Gilhespie as Head of Data (APAC), responsible for leading and developing its data offering in Australia and across APAC. Mark Campbell has also joined in the newly created role of Head of Content. More
German communications scientist and former WAPOR President Professor Wolfgang 'Wolf' Donsbach died on Tuesday following a heart attack. He was 65 years old. More
Research solutions and outsourcing firm Markelytics has expanded into the Middle East with the opening of an office in Dubai, and appointed Vinod Rao to lead it as Director - Research & Business Development. More
ISP-level ad targeting company Phorm has announced change at the top as it enters a new phase in its development. Out goes company founder and long-time CEO Kent Ertugrul, along with CFO Andy Croxson, and in comes former Arbitron exec Timothy Todd Smith as the new Chief Exec. More
New York-based digital media measurement firm Integral Ad Science has announced office openings in Paris and Tokyo, led by Yann Le Roux and Taro Fujinaka respectively. A 'video GRP' system for France will be launched later this month. More
Senior insight exec Ronita Mitra is leaving Vodafone India after two years, reports indicate. Her next destination is currently unknown. More
Brand strategy and marketing consultancy Prophet has appointed Jacqueline Alexis Thng as a Partner, based in its Hong Kong office and charged with expanding the company's footprint across Asia. More
In Thailand, GroupM digital unit mInteraction has launched a Research & Consumer Insights division, and appointed Pan Jroongtanapibarn as Manager, Strategy Resources & Insights. More
Maria Rodriguez Java has returned to digital audience measurement specialist Effective Measure as Regional Business Director for the South East Asian market. More
Full service MR group CMG (Cross Marketing Group), parent of Kadence International, has set up a global healthcare research company called Medilead, based at the Group's Tokyo headquarters. More
Ipsos has brought together several of its retail measurement services to form a new Market Measurement business unit, which will be managed globally. More
Omnicom-owned Hall & Partners Health is moving Research Director Gerald Lombardi, Ph.D from New York City to its Tokyo office, launched a year ago. More
Managed analytics company Ugam has expanded its technology team to thirty staff, adding eight over the last few months. More
Silicon Valley-based big data analytics firm Saama Technologies is planning to expand its presence in India, creating hundreds of new data science related jobs based in a 45,000-square foot office in Pune. More
According to reports in the press, dunnhumby founders Edwina Dunn and Clive Humby are 'considering involvement' in a bid to buy back the company from Tesco. More
Technology veteran James Powell is to join Nielsen as Global Chief Technology Officer, from July 6th, from Thomson Reuters where he is EVP and CTO. More
Mobile data intelligence platform AdNear is expanding into Europe, appointing former TrustE Managing Director Ken Parnham as General Manager of Europe, based in its new London office. More
Customer analytics provider Symphony EYC has strengthened its team in Asia with the appointments of Oscar Garcia-Velasco as VP Asia Pacific and Japan, and Henry Chen as General Manager of Greater China. More
Australia-based STW Group, which owns a number of research and analytics agencies has announced a new management structure and plans to merge a number of its businesses, following a troubled 2014 and a slump in share price. More
WIN/Gallup International, the worldwide association of independent market research and polling firms, has announced the election of its new Board Members. More
Full service agency MRSS India has appointed former P&G sensory scientist Swati Sawant as Vice President. More
Around 20% of WPP's investors refused to endorse CEO Sir Martin Sorrell's £43m pay package at this afternoon's Annual General Meeting - quite a lot, 'though quite a lot fewer than in some previous years. More
TNS has appointed David Lansanah as Global Head of Innovation and Product Development. He will initially be based in London, before relocating to Singapore later this year. More
WPP's audience profiling and targeting division Xaxis has launched a new 'mobile-first' performance ad business called Light Reaction, which will combine Xaxis data with scientific insight into how audiences perceive, relate and react to ads. More
UK-based financial services research specialist Bdifferent has expanded to Asia with the opening of an office in the Marina Bay Financial Center in Singapore, to be led by Jessica Tuan Shepherd. More
Full service agency Northstar Research Partners has opened an office in Jakarta, Indonesia, and plans further locations in China and India. Meity Rahtomo will lead the new hub as Managing Director ASEAN. More
GfK has won a three-year contract to provide a cross-device audio-visual audience measurement currency for Singapore, awarded by the country's Media Development Authority (MDA). More
Nielsen has appointed Craig Johnson to head up its Reach portfolio in Southeast Asia, North Asia and the Pacific, including television and radio audience measurement, and Consumer & Media View and advertising measurement. More
Full service agency Kadence International has appointed Todd Davis as Insight Director and Head of Financial Services at its office in Singapore. More
WPP has acquired a majority stake in London-based and data-driven sports marketing agency Two Circles Ltd, and will immediately incorporate it into ESP, a new global agency within GroupM serving rightsholders from the worlds of sports and entertainment. More
Digital agency group Razorfish Global has appointed former Gravity4 exec Samih Fadli as its first Chief Intelligence Officer, based in Seattle and leading its fast-growing Data Intelligence Practice. More
WPP-owned direct and interactive marketing network OgilvyOne has appointed Yi Lin as its first Chief Data Officer in China. More
Edelman Berland, the research and analytics business within PR giant Edelman, has appointed Catriona Muspratt-Williams as Head of Singapore, and Andrew Chapman as Head of Australia. More
TNS has announced a number of leadership changes in Asia, including the promotion of former CEO Greater China Chris Bonsi to the newly created role of Chief Client and Insights Officer for the APAC region. Grace Liu, MC Lai and Jon Foged also earn promotions while Narelle Burke joins as HR Director. More
SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg died on Friday whilst on holiday in Mexico with his family, apparently as a result of an accident in the gym. He was 47. More
In London and Hong Kong, two branding veterans have set up a new company called WeAreFearless, using consumer neuroscience to help clients understand brand partnerships, experiences and storytelling. More
Specialist MR recruiter Felice Mockford has launched a new employment agency, Ignite Talent Asia, based in Singapore. More
Manchester, UK-based mobile research tech firm RealityMine is expanding its syndicated TouchPoints and passive measurement business to 20 new markets worldwide; simultaneously securing rights to the TouchPoints name and the services of the co-founders of USA TouchPoints. More
In Australia, Dentsu Aegis Data & Analytics Managing Director Andrew Norris is leaving after around six months in the role. More
Marcoms giant WPP has launched a consultancy called Gain Theory, which brings together analytics, technology solutions, and consumer research and insight capabilities from around the group. More
App store analytics firm App Annie has launched an internal research team, and appointed IDC veteran Danielle Levitas as Senior Vice President of Research & Analysis, to oversee the new practice. More
Online community and survey technology provider Toluna has appointed Ludovic Milet as Managing Director, APAC, based in Hong Kong and leading the business across the region. More
In India, broadcast audience measurement body BARC has appointed Dr Sumit Chowdhury as Technical Advisor, as it prepares for the launch its new audience measurement system next month. More
Today we're launching a new recruitment site, 1potato, dedicated to opportunities for data and analytics professionals. Many readers and users of MrWeb / DRNO have been asking for something like it for years, and with the big data / data science boom, the time should be ripe. More
Tokyo-based online specialist Macromill has opened a new office in Singapore, where it has appointed former Millward Brown exec Rob Valsler as Managing Director in charge of the Southeast Asian team. More
Laurence (Larry) Gold, the former publisher of market research industry journal Inside Research, has died at the age of 80 after a battle with cancer. More
Japanese-based online specialist Macromill has appointed IBM veteran Kuniko Ogawa as Chief Technology Officer and former General Electric exec Teruaki Kido as Chief Financial Officer. More
Sports marketing research specialist Repucom has appointed former SAP exec Claude Ringuet as its Head of Consulting for Asia. He will be based in Singapore, where he has lived for the past thirteen years. More
App store analytics firm App Annie is to open an office in Singapore, which will act as the centre of its operations across India and South East Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. More
Research community and survey tech firm Vision Critical has expanded in Australia, with the opening of a new office in Melbourne and a move to a new location in Sydney. More
Oxfordshire-based consumer insight and sensory specialist MMR Research Worldwide (MMR) has opened a new office in Mumbai, India and another in Durban, South Africa. More
Japanese-based online specialist Macromill has announced the opening of an office in Mexico, led by Ricardo Cuéllar who joins as Managing Director for the region. More
Vancouver-based research and brand consultancy The Sound has opened an office in Mumbai, India as a base for further expansion in Asia. More
Ipsos has brought together its brand communication, advertising and media businesses under a new division called Ipsos Connect, which has replaced legacy brands Ipsos ASI and Ipsos MediaCT. More
Tokyo-based Research Panel Asia (RPA) has promoted Masahiro Takanohashi to the role of Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Toshiki Sano who will continue to work for parent company Voyage Group (VG) as Head of Overseas Business. More
Language Connect, a specialist in language translation and communication services for the market research industry, has opened an office in Singapore, where it has appointed Baxter Tan as Executive Director. More
Digital data collection provider Research Now has made a number of changes in its executive leadership team, including the promotions of John Rothwell, Kathy Rowley and Melanie Courtright to C-suite and EVP roles. More
In Singapore, customer and employee research specialist ORC International has appointed Smitha Kuppa as Senior Research Director of its Qualitative practice, and Nellie Yeoh as Senior Consultant, Employee Research. More
Brand, media and comms researcher Millward Brown has promoted Chirantan Ray to the role of Managing Director in its Shanghai office; and appointed Robert Fuchs as Head of Media and Digital for Greater China and North Asia - also based in Shanghai. More
German-based product, pricing and marketing strategy specialist Simon-Kucher & Partners has announced a 13.5 percent revenue rise for 2014, to EUR 172m, and says it has ambitious plans for this, its 30th anniversary year, including revenue of more than EUR 200m and the hiring of 200 new employees. More
Retired Unilever exec Harish Manwani has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Nielsen, N.V. Manwani, who joined Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in 1976, rose to the position of COO, which he held until last month. More
TNS has promoted Anjali Puri to the position of Global Head of its Qualitative practice, replacing Rebecca Wynberg who will move to a non-executive position as Chair of TNS Qualitative. More
Asian market research consultancy ABN Impact has appointed Kurt Thompson to launch operations in Indonesia. More
Retail tracking specialist The NPD Group has expanded Michel Maury's role as Group President for Europe, to include management of its Asia Pacific operations; meanwhile former Ipsos exec Philippe Cabin Saint Marcel joins as General Manager of Commercial Activities for Europe. More
UK consumer specialist Incite has appointed former Millward Brown MD Jason Spencer as Managing Director of its latest office, in Shanghai, China. He will take up the post on 1st February. More
In New York, managed analytics firm Ugam has appointed former Nielsen SVP Robert Clark as Business Strategy Consultant and former All Global director Angela Park as Sales Director, while Sau Lam joins as the firm's new Client Director. More
In India, Kantar-owned IMRB International has announced that SVP Preeti Reddy will take over as President from Thomas Puliyel, when he retires in August. The firm has also announced a number of other changes to its management team. More
UK-based behavioural economics specialist The Behavioural Architects (TBA) has appointed Nikii Dahlgren in Sydney, Natasha Xue and Lynette Xu in Shanghai, and Andreea Balica and George Deane in London. More
Healthcare fieldwork firm M3 Global Research has announced the appointment of eleven new members of staff - nine in the US and two in the UK. More
UK-based business-to-business agency B2B International has opened an office in Singapore - its third location in the Asia Pacific region. More
Ogilvy & Mather's social media commerce, online listening and impact analysis practice has appointed Samson Choi as General Manager in Hong Kong. More
Full-service MR consultancy Asia Insight has appointed former Nielsen senior exec Adrian Tan to lead its Singapore and China offices. More
Customer and employee research specialist ORC International has promoted Craig Young to the new role of Managing Director in charge of its Australian business. The firm has also promoted Mia Wong to SVP Customer Research Asia, based in Hong Kong. More
TNS has appointed Serena Jacob as Managing Director for TNS Qualitative in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. She takes up the role on 2nd January. More
Kantar has announced that Mark Inskip, will take the role of Global CEO of its consulting business The Futures Company, from February. He replaces Will Galgey who is moving to the role of CEO of TNS UK. More
On-demand panel and sample company Innovate has opened an office in Gurgaon, India, where it has already hired a number of execs for its operations team. Meanwhile in the US, the firm has appointed former uSamp exec Vanessa Carey, and promoted Amanda Keller and Jason Poyser. More
Netherlands-based customer insights agency SKIM is to open an office in Singapore in January, led by Director Robin de Rooij. More
UK-based mobile video MR specialist VoxPopMe has expanded to Singapore with the appointment of Robert Fry as Managing Director, Asia Pacific. The firm has also launched an app for iPhone, with an Android version available early in 2015. More
Ipsos has announced that its Co-President Jean-Marc Lech died this morning in Paris, after suffering from a 'serious health issue' since the summer. More
Norfolk, UK-based consultant Simon Anholt - the man responsible for the Anholt Nation Brands Index - has launched an ambitious worldwide political organisation, Good Country. More
WPP's audience profiling and targeting division Xaxis has named Mickey Zhang as Managing Director in China. More
Deepak Singh has returned to Ipsos in the newly created role of Executive Director and Head of Ipsos Marketing in India. More
Roy Morgan Research has appointed former Ipsos Australia Chief Exec and AMSRO President Hugh Amoyal as its new Deputy CEO. The firm has also given Head of Client Services Howard Seccombe the new role of Chief Digital Officer. More
Healthcare panel provider M3 Global Research has promoted Roni DasGupta to the role of President of Market Research, Americas and Anton Richter to MD of Market Research, Europe, as it looks to 'accelerate its global growth'. More
MMR Research Worldwide (MMR) has launched a new Sensory Science Centre in Singapore, with a panel of thirteen sensory assessors led by newly appointed Sensory Director Antonella Scarabelli. More
TNS has announced the appointment of Will Galgey, formerly of The Futures Company (TFC) as UK CEO from mid-January 2015, following the departure of Maureen Duffy earlier in the week. Separately, Michelle Harrison will become Global Head of Political and Social at the beginning of the year. More
UK-based Kadence International has officially opened a Middle East office, in Dubai, which will be staffed by local quant and qual researchers. The company is also planning to open a second office in the region, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. More
Former Nielsen Indonesia MD Catherine Eddy is to join GfK in January as Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand. She takes over the role from Gary Lamb and Juergen Merz, who are moving to new positions within the group. More
Cross-screen data management solutions provider Krux has opened an office in Tokyo, and appointed ad industry veteran Masahiro Kano as Japan Country Manager. More
Millward Brown has expanded its team in Indonesia with eight appointments, including former Diageo exec Chris Thomas as Director of strategic consulting arm Millward Brown Vermeer. More
Consulting, technology and services firm Infosys has announced it will recruit around 1,500 professionals in the current financial year, and a further 600 graduates over twelve months. The company has also announced a BI partnership with analytics firm Tableau Software. More
In India, former Millward Brown exec Jyoti Malladi has been appointed Executive Director and Head of Ipsos ASI, the global group's advertising and communications research arm. More
Japanese online specialist Macromill has merged with Netherlands-based online research and analytics firm MetrixLab. The combined firm will now operate under the Macromill brand, and has plans to open new offices in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Russia. More
Industry association ESOMAR has elected Laurent Flores as its new President for the two-year term from January 2015 to December 2016. He will be supported by newly elected Vice President David Smith. More
Australian-based custom research firm The Leading Edge (TLE) has appointed Katharine Milner as Director of Qualitative Insights and Florencia Tarelli as Director of Strategy. Separately, Head of Brand Strategy Chrissy Blackburn left the company last month. More
WPP's audience profiling and targeting division Xaxis has appointed Sawato (Stephan) Yoshii as Country Manager for Japan, with responsibility for business development, partnerships and publisher relations. More
New York-based SIS International Research has expanded its Asia Pacific team with the appointment of four senior executives, while promoting Mandy Pan to the role of General Manager of the APAC Region and China. More
Cambridge, UK-based emerging technologies researcher IDTechEx has appointed Mr. Yasuo Yamamoto as Head of Business Development in Japan. More
Publicis strategic communications subsidiary MSLGROUP has appointed Benjamin Koe as Regional Director of Strategic Insight and Impact, based in Singapore. His remit includes the establishment of insight centres of excellence ('CoEs') in India and China. More
Healthcare fieldwork specialist Krea has taken the unusual step of turning what began as a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative into a separate division of its company. 'CAN DO' provides opportunities for people with disabilities and will offer data collection along with archival and scanning services. More
IBM has opened a New York HQ for its recently-launched Watson Group, housing more than 600 staff of the new self-service analytics division; and unveiled the first five 'Watson Client Experience Centers' for client support and training, in the cities of Dublin, London, Melbourne, Sao Paulo and Singapore. More
Emerging markets panel specialist Borderless Access has become the latest company to appoint current ESOMAR President Dan Foreman as a Non-Executive Director. More
Tokyo-based Research Panel Asia (RPA) has launched an East Coast US office in Avenue of the Americas, New York - its seventh office worldwide. More
SIS International Research has appointed Joseph Kim as Director of Client Relations, based in Seoul, Korea. More
Former Ipsos Hong Kong MD Darlene Lee has joined the New York office of WPP-owned market research, political polling and strategic consulting firm Penn Schoen Berland (PSB). More
In Melbourne, Australia, digital audience specialist Effective Measure has appointed Graham Plant as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Richard Webb who stepped down from the role in March. More
Ipsos has hired Jake Dorn as Senior Vice President - Chief Client Director for Microsoft, based in Seattle, Washington and leading the agency's global initiatives with the software giant. More
In India, MR technology and operations company Annik has appointed former IBM consultant Lata Iyer as Senior Vice President, Research and Analytics, in charge of its newly formed Analytics team. More
Canadian survey sample and panel technology firm WiseSample has moved its Indian operations to larger premises in New Delhi, to accommodate new members of staff and to prepare for future growth. More
Vidya Sen has been promoted to the role of Head of innovation and forecasting business Ipsos InnoQuest in India. More
Ad, media and brand research specialist Millward Brown has opened an office in Karachi, Pakistan, led by Noaman Asar, who joins from fellow WPP company JWT. More
US-based web analytics and behavioral targeting firm Lotame has opened an office in Sydney, and appointed Ian Curd as Commercial Director of Australia and New Zealand. More
London-based online communities specialist Verve has announced seven more hires, including former GfK execs Rich Preedy and Olly Robinson who will help drive the expansion of its International service. More
TNS has added three senior members of staff to its Qualitative practice, including former Opinion Leader exec Sarah Morris (nee Houghton), who joins as Head of TNS Qualitative. More
UK-based research consultancy Incite has moved its Singapore office to larger premises and added two new members of staff there. More
UK-based full service research provider BDRC has opened an office in Jakarta, Indonesia, and expanded Piers Lee's role to include oversight of the new operation. The firm has also added two new members of staff to its senior management team in Asia. More
Havas China has appointed Bryan Wang as Head of Socialyse, its dedicated social media unit, which creates measureable social media campaigns based on insight derived from consumer data. More
Recently formed strategic consultancy Millward Brown Vermeer has launched in Australia, and appointed Caspar Wright as Managing Partner there. More
In Sydney, Australia, former Ipsos execs Peter Fairbrother and Veronica Mayne have launched an insights consultancy called Faster Horses, which will cover both the east and west coasts of Australia, while also reaching clients in the Asia Pacific region. More
Publicis-owned media services specialist ZenithOptimedia China has appointed former Millward Brown exec Chris Maier as Head of Research and Analytics. More
Darleen Lee is to leave her role as MD of Ipsos in Hong Kong and relocate back to New York City. She will be succeeded by Mick Gordon, who currently serves as MD of Ipsos India. More
Nielsen has promoted Steve Hasker to the role of Global President, overseeing its business across the media sector, in addition to leading its product portfolio across both Watch and Buy segments. More
Panel exchange operator Cint has relocated to new premises in Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo, where it has appointed Arianne Dumayas as Project and Customer Support Manager. More
Former Ipsos and TNS MDs Steve Murphy and Yazid Jamian have launched a new agency called Green Zebras, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More
TNS has appointed Arpapat (Nokki) Boonrod as Managing Director in Thailand. She will join next month, and will replace Khalid Khan. More
Ipsos has appointed former Nielsen exec Aldrin Stephen Luiz as Executive Director and Head of its MediaCT business in India, based in the Mumbai office and reporting to MD Amit Adarkar. More
In Singapore, Bharad Ramesh, formerly SE Asian Head of Trading and Partnerships at Publicis digital intelligence network VivaKi, has left to form his own company. eMVC aims to help marketers get more from digital media. More
Online analytics provider Webtrends has lost two senior execs, Bruce Kenny and Eric Butler, having recently shuffled and strengthened its team with three VP level hires and two promotions. More
Hall & Partners has strengthened its new Tokyo office with the appointment of Yukiko Obata as an Account Director within the Japan Health Team. More
UK based consultancy The Futures Company is opening an office in Shanghai, its second Asia-Pacific location after Singapore - and appointed former Ogilvy & Mather exec Kunal Sinha to lead it. More
comScore is to pay an undisclosed sum for MdotLabs, an agency which 'detects non-human traffic' (NHT) - not by watching the skies, but by looking down at some of the murkier practices inflating digital audience figures. The measurement giant, which announced strong growth today, also appointed Mel Wesley as its new CFO. More
US-based digital marketing services firm MediaMath has announced two senior hires in North America - Ross McNab as MD and Jake Engwerda as VP Sales - and the opening of a new office in Sydney, Australia where staff from ad technology company Kinected will join it. More
In Beijing, former Nielsen exec René Bos has joined Internet content and app delivery service ChinaCache as Vice President, Global Corporate Development, to lead the company's worldwide marketing initiatives. More
Ipsos has promoted Amit Adarkar to the position of Country Manager and Managing Director in India, replacing Mick Gordon who will take up a senior regional role within the company. More
Ogilvy & Mather has opened a third office for its behavioural sciences practice #ogilvychange, this time in Singapore. More
Shopper research specialist PRS (Perception Research Services) has opened offices in Shanghai and Chicago. More
Omnicom-owned brand and comms research firm Hall & Partners has opened an office in Tokyo, Japan, where it has recruited qual specialist Buntari (Tari) Martosudirjo as Research Director. More
Brighton, UK-based global insight consultancy Space Doctors has appointed former Added Value semiotics specialist Cato Hunt to lead its London office. The firm has also announced plans to establish teams in Asia Pacific and the Americas. More
A new research and business consulting firm, DelveInsight Business Research, has opened in New Delhi, focused on the healthcare sector. More
UK-based online community specialist Verve has partnered with MR agency InsightAsia to meet client demand for full service quant and qual community panel research across Asia. More
US data collection agency MRops has appointed three former WorldOne execs to roles in its offices in London, Hong Kong and Philadelphia. More
MRSS India has appointed Satish Belani as Measurement Science Advisor; Jyoti Katke as Director, Client Servicing (Western Region); Manish Shah as Operations Head, India; and Sankalp Shrie as Project Director - B2B. More
ITWP, the parent company of online community and survey technology provider Toluna, has acquired Harris Interactive's European arm from Nielsen. As part of the deal, Nielsen will take a minority share in ITWP. More
Global marcoms network Publicis Groupe has set up a new digital agency called ROAR, offering a full range of user experience, strategy, creative, media and analytics services. More
North of England-based online panel firm ResearchBods has opened its first overseas office near Melbourne, Australia; and appointed David Gibbs to lead it. More
Sampling and data collection firm SSI has appointed Mark Lepine as Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region, with responsibility for all sales and operations across Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. More
Customer and employee research specialist ORC International has opened an office in Sevres, south west of Paris, where it has appointed former Ipsos exec Anne Lavielle to head up the new operation. More
Mobile marketing firm Brandtone has appointed British businessman Peter Bamford as Chairman, to oversee the company's international expansion plans. More
Mobile app attribution and analytics company adjust has opened a new Asia and Middle East headquarters in Istanbul, which it says will support operations and drive rapid growth. Chief Revenue Officer Hendrik Volp will lead the office. More
Customer and employee satisfaction specialist ORC International has appointed four new members of staff in its Singapore office. More
Former TNS exec James Fergusson has launched a mobile and digital insights agency, Mobile Digital Indaba (MDI), based in Melbourne, Australia and already with offices in Singapore and Cape Town, South Africa. More
In India, BPO and KPO firm Navigant Technologies says it will more than double its headcount in the current financial year, adding 1,000 staff; and will add a third call centre, in Delhi or Gurgaon. More
Nielsen has announced three appointments for senior communications roles, including Ben Billingsley and Flavie Lemarchand-Wood to leadership positions in its Global Watch division, and Kristie Stegen in an expanded role as Global Head of Internal Communications. More
US-based web site tag management specialist Ensighten - whose system simplifies third-party services for web analytics, advertising and content targeting - has opened an office in Sydney, Australia. More
UK-based international data collection agency OMR Globus has hired Paul Campbell for the new role of Research Director, in its London office. Campbell will service UK and EU clients, expand qual services in the EU and Asia, and strengthen quant support for global programmes. More
Strategic insight and innovation specialist The Futures Company has strengthened its Asia Pacific team, based in Singapore, moving Radha Patel from the London office to the role of Director of Consulting, and hiring Tara Hirebet as Senior Consultant. More
Asian market research consultancy ABN Impact is launching an office in Shanghai, China, and has appointed Stephane Courqueux as its Managing Director. The company says it aims to set up offices 'throughout Asia in the near future'. More
TNS has promoted Chaitanya Reddy to the newly created role of Political & Social Director, Mekong Region, adding Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar to his existing responsibility leading Political & Social research in Vietnam. More
'Socially intelligent' researcher Face, part of the Cello Group, has recruited two senior execs from M&C Saatchi brand agency Clear: James Hirst, as London-based Global Business Development Director, and Sofia Mavros, based in Hong Kong in the role of Research Director of the Asia team. More
Digital audience measurement specialist comScore has announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Kenneth Tarpey, will retire in August this year. The firm is currently seeking a successor. More
Full service provider Radius Global Market Research has announced the opening of an office in Beijing, China, and appointed Cindy Han to lead it as Managing Director, Radius Asia. More
UK-based consumer and cultural insight agency Flamingo is opening an office in São Paulo, in September, to serve as a hub for research throughout Brazil and the wider Latam region. More
In the US, former Ford Motor Co. Market Research Analyst Mark Fields is to become the company's ninth President and Chief Executive Officer, when Alan Mulally retires in July. More
Consumer specialist The NPD Group has promoted Jim Kelley to the role of President of its newly combined Sports and Leisure Trends business. More
D3 Systems, known for its research in some of the world's most dangerous environments, has added five execs to its team: Kerry Brown, Alicia Boyd, Jessica Beaird, Kyle Block and April Bethune. More
In Melbourne, Australia, former GfK Blue Moon exec Mark George has set up a new insights consultancy called Quirk. More
MRSS India has moved into its own office in Mumbai, ready for the future appointment of around twenty new staff. More
In Singapore three senior execs, Jasal Shah, Shogo Nakazato and Masaaki Nomiya have this week announced the official launch of Union Panels, an alliance of online research panel providers. More
Gurgaon, India-based MR agency Orchidea Research has appointed two execs in Chicago: Navneet Singh Virk as Director Survey Solutions and Nitin Sharma as Global Director Survey Solutions. The firm has also launched a new survey platform. More
Online panel specialist Research Now has appointed BlueKai co-founder Michael Bigby as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and a member of its Executive Leadership team. More
Marcoms giant WPP has launched a global Government & Public Sector Practice to drive 'excellence' in government communications. The new initiative is led by Dr Michelle Harrison, who is also CEO of the group's TNS BMRB agency. More
UK-based online shopping cart recovery software provider Ve Interactive has opened an office in Hong Kong, to support is AsiaPac client base. More
European online specialist InSites Consulting is extending its moderator network in Asia Pacific and has agreed a long-term strategic partnership with Sydney-based boutique agency Direction First. More
WPP's brand and media specialist Millward Brown has appointed Narayanan Radhakrishnan as Chief Client Officer, South East Asia (SEA) - a role vacated by Priti Mehra, who became MD in Singapore last month. More
IT and telecoms market intelligence specialist Current Analysis has appointed former IDC execs Harish Taori as Research Director and Swatantra Kumar as Sales Director at its office in Singapore. More
In the US, online research community builder Communispace has launched a new business unit dedicated to healthcare clients; and has named VP Corey Schwartz as its Managing Director. The firm says more such 'sub-brand' launches may be in the pipeline. More
Online community and survey technology provider Toluna has opened an office in Seoul, Korea, where it has promoted Kayne Park to the position of Country Director. More
London-based social media community management and moderation firm Emoderation has launched a regional headquarters in Sydney, from where it will provide services to clients across Australia and the Asia Pacific region. More
TNS has hired client side researcher Yong Joo Park for the newly created role of Chief Research Officer for the Asia Pacific region. He will join on 1st April. More
uSamp co-founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin have launched a new firm called Innovate, which they say will 'pinpoint' global panelists on demand and deliver sample via connected APIs. More
Roger Banks, the UK MD of consumer specialist Incite, has been promoted to the role of Group Managing Director, following growth in the firm's international business. Director Peter Kneale has taken over Banks' previous role in the UK. More
WPP Chief Exec Sir Martin Sorrell has received 1.78m shares, worth around £22.7m, under the company's now-discontinued long-term incentive plan, LEAP. More
Australian outdoor media company Adshel has launched a Strategic Integration (SI) Division and recruited media strategist Charlotte Vente to lead it. More
Millward Brown has appointed Nichola Rastrick as its new MD of Southeast Asia, succeeding the recently promoted Gonzalo Fuentes. Rastrick's current role as MD Singapore is filled by Priti Mehra who steps up from the role of Chief Client Officer, Southeast Asia. More
Former Nielsen MD Sarang Panchal has acquired a 'significant stake' in MRSS India, and has been named its Chief Executive Officer. More
New York-based advertising intelligence specialist Integral Ad Science has expanded with the opening of new offices in Germany and Singapore, supporting local clients, and has hired Olaf Mahr and Stephen Dolan to lead them. More
US-based data collection agency MRops has moved to a purpose-built office in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, to make space for its twenty full-time staff, and its 'Executive Interviewing Center' which houses 50 interviewers. The company has also made several new hires in the city. More
Millward Brown has promoted Mark Henning to Head of Media and Digital, Africa, Middle East & Asia Pacific (AMAP), responsible for driving the practice across the region. More
ORC International has re-located its Singapore office to bigger premises in preparation for the launch of its new Strategy Research practice, which will focus on helping businesses drive organizational growth across the Asia Pacific region. More
In Chennai, India, former Krea exec Arindam Bhattacharya has set up a new firm called ResearchSuite Technologies, offering survey programming, translations and data analytics solutions. More
Kantar has promoted Hidehiko Otake to the role of Chief Executive of its wholly-owned subsidiary Kantar Japan, replacing Masanori Miyajima who is leaving the business. More
Nielsen has promoted CFO Brian West to Chief Operating Officer, replacing Mitchell Habib; and has appointed Jamere Jackson, who joins from General Electric, to fill the vacant finance role. More
GfK has extended CEO Matthias Hartmann's contract by a further five years, to 30th November 2019. More
Online analytics pioneer Webtrends has named former Coremetrics CEO Joe Davis as its latest Chief Executive, just five months after appointing David Mitchell to the role. More
Global data collection specialist Cido has promoted Ayaz Akhtar to the role of General Manager of its Hong Kong office. More
In New York, digital measurement specialist comScore has hired former Arbitron EVP, New Product Innovation Manish Bhatia for its newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer, overseeing the sales, servicing, sales operations and business operations teams on a global basis. More
UK-based Facts International has appointed former Opinion Leader and Diagnostics exec Sarah Carter as a Research Director. More
US-based SIS International Research has opened an office in Manila, to offer fieldwork and data collection services in South East Asia while expanding its Market Intelligence Unit. More
Research company nQuire Services has opened an office in Shanghai, to handle an increasing volume of work in China. Company President Tom Fuller has moved to the country to head up the new business. More
Global information services company Experian has selected CEO Don Robert to become its new Chairman, following the resignation of co-founder Sir John Peace, who will step down from his role by the 2014 AGM. CFO Brian Cassin will succeed Robert as CEO. More
Research community and survey technology specialist Vision Critical has secured a $3.5m share investment from Difference Capital Financial. The firm has also appointed former OMERS Ventures MD Derek Smyth as its first ever Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). More
In Nice, France, four pharma research colleagues from WorldOne have launched a new independent fieldwork agency, QualWorld, specializing in qual market research for the healthcare industry. More
In Paris, former Publicis exec Adrien Cusinberche and PR Guillaume Aoust have set up Fauve, a social media analysis and ad agency for brands active in emerging markets. The firm's first tool is a big data analytics service called Lynx. More
Ipsos' Country Manager for Malaysia, Steve Murphy, has left the company and is replaced by Miranda Cheung, who adds the title to her existing responsibilities as country manager for Singapore. More
Asian firm Majestic MRSS has appointed Majid Dasurkar as Regional Manager - MENA, while sister agency MRSS India has hired Bhawana Sinha as Senior Director - Client Servicing, and Ashutosh Jathar as Director - Project Management. More
Hong Kong and Shanghai-based Asia Market Development (AMD) is launching operations in Singapore, through a joint venture with sister agency CNCData which is based in the country. More
Full service agency FieldGlobal has opened a research facility in London, where it has appointed Illitch Real as Associate Vice President - Business Development. More
Ipsos has confirmed that former TNS Regional CEO Judith Passingham will join its online data collection arm Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) as Global CEO on 2nd January 2014. IIS was formerly part of Global Operations, led by Stewart Jones, and will now operate as a separate business. More
WPP audience profiling and targeting division Xaxis is launching in Indonesia and the Philippines, and appointed Arshad Rahman to lead its efforts in the two new markets. More
Sports marketing researcher Repucom has appointed media measurement and consumer behaviour expert Joseph Eapen as Senior Vice President, South Asia, based in Mumbai, India. More
Healthcare fieldwork firm M3 Global Research has expanded its Qual department with the appointment of Alan Mavretish as Vice President of MR and the promotion of Brooke Allen-Watson to US Qualitative Manager. More
London-based mobile research and sample specialist On Device Research has appointed former Research Now director Martin Tomlinson as Managing Director of its Singapore office, in charge of the South East Asia region. More
WPP brand development and insight consultancy Added Value has appointed Kenneth Lee as Managing Director for China. More
In New Delhi, former uSamp India Director Naim ul Qadar has launched a project management company, NextON Services, offering research and panel companies sampling expertise, vendor management and other help. More
Hard to believe, but on Friday 29th November, DRNO's publisher MrWeb is celebrating 15 years in business. More
Nielsen is to buy Harris Interactive for around $116.6m, or $2 a share. The deal was unanimously approved on Monday by the Board of Directors of Harris, which has recently improved profits despite a continuing slide in its revenues. More
Millward Brown has appointed Gonzalo Fuentes as Chief Executive Officer of its Latin American business, succeeding Fabian Hernandez who will retire in early 2014. More
GfK has appointed Craig Griffin as Managing Director for the Consumer Choices division at its office in Thailand. More
TNS is moving Jacqui von Hirschberg from her current role as Executive Director of Strategy & Capability in Australia, into a pan-Asia Pacific role as Regional Director, Clients. Separately, Mandy Tam will join the firm in the New Year as Regional Director, Business Development. More
UK-based insight and innovation consultancy The Futures Company has opened an office in Singapore, which will act as a hub for clients across Asia Pacific. More
Global research consultancy The Behavioural Architects (TBA) has hired five new members of staff at its offices in London, Shanghai and Sydney. More
Nielsen is to promote Mitch Barns to the role of Chief Executive Officer from January 1st 2014, replacing David Calhoun who takes on the role of Executive Chairman. More
TNS has appointed Vishy Rajagopal S. as Regional Director, Operations for Asia Pacific. He was VP, Operations for TNS India for five years until 2009, and re-joins from Nielsen where he has served as regional Head of Data Acquisition for the Middle East, Africa & Pakistan, and South Asia. More
US-based customer and employee research specialist ORC International has appointed Matthew Au as Managing Director, China at its office in Singapore, where it has also hired Jane Guo as Senior Qualitative Research Manager. More
US healthcare data analytics and benchmarking firm Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) has appointed analytics industry veteran Alex Kormushoff as President. More
Web-based software developer Cvent is investing $7m in a plan to relocate its Fairfax County headquarters to a new location next to the Greensborough Metro Station, where it says it will create 400 new jobs. More
Full service agency FieldGlobal has opened an office in Manhattan, New York, where it has appointed former Harris Interactive exec Bob Romano as Vice President - Business Development. The company has also announced plans to open offices in Chicago, and in the UK, Japan and Brazil. More
Digital audience profiling and measurement provider Effective Measure is expanding into the Hong Kong market. More
Patrick Dodd has been appointed as Managing Director of Nielsen China, based in Shanghai, with responsibility for all business activities across the region. More
Millward Brown has appointed Roger Li as Chief Talent Officer for the Africa, Middle-East and Asia-Pacific region, reporting to Adrian Gonzalez, the region's CEO and with a seat on its executive board. More
Manchester, UK-based marcoms agency Foundry Communications has appointed former McCann strategist Julie Neilson to lead its Research & Planning division. The firm has also opened 'virtual offices' in Dundee and Birmingham, and affiliate offices in Europe, the US and Asia. More
India-based MR technology and operations company Annik has transferred founder, President & CEO Rahul Sahgal from its HQ in Gurgaon to New York, as it looks to extend the firm's footprint in North America. More
US-based Truven Health Analytics has opened an office in Singapore, led by Sandeep Makhijani who joins as Regional Director Asia Pacific. More
Nielsen has announced that Vice Chair Susan D. Whiting has decided to retire at the end of 2013, after thirty-five years with the company. More
UK-based research consultancy Incite has announced a number of appointments in its recently opened New York and Singapore offices. More
Mansoor Khan has been promoted to the new role of Director of MENA and South Asia, Kantar Media Audiences, as the company looks to build on existing operations in the UAE, Egypt and Turkey. More
Data intelligence and technology company Potentiate Australia has opened an office in Malaysia, and appointed Nielsen veteran Barry Ooi as its Managing Director. More
In India, the MRUC (Media Research Users Council) has elected Ravi Rao, Leader South Asia for Mindshare, as its new Chairman, for the year 2013-14 - he was previously Vice Chairman, and takes over from Ravindra Kumar of The Statesman. More
Online analytics pioneer Webtrends has named David Mitchell as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Alex Yoder who has left the company for reasons as yet unclear. More
Decision science and data analytics firm Mu Sigma is to open a big data center in Austin, Texas, where it plans to hire up to 300 full-time decision scientists and support staff. More
Customer experience management consultancy Nunwood has appointed twelve new members of staff at its London and Sydney offices, on the back of several new business wins from clients including British Airways and the Post Office in the UK and Suncorp Bank & Insurance in Australia. More
Former Nielsen colleagues Jeff Stewart and Christophe Cazes have launched a new firm called Asia Market Development (AMD), offering alternative approaches to the larger global firms which they say offer 'inflexible solutions' not designed for the Asian market. More
Panel firm Research Now has appointed Elizabeth May as Vice President of Client Development in its Sydney office, where she will be responsible for leading client development teams across both Australia and New Zealand. More
Full service agency MRSS India has made three senior appointments including Joseph Eapen, the former Media Research Users Council (MRUC) CEO of Audience Measurement and Analytics, who joins as Principal Consultant and Advisor. More
US-based web analytics and behavioral targeting firm Lotame has opened an office in Singapore and appointed Mathew Ward as MD of the Asia Pacific region. More
Research and analytics firm Evalueserve has opened an office in Dubai, through which it will serve clients across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. More
PR group Edelman has launched its Edelman Berland research and analytics subsidiary in Greater China, and has relocated Fergus Clarke from its Abu Dhabi office to Hong Kong to lead it as Head of Research for Edelman Berland Greater China. More
Vincent Bollore, Chairman of marketing services holding group Havas, has resigned and passed the reins to his son Yannick. More
Former Mindshare Australia CEO Chris Walton has sold his shares in customer data analytics firm Quantium for an undisclosed sum, and stepped down from his role as Principal with the business. More
Healthcare fieldwork firm M3 Global Research has appointed All Global's former European Director of Operations Kerry Haynes as a senior member of its team. More
Bob Carrigan, the CEO of media, events and research group IDG Communications Worldwide, is stepping down from his position at the end of September, when he will be replaced by company veterans Michael Friedenberg and David Hill. More
In Melbourne, Australia, digital audience specialist Effective Measure has hired Nielsen's former CTO John Griffin as Global Chief Technology Officer, responsible for leading the firm's software engineering, data application and infrastructure technology teams. More
Ipsos Australia has appointed Hamish Munro as its new CEO, based in Sydney and replacing Hugh Amoyal. More
In Shanghai, TNS has appointed former Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) exec Dr Michael Griffiths as Qualitative Research Director and Global Expert in Ethnography and Culture. More
Watermelon Research, the specialist digital company within Chime's CIE division, has announced the opening of an office in Sydney, its first in the Asia Pacific region. Company MD Mark Squires will oversee the setup and management of the new office. More
Cello-owned co-creation agency Face has appointed Serena Jacob as Head of Singapore, while former Rockhopper Research CEO Leonard 'Lenny' Murphy has joined the firm's Advisory Board. More
Food, drink and consumer goods specialist MMR Research Worldwide has appointed eight new members of staff, including Mario da Cruz as Head of MMR USA in New York and Andrew Kuiler as Managing Director of MMR China in Shanghai. More
In Singapore, TNS has promoted Nitin Nishandar to the position of Regional Managing Director for the Brand & Communication practice in Asia Pacific, responsible for a team of practitioners based across the region. More
In Australia, industry body The Readership Works has finally got round to naming its new newspaper and magazine readership survey, three years after Ipsos MediaCT was selected to run the programme. It's to be known as 'emma' - Enhanced Media Metrics Australia. More
UK-based consumer and cultural insight agency Flamingo is opening a sixth international office next month in Mumbai, adding to bases in London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. More
Panel and research technology provider Toluna has opened an office in Singapore, where Julie dePontbriand takes up the role of Director, ASEAN. Meanwhile, the firm's Hong Kong office will shortly be relocating from Sheung Wan to Central. More
John Mackay, the owner of sampling agency Mr Sample, has joined ad optimisation specialist MediaAnlayzer as Business Development Director, to lead the roll out of the company's services across the UK. More
UK-based Kadence International has launched in Vietnam - the fifth Asian country in which it now has a presence - with offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi; and has appointed Ivy Trang as Country Head, leading a team of nine. More
comScore has promoted Serge Matta to President, after twelve years at the company, most recently as President of Commercial Solutions and leader of the global sales organization. More
Retails analytics firm Ugam Solutions has announced four appointments, aimed at 'significantly enhancing capabilities to provide clients with smarter and sharper analytical solutions.' The four are Sudhir Holla, Navin Dhananjaya, Sridhar Sharma and Vinayak Hegde. More
UK-based consumer specialist Incite has opened full service offices in New York and Singapore, strengthening its service for global clients. More
WPP-owned Xaxis - which links the group's ad-buying technologies with a proprietary database containing what the firm describes as the 'world's largest pool of audience profiles' - has opened an office in Taiwan, led by former Yahoo! exec K.C. Pan. More
Ipsos has launched a social media research and communities division called Ipsos SMX (Social Media Exchange), to provide clients with new approaches to market research into consumer engagement and interaction. More
Full service agency MRSS India has appointed former TNS India VP Kalyan Karmakar as Advisor Consumer Insights, providing support to the firm's digital, automotive, financial services and FMCG clients. More
Full service agency Kadence International has made three senior appointments supporting its expansion in India. More
IBM has announced a partnership with The National University of Singapore (NUS) to establish a Centre for Business Analytics, offering both students and mid-career professionals training for business analytics roles. More
Deepender Rana has been promoted to the role of Head of Millward Brown Greater China, replacing Adrian Gonzalez who was yesterday named CEO of the firm's Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific (AMAP) region. More
Millward Brown has appointed Adrian Gonzalez as CEO of its Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific (AMAP) region, effective July 15th. He succeeds Travyn Rhall, recently promoted to Global CEO. More
Brand and communications researcher Hall & Partners has appointed Jim Forrest as Global Partner, Digital Innovations, based in New York, with a remit to drive digital strategy and the creation, global roll-out and integration of digital capabilities across the company. More
UK-based market research recruiter RP Cushing is to open an office in Hong Kong in the summer, two years after the launch of its Singapore branch. More
Pharma specialist Double Helix Consulting has appointed former Deloitte exec Callum Bir to lead its Asia Pacific consulting business, based in its Singapore office. More
Millward Brown has appointed Travyn Rhall as Global CEO, succeeding Eileen Campbell who is stepping down in mid-July for personal reasons. More
In India, Nielsen / WPP joint venture TAM Media Research has set up a 'vigilance desk', headed by a former senior policeman, and a 'transparency panel' of regulation experts, aiming to guarantee the impartiality of its methods and ratings. More
WPP brand and media specialist Millward Brown has opened an office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, headed by Samina Afrin, who recently joined the company from Nielsen. More
Healthcare consultancy Double Helix has put together an APAC market research team, which will be led by former IMS Health exec Diana Tan and will work out of its Singapore offices. More
GfK has announced the acquisition of Australia-based agricultural insights firm Paterson Consulting, and the opening of new offices in Sydney and Melbourne for its Animal and Crop Health team. More
Healthcare data collection specialist WorldOne has expanded Eva Laparra's role to that of Managing Director for UK and Northern Europe, from her previous position as MD Southern Europe and LatAm. More
Bart Michels, UK MD of WPP's brand development and insight consultancy Added Value, will take on the role of Global Chief Executive Officer from 1st July, replacing Janine Hawkins who is leaving the company. More
Millward Brown has appointed Surekha Poddar as Managing Director in charge of its Mumbai operation - the firm's largest in South Asia. She replaces Muder Chiba, who is leaving 'to pursue other interests'. More
Asian market research consultancy ABN Impact has appointed former TLE director Chris Richardson to launch its business in Singapore. More
Alan Gould, the co-founder of IAG Research, has joined online sampling and technology company uSamp as Chief Executive Officer, while the firm's founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin will continue to operate the firm's core sampling business. More
London-based mobile research tech specialist Lumi Mobile has expanded to Asia with the opening of a subsidiary in Hong Kong. More
Emerging market digital audience specialist Effective Measure has officially launched in Pakistan, after more than a year sounding out this 'booming online media market'. More
London-based qualitative insight consultancy Sundance has opened an office in Singapore, led by Account Director Jessica Bower. More
Data collection and sampling solutions firm SSI has appointed Max Weber as Managing Director, Asia Pacific, and Satoshi Komatsuzaki as Country Manager for Japan. More
New York-based SIS International Research has appointed Thomas Fuller as Managing Director of the Asia Pacific region, based in the firm's Shanghai offices. More
US-based research consultancy THREE has opened an Asia Pacific division, and appointed Jeff Lee for the newly created position of Research Director, working from the Los Angeles area. The firm says that it is also planning to open South American and European units in the coming year. More
Digital measurement specialist comScore has promoted Victor Cheng and Yosuke Maekawa to head its China and Japan regions respectively. More
US-based consumer intelligence specialist The NPD Group has appointed four new market research analysts at its flat panel display specialist NPD DisplaySearch in the US, Korea and Taiwan. More
Shangahi-based qual and quant agency Insight Focus has appointed two former employees of WPP's brand development and insight consultancy Added Value - Alvin Huen as General Manager in the General China Region, and Isabella Chan as a Director. More
In Singapore, competitive intelligence specialist Current Analysis has appointed former IDC leader Amit Gupta as Managing Director, APAC, to further expand its operations across the region. More
Australian-based insights consultancy Fiftyfive5 has added (yes) five new consultants to its team in response to what it calls 'a continued increase in demand' for its strategic consulting services. More
UK-based BrainJuicer Group has hired Maria Spinelli as Vice President, BrainJuicer Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. The company launched offices in Mumbai and New Delhi in 2012 and Shanghai in 2010. More
Sydney, Aus-based Q Research Software is to open an office in New York later this month, and has appointed former Illuminas SRE Steven Kawalek to lead it. More
Millward Brown has announced changes to its AMAP (Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific) Executive Board, including changed roles for Shishir Varma and Deepender Rana, and the addition of newly promoted South Asia MD Prasun Basu. More
Juniper Consulting Group (Junicon) has appointed Michael LoPresti as Managing Director of its Tokyo-based healthcare marketing research and consulting company Junicon K.K. More
UK-based telephone research specialist Facts International has expanded into the APAC region, with the opening of an office in Sydney, Australia. More
Insights consultancy Greenberg Brand Strategy has hired former Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) Asia leader Tatt Chen as Global Head of Client and Market Development. More
TNS has officially opened an office in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), claiming to be the first international consumer insights consultancy to secure a licence to officially conduct business in the country. More
Ipsos has set up a new Employee Relationship Management (ERM) practice in APAC, helping clients with talent attraction, employer branding, leadership development and staff retention strategies. More
TNS has appointed former Ernst & Young Partner Richard Ingleton as its new Global Chief Executive Officer, replacing Eric Salama who previously combined the role with his leadership of Kantar. More
Global research and analytics outsourcing firm Cross-Tab says it is planning to recruit a further 1400 staff in India, adding to its existing 600-strong headcount based in Bangalore and Mumbai. The company has also launched a new research platform called ctOS. More
The Leading Edge (TLE) has expanded in Asia with a number of new hires, including Justin Garrett as Managing Director in its Singapore office. The firm has also opened a new office in New Delhi, India. More
Ipsos has appointed former TNS exec Marie Lee as Managing Director of its operations in the Philippines. More
Chris Paxton has left the Sydney office of Australian custom researcher The Leading Edge, to return to his native UK as Managing Director of the London office. More
Two former execs of business process outsourcing firm Aegis Global have launched a new company called Ananto, based in Mumbai and using big data analytics to offer clients insight, predictive intelligence and technology integration. More
Cello-owned co-creation agency Face has appointed Andrew Ho as Managing Director of its recently opened operations in Asia. More
Not too little, not too much, with three vital ingredients and a splash of flavouring... Continuing our celebrations of job ad no.100,000, Nick Thomas gives a simple but effective recipe for a good job ad. More
Today we reach the milestone of 100,000 job ads on MrWeb. It's taken just over fourteen years and 1,806 different advertisers, and in that time we've seen many changes in the way researchers are recruited, and the skills in demand. Co-founder Nick Thomas starts an in-depth review today. More
UK-based BDRC Group has added a China office to its existing overseas locations in Singapore and Sydney. Based in Beijing, the new office will be led by former B2B International China Deputy GM Siew Wong. More
GfK has named four senior leaders for its operations in the CEE-META (Central and Eastern Europe Middle East, Turkey and Africa) and APAC (Asia and the Pacific) regions. More
Millward Brown (MB) has announced plans to open a new office in Myanmar (Burma) during the first quarter of 2013, subject to the approval of the local authorities. The new office will be led by Compass Research co-founder Lyndal Pearce. More
Digital audience specialist Effective Measure has appointed Sammy Elazab as Country Managing Director for Singapore, to lead business development efforts across the country. More
Difficult environments specialist D3 Systems has added eight execs to its team, including six Assistant Research Analysts, plus Statistician David Rae and Controller Kelley Milligan. More
Ipsos Healthcare's Gareth Phillips has relocated from Singapore to London, to take up the position of Managing Director UK & Head of Western Europe. More
Full service agency Market Strategies International (MSI) has opened an office in Singapore, led by David Ying Hon Ho, currently the company's Research Director and International Research Specialist. More
Steve Garton, the former MD of Ipsos MediaCT Asia Pacific, has left to set up his own consultancy. The new firm will base its services around 'holistic communication' and ROI measures, supported by technology 'not previously available in Asia'. More
In London, healthcare research specialist The P\S\L Group has appointed sector veteran Bob Douglas as Chief Strategy Officer. More
Research and advisory group ISG (Information Services Group) says it has added 100 staff in India during the last 15 months, doubling its headcount there. More
Research industry staff recruitment firm Asia Talent has opened an office in Hong Kong, where it has appointed Ying Tong-Perrett as Partner for Greater China, with a remit to further develop the company's portfolio of clients in the region. More
Paul Fisher has resigned from his role as CEO of IAB Australia, and in March will become Managing Director for Nielsen Media across the Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) regions. More
UK-based researcher Neil Cary has launched a new business, Asia Opinions Ltd, offering research services to British and Asian companies, including access to consumer panels, and its own online survey tool, Surveygoo.com. More
TNS has appointed former Ipsos MORI CEO Mike Everett as Global Head of Stakeholder Management, based in London. More
In India, the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has formed a three-member Technical Committee (TechComm), tasked with drawing up a roadmap for the establishment of an audience metrics system. More
Panel and research technology specialist Vision Critical has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan, led by former MROC Japan CEO Shigeru 'Shiggy' Kishikawa. More
Research veteran Subramaniam (Subra) Iyer has been appointed Joint Director of two Mumbai-based sister companies, healthcare data collection specialist MedField India and full service agency FieldGlobal. More
GfK has announced the formation of a new global Market Opportunities and Innovations practice, which will promise marketing professionals 'the critical foresight needed to successfully tap into future markets'. Marilyn Raymond will lead the new division. More
New Zealand company Key Research is to create fifty jobs in a new call centre, opened this week in its home city of Tauranga. More
Digital marketing solutions firm IgnitionOne - part of Japanese ad giant Dentsu - has appointed Michael Stephanblome as its UK Managing Director, as it completes the integration of his advertising exchange AdJug into its platform. More
Netherlands-based online researcher MetrixLab has opened a new office in Shanghai, China - led by former Ipsos leader Edwin Song - from where it will focus on Chinese and regional clients. More
Healthcare fieldwork firm M3 Global Research has appointed three new members of staff in London. More
Industry association ESOMAR has elected Dan Foreman, currently Head of Business Development at Lumi Mobile, as President for the two-year period beginning January 2013. More
Former Synovate Global CEO Adrian Chedore has joined Asia-focused MR consultancy ABN Impact as Chairman. More
Hettie Han has rejoined Kantar Health China as Director in Beijing, from where she will work alongside the global team to grow the firm's multi-client and consultancy business across the region. More
GfK has strengthened its Hong Kong team with the appointment of research veterans Karen Khao, as Head of Consumer Experiences, and Roland Leung as Head of Innovation Research. More
Cello-owned co-creation agency Face has expanded to Asia with the opening of two new offices in Singapore and Hong Kong. More
UK-based Behavioural Economics specialist The Behavioural Architects (TBA) is opening an office in Sydney, Australia, adding to existing bases in Shanghai, London and Oxford. Ad planner Mike Daniels is appointed to run the new business. More
San Francisco-based business intelligence analytics provider GoodData has expanded in Asia Pacific region through a partnership with its regional MD Chris Gartlan. More
Millward Brown's former Chief Client Strategist Larry Schack has joined brand and research consultancy Greenberg Brand Strategy as Partner for Innovation and Insights. The role will focus on development of the firm's 'humanQuant' practice. More
GfK has appointed seven leaders in China, Korea, Malaysia and Japan, as part of a strategy to expand its global research solutions across the Asia Pacific region. More
Publicis-owned communications and engagement network MSLGroup has promoted social media expert Gaurav Mishra to the position of Vice President of Insights, Innovation, and Social for Asia, to help clients engage people through storytelling and crowdsourcing. More
Omnicom Media Group (OMG) has appointed Lee Smith as Asia Pacific President of its data and analytics business Annalect, alongside his current role as CEO Digital Platforms for OMG in the region. More
AsiaPac marketing analytics consultancy Analytic Partners has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia, where it has appointed former Mediabrands Analytics MD Clare Fernando to establish the firm's presence. More
Technology market intelligence provider IDC has appointed BT Global Services' former innovation leader Charles Reed Anderson, as Head of its Telecom Practice and co-leader of its Mobility Practice in Asia Pacific. More
Online specialist BrainJuicer has opened a 'client-facing' practice in India, where it has appointed Pooja Haldea as Managing Director – India, based in New Delhi, and Sarah Cowell-Thomas as Head of Juice Generation – India, based in Mumbai. More
Tokyo-based online sampling and data collection firm AIP Corporation has opened an office in India, which is led by Roy Kimura who is based at the firm's office in New York. More
GfK Philippines has appointed former Nielsen exec Mary Margaret Co Martinez to lead its Retailer team in the role of Retail Director. More
Michael Berland has left WPP-owned MR and political polling specialist Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) to join PR giant Edelman as CEO of a newly-named research and analytics business, Edelman Berland, into which the group's existing research firm StrategyOne will be integrated. More
According to reports in the UK press, WPP is planning to 'refresh' its Board of Directors, after shareholders voted against a proposed 60% increase in CEO Sir Martin Sorrell's pay package back in June. More
Kantar Health has promoted Graeme Jacombs to the position of Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA), responsible for regional strategy, local business planning and client support. More
Former Research Now director Johnny Caldwell has joined brand tracking agency Nepa, in the newly created role of Client Services Director in its Soho, London-based office. More
Healthcare specialist The Research Partnership has opened a market access consultancy called 'The Access Partnership', which will provide services to the pharma, biotech, and medtech industries. It will be run by healthcare research veteran Mike Mallinson, who joins at the end of the year. More
IgnitionOne - the digital marketing technology arm of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu - has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil, where it has appointed industry veteran Edmardo Galli as Managing Director. More
In China, Eddie Chien has joined ad and brand research specialist Ipsos ASI as Managing Director, after twenty years at Procter and Gamble (P&G). More
WPP-owned market research and political polling specialist Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) has opened its second Indian office, in Mumbai, following its launch in Gurgaon last year. More
Digital research agency MobileMeasure Consultancy has expanded to Singapore through a partnership with Anila Shrivastava, the founder of eye tracking and semiotics specialist idStats. More
Asian agency ABN Research has opened an office in Hong Kong, from which it plans to expand beyond the FMCG and white good sectors to supporting service industries such as finance and telecoms. The firm has also been re-named as 'ABN Impact'. More
Digital agency XM Asia Pacific has opened a Consumer Experience Lab in Singapore. The facility will use Tobii eye-tracking technology, heuristic techniques and usability metrics to examine how Asian consumers absorb the information they see in digital ads and traditional media. More
Gaming analytics provider iQU has launched an office in Los Angeles and hired Jeannette Weinstein to lead it as US CEO. More
Ipsos Healthcare has appointed Richard Clarke as Global Business Development Director for Syndicated Services, based in Kuala Lumpur. More
GfK has combined two recent acquisitions, KN Dimestore and nurago, to create a new global practice, Digital Market Intelligence (DMI), which promises clients a complete picture of their digital marketing and advertising ROI. More
Dubai-based News Group International (NGI) has acquired UK-based Report International and US PR and social media research specialist KDPaine & Partners, and will add them to its measurement company, Salience Insight, while maintaining them as distinct brands. More
In Australia, Emelia Millward has left public broadcaster SBS after eight years to take on the same title - Head of Research and Insights - at Seven. More
Tokyo-based online sampling and data collection firm AIP Corporation has opened an office in Singapore, where it plans to establish a local panel management and resource development team. More
Full service agency Market Strategies International (MSI) has launched a qualitative insights boutique, led by former Synovate director Steve Wolf. More
In Australia, trade association the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) has elected Mark Britt, Group CEO of Mi9, as its new Chairman. More
Japan-based GMO Research has appointed Sarah Jang as a Senior Business Development Director for North America, charged with setting up the company's first office in the region. More
Havas Media Asia Pacific has appointed econometric expert Naman Sharma, formerly of OMD and Carat, as its Head of Research and Analytics. More
Full service agency MRSS India has appointed former Intel exec Shivanand Shenoy as Senior Director, Client Servicing, in charge of its IT, online and FMCG verticals, and to lead its new 'Digital Research' service. More
US-based cleantech specialist Pike Research has been acquired by energy sector market intelligence provider Navigant. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
WPP-owned market research and political polling network Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) has appointed government bureaucrat Ashok Kapur as Head of its Policy Group for South Asia operations. More
In the US, M3 Global Research has appointed healthcare research veteran David Deutsch as Head of Syndicated Products, while eRewards' former CMO and Chief Panel Officer Bill Russo has joined as President of Market Research. More
Kantar subsidiary Added Value Saffron Hill has appointed former FutureBrand exec Carol Mok as Brand Development Director in its Singapore office. More
Database and information services giant Experian has hired Ben Elliott as MD of its Decision Analytics division in Asia Pacific. He was previously Network Director for Retail Banking at Lloyds Banking Group. More
In Shanghai, Ipsos Healthcare has appointed IMS Health veteran David Twinberrow as Head of Syndicated Services, Asia Pacific, charged with leading the planned expansion and development of the firm's Therapy Monitor portfolio across the region. More
TNS has opened its first office in Cambodia, through a partnership with local market and social research firm MSD, which has a network of locations across the country. More
WPP shareholders have voted against a proposed 60% increase in CEO Sir Martin Sorrell's pay package. Separately, WPP says its Consumer Insight arm has been 'stable' in the first four months of 2012, with a 3.3% revenue rise adding to the group's £3.2 billion turnover. More
Research consultancy Kadence India has appointed former Hansa Research General Manager Maninder Khurana as Vice President - Consumer Insights. More
Asia Pacific-based marketing and brand research consultancy Cimigo has promoted Winnie Yeung to the role of Managing Director in Hong Kong, responsible for overseeing strategy and business development while leading the regional team. More
US-based Federated Sample has appointed former Greenfield Online MD Andy Ellis as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development. More
Janet Harkness, Director of the Gallup Research Center and a leading figure in the development of cross-cultural research methods, died on Monday in Germany at the age of 63. More
India-based digital advertising and technology firm Komli Media is promoting former ViziSense boss Andrew Reid to Managing Director of its Australian business, replacing ad man Andrew Lockwood who is taking 'an extended break' but may return later in an advisory capacity. More
GfK is integrating elements of its brand, communication, satisfaction and loyalty research into a new global practice, Brand and Customer Experience, and has appointed Helen Zeitoun to head it up. More
Kees de Jong, the CEO of data collection and sampling solutions specialist SSI, has moved to the role of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has been replaced by Chris Fanning, who joined the firm in February as President and COO. More
Aegis Media has announced the appointment of Silvia Leiva as Director, Insights for its Singapore office. More
Mediacom's former Director of Analytics Philip Tiongson has been hired for the new post of Director of Research Solutions at Agility Research & Strategy, the firm launched in Singapore last November by former Harris Interactive managers Amrita Banta and Asha Choksi. More
Ipsos has announced a number of senior qual appointments in Asia Pacific, including that of Gordon Milne as leader of its Ipsos UU qual business across the region. More
Quratulain Ibrahim has been promoted from COO to Chief Executive Officer of full service agency TNS-Aftab, the global agency's affiliate company in Pakistan and Afghanistan. More
In Australia, Photon-owned insights and strategy consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) has appointed Chrissy Blackburn as Global Strategy Partner, Head of Brand Strategy. She will be based in the firm's Sydney office, while also working with its Asian, European and US operations. More
Kantar Health has announced two senior promotions in its Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region (APMEA). Graeme Jacombs becomes Deputy MD for the region while Dr. Vince Grillo is promoted to General Manager, Singapore and Malaysia. More
Asia Pacific-based marketing and brand research consultancy Cimigo has opened new offices in Jakarta and Singapore, to enhance local support for its clients. More
Following the acquisition of Synovate, Frank Guo has been promoted to the position of Director, Healthcare China for Ipsos Healthcare, in charge of the division's business across the country. More
In the UK, Radius Global Market Research has appointed Anjul Sharma for its new role as Global Director of Qualitative Research, to lead the firm's qual practice across its client base in the US, EMEA, and Asia from its office in London. More
Stockholm-based brand tracking researcher Nepa has established an office in China, where it has also formed a partnership with online music web site Tudou to create a consumer insights market research panel. More
Panel and research technology specialist Vision Critical has appointed former Synovate North America CEO Scott Miller as President and COO of International Business. More
New Jersey-based Bowker, which provides information for the publishing industry, has merged its US-based PubTrack Consumer and UK-based Book Marketing Limited (BML) under a new global brand, named Bowker Market Research. More
Market research recruitment specialist Resources Group has promoted Rowan Haylett to the position of Managing Director - Australia and APAC, with responsibility for the firm's business across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. More
Panel and research technology specialist Vision Critical has opened an office in Hong Kong, which will form its Asian headquarters. The new office - the firm's eleventh in all worldwide - will be led by Bruce Wells, who joined earlier in the month from Synovate. More
Customer and employee research specialist ORC International has rolled out its 'Strategic Intelligence' service in Asia, which combines primary and secondary research with a range of other data. The Singapore-based division is led by former Nielsen director Nigel Carey. More
In the US, MR technology and operations company Annik has promoted former Greenfield Online CEO Rudy Nadilo to the position of Senior Partner, in charge of its Global Research Practice. John Bird is also promoted to the role of Partner in the practice. More
Bob Chua, the CEO and founder of research outsourcing and panels company Pulse Group, has been appointed Chairman of Malaysia-based comms group GO Communications, with a remit to spearhead the company's Asia Pacific expansion. More
London-based insight consultancy Truth has celebrated its fifth birthday with annual revenues of £9m, up 25% from the previous year. More
Online healthcare data collection firm WorldOne has expanded its network in Asia with the opening of a new office in Shanghai, China, adding to its existing presence in Hong Kong and Tokyo. More
Panel and research technology specialist Vision Critical has appointed former Synovate exec Bruce Wells as Managing Director and President of its operations in Asia, based in Hong Kong. More
Ipsos has announced the appointment of Synovate veteran Jenny Broughton as a Global Talent Management Partner, and separately has given more details of the structure of its new InnoQuest Practice. More
AbsolutData Research & Analytics has added three C-suite leaders to its management team in India, to support its 'aggressive global growth plans'. COO Sundar Ramaswamy, CFO Abishek Sawhny and CTO Rahul Monie will all be based in the Gurgaon office. More
MRSS India, the newly announced venture backed by Asian firm Majestic MRSS, has announced three key hires to build its senior team. Seetha Sethuraman, Deepak Mathur and Bhumika Bhuptani will take lead roles developing the firm's client servicing and mystery shopping services. More
Ipsos, continuing its integration of Synovate, has reorganised its largest global business line, Ipsos Marketing - which accounted for nearly half the group's revenues in 2011 - forming four distinct practices. More
comScore's Chief Operating Officer Greg Dale has moved across to the position of Executive Vice President, International, following last year's departure of Wolf Allisat. Cameron Meierhoefer now becomes COO, while Serge Matta is promoted and Tom Karrat hired for divisional President roles. More
European online consumer researcher MetrixLab has promoted Andy Habgood to the post of Managing Consultant, to lead the firm's UK Brand, Media and Advertising division from its offices in London. More
Consumer and sensory specialist MMR Research has formed a dedicated research team, focused on early stage product development and packaging work and the creation of new qualitative and bespoke research approaches. More
In Canada, former Optimisa CEO Simon Dannatt has joined youth-focused research specialist The Sound as Chief Executive Officer, with a specific remit to help the firm expand into Asia. More
Nielsen Media Australia MD Peter Cornelius has left the company, following a restructure which has resulted in the firm integrating its Watch (media) and Buy (consumer purchase behavior) divisions under the leadership of former MD, Pacific, Chris Percy. More
In the UK, global research and analytics outsourcing firm Cross-Tab has appointed former ICM Direct MD Gareth Nicol as Associate Vice President, European Client Services, to further expand its presence across the region. More
Global media auditor BPA Worldwide has opened an office in the city of Shenzhen, in the Guangdong Province of China, complementing its existing Asian operations in Hong Kong. More
The co-founder and President of Asian agency Majestic MRSS Raj Sharma has partnered with former Nielsen MD Sarang Panchal to launch a new full service agency called MRSS India. More
In the US, Greenfield Online veterans Hugh Davis and Keith Price have officially launched reInvention, a global sampling and data collection services firm founded last summer and promising 'a more human-to-human' approach to sample acquisition. A London office is planned soon. More
GfK has announced revenue up 6.2% to EUR 1.374 billion in 2011, in preliminary figures released today. Almost all (5.8%) was organic growth. Operating income grew relatively little due to specific items including write-downs and recruitment of a new CEO. More
Japanese research and online panel provider GMO Research/JMI has today announced the opening of its first UK office, and the appointment of veteran researcher Jonathan Sheldrake as European Sales Director. More
Murray Hardie has re-joined brand and comms research specialist Hall & Partners as US Chief Executive Officer, after a 10-year break spent working in comms planning positions. He assumes overall responsibility for US operations from Global CEO Vanella Jackson. More
In the US, online sampling and data collection company Research Now has made changes to its senior team with three promotions: Craig Stevens to CRO for the Americas; Martin Filz to MD for EMEA and APAC; and Konstanze Just to SVP of Global Marketing. More
Australian research and marcoms group Photon - which owns MR agencies The Leading Edge (TLE) and Jigsaw Research - has promoted Matthew Melhuish to the position of Chief Executive Officer, replacing Jeremy Philips who left in December. More
Market intelligence company Mintel has today announced the opening of three offices in the Asia Pacific region. Already open for business, the three are located in Mumbai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. More
Former Omniture exec Lawrence Chua has joined WPP digital marketing agency XM Asia Pacific as Analytics Director in its strategy practice. He will be based in Singapore. More
Consumer and sensory specialist MMR Research is expanding into Asia, with the opening of an office in Singapore, where it has appointed former TNS sector CEO Clive Little to lead the operation; and a Sensory Science Centre in Shanghai. More
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GfK has promoted three of its senior Asia Pacific execs - Frans Janssen to Executive Managing Director for the region; Stanley Kee to MD, Southeast Asia; and Benny Villanueva to General Manager for GfK Philippines. More
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TNS Global Chairman Jamie Hall is to retire next week, after nearly 30 years in the market research industry. More
In the US, Nielsen has announced the appointment of Rick Kash as Vice Chair and Mitchell Habib as Chief Operating Officer. Both appointments are effective from January 1st 2012. More
Marcoms giant WPP has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based digital marketing agency Qais Consulting. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Jeremy Philips has resigned as CEO of the Photon Group, the parent company of insight firms The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Research. Philips was brought in to save the debt-laden group 18 months ago, and 'though challenges remain, leaves with a sense of 'mission accomplished'. More
Following its acquisition of Synovate, Ipsos has promoted Grant Bertoli to the position of CEO for South East Asia (SEA), and confirmed the appointment of Synovate's Singapore MD Miranda Cheung as MD of Ipsos in Singapore and SEA. Senior European and US roles have also been finalised. More
IBM veteran Matthias Hartmann has officially taken up the post of Chief Executive Officer of GfK, replacing Professor Dr. Klaus L. Wübbenhorst who has stepped down. More
Research outsourcing and panels company Pulse Group has hired former Gartner executive Carmen Endrina to lead its client development offering in the US, with a particular focus on the firm's West Coast technology clients. More
Six former employees of Harris Interactive in Hong Kong have set up Anovation Asia, a new full service agency which is majority owned by data specialist Anovation. More
Synovate CEO Robert Philpott has left his job as part of a management restructure, following Ipsos' recent acquisition of the firm. It is not yet known what his next career move will be. More
Following its recent acquisition of Synovate and in line with plans to withdraw the Synovate brand in January, Ipsos has restructured its team in China. Five 'Combined Country Managers' will ready the businesses for integration while ensuring they run separately until the end of the year. More
Former Harris Interactive managers Amrita Banta and Asha Choksi have opened their own full service agency, Agility Research & Strategy, in Singapore. The firm will focus on research across Asia using online and digital data collection tools. More
Brand specialist Oracle Added Value has named ex-Illuminas MD Matthew Carr Deputy Managing Director of its Hong Kong office; and promoted Arthur Tam to the new role of Head of Talent Development, Greater China. More
PR and research firm Brunswick Group has opened a third Chinese office in Shanghai, and appointed two un-named 'senior individuals' to expand its investor relations and research capabilities in Hong Kong. More
Former Toluna exec Ashish Nijhon has opened Annette Research, a new firm based in Gurgaon, India and offering data collection and analysis, survey programming, panel aggregation and translation services to both corporate clients and MR agencies. More
TNS has today announced the appointment of Kristin Sharp as global COO of its qualitative business, starting immediately. She joins from Ipsos' US qual division Understanding UnLtd, of which she was CEO and President. More
Aegis Media has launched its communications insight and evaluation company aevolve in Malaysia and appointed Mark Chaves to lead it as Chief Insight Officer. More
WPP is launching its social and traditional media listening arm Kantar Media Cymfony in Europe, with the opening of a new office in London servicing clients this side of The Pond. More
London-based BDRC Group - which in the UK includes BDRC Continental and Perspective Research Services - has opened an office in Singapore, headed by former employee Piers Lee who recently left his role as MD of Kadence Asia Pacific. More
TNS has appointed Research International veteran Mark Kingsbury as Global Head of Marketing Sciences, based in the UK and responsible for building the firm's existing technical capabilities and developing new solutions. More
Japanese consulting services specialist Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has acquired a 25.1% stake in New Delhi-based Market Xcel Data Matrix, through which it plans to expand its research and consulting business activities to India. More
Harris Interactive's results for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2011 show a further decline in revenues in real terms, and a significant rise in operating loss. Recently appointed Interim CEO Al Angrisani says there is 'not going to be a quick or easy fix' for the company's problems. More
David Ashton has left his position as Research Lead at public opinion specialist BritainThinks after just eight months in the role, to join the Hong Kong office of Brunswick Research, the opinion research practice of PR firm Brunswick Group. More
In the US, Kurt Knapton has returned to e-Rewards as President and CEO, following the recent resignation of Chris Havemann. More
Research consultancy Kadence International has promoted Greg Clayton to MD for Singapore, replacing the departing Piers Lee; and is gearing up to expand in the region with the relocation of Phil Steggals from the UK, the hiring of Natalie Sew Hoy and a major office refurbishment. More
Family, friends and colleagues have paid tribute to former Millward Brown MD Tony Copeland, who died recently aged 66 after a short illness. Copeland is credited with leading the development of the agency's international network of offices in the late 1980s and 1990s. More
WPP's salary body is to consider a fifty percent rise in the basic salary of CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, who in November 2008 rejected a scheduled review as 'inappropriate' for the economic climate. Sorrell's £1m basic, unchanged since January 2007, is a smallish part of his total income from the firm. More
India's Media Research Users Council (MRUC) has elected Hormusji N Cama, Director of Gujarati daily paper Bombay Samachar, as its new Chairman. He replaces Lloyd Mathias. More
WPP firm Added Value has restructured its Australian management, creating the new role of Client Development Director for current MD Melissa Carey and moving Deputy MD James Pike into her MD role. The firm's Sydney staff are also relocating across the city. More
Kadence International has appointed Andy Grout and Neil Rees as Insight Directors, both based at the company's headquarters in London. More
Full service agency InsightAsia has launched in Europe as Insight International, and appointed former ActiveGroup European MD Dan Foreman as Chief Executive Officer, based in London. More
Ipsos today announced the appointment of Bernice Klaassen as its Asia Pacific Regional Director for Digital. He was previously Global Director for Digital at TNS. More
Pursuing her 'passion for innovation research', former TNS Regional Head Lee Ryan has moved from Singapore to join Melbourne-based Raspberry Innovation Research + Strategy. More
In the UK, specialist research consultancy B2B International has expanded its London presence by moving to new offices on the Euston Road. More
Technology analyst IDC has promoted Matt Oostveen to the role of Chief of Research for Australia. He replaces Tim Dillon who takes an expanded Asia Pacific role. More
Research services provider Cross-Tab has expanded its US team with the appointment of former Research Now VP Terry Sweeney as Vice President Operations and Client Services, in charge of its global data collection operations. More
Jan Hofmeyr, formerly Synovate's International Director of Innovation, has joined TNS in a 'global thought leadership role', responsible for building the firm's approach to behaviour change and embedding this across the group. More
In India, Percept Media has appointed former Starcom MediaVest (SMG) exec Srikanth Raman as Chief Planning Officer, responsible for driving consumer research. More
In Singapore, former Fox Networks VP Matthew Harty has joined Omnicom Media Group (OMG) to head its real-time data and analytics arm, Accuen. More
MR and consulting firm Morpace has opened a new Asia Pacific operation in Shanghai, and appointed former Broadview Market Research manager Tong Zhou as Research Director there. More
Aegis Media has launched its specialist econometric and research consultancy ævolve in the APAC region, following its growth in the UK over the past ten years. The new arm will be led by former Nielsen exec Adam Hodgson. More
Information Services Group (ISG), the acquisition vehicle set up by former VNU boss Michael Connors, has moved into larger offices in Bangalore, India in anticipation of rapid growth over the next two years. More
Synovate has merged its global analytics consulting practice SMA with its Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) division, to provide clients with 'more accurate data and insights' about the behavior and attitudes of consumers. More
In India, the MRSI (Market Research Society of India) has elected Ashok Das, the MD of Hansa Research, as its President for the next two-year term. More
Indian MR technology and operations company Annik is opening a new office in London, led by former Globalpark manager Alex Happe, and an office in Sydney, Australia headed by former employee Meena Kumari. More
Consumer and retail tracking provider The NPD Group has promoted Tim Bush to the post of Group President for the Asia Pacific region, working out of its offices in Hong Kong. More
GfK has named a successor for Professor Dr. Klaus L. Wübbenhorst, who announced his decision to step down as CEO earlier in the year. Matthias Hartmann, 45, is currently Global Head of Strategy and Industries in the consulting division of IBM Global Business Services. More
Police in Mumbai, India have reportedly arrested the COO of Singapore-based online survey company Speak Asia, along with three other employees, on charges of defrauding investors of $US 294m. More
Chris Havemann, President and CEO of e-Rewards, is leaving the business to 'pursue new opportunities', but will remain in his current role until a replacement is selected. It is not yet known what his next career move will be. More
Consumer research and trends agency Iconoculture has appointed former Planet Retail researcher Greg Hodge as Director, Marketing Strategist, Global Retail in the UK; and consumer trends specialist Michael McCune as Director, Marketing Strategist, Asia-Pacific, based in the US. More
Ipsos has agreed to acquire Synovate for £525m (EUR 595m), creating the world's third largest market research company. The deal is to be funded with cash, new debt financing, and a rights offering to Ipsos shareholders. More
Synovate has announced three senior hires in India. Ruma Sengupta joins as Director of Insights, Sachin Chaudhari rejoins as Research Director, and Avijit Ghosh becomes an AD in the Motoresearch team. More
European online market research agency MetrixLab has appointed former Millward Brown leaders Graham Kerr and Michelle de Montigny as consultants in its US operation in New York. More
In Singapore, Ipsos has appointed former TNS director Melanie Ng as South East Asia (SEA) Regional Director for Technology. More
Canadian ecommerce market research specialist Terapeak has partnered with Yahoo! Japan to make historical transaction data from the latter's auction site available to a wider set of merchants. Terapeak has also promoted Colin How to the position of President. More
International online specialist BrainJuicer is predicting that it will achieve a 25% increase in first-half revenue compared with last year's figure of £7.2m. The company has also announced the opening of a fourth US office, and the planned launch of operations in Singapore and Milan. More
Research consultancy Kadence International has opened 55 fieldwork offices across India, staffed by 225 new permanent members of staff supported by more than 700 telephone and face-to-face interviewers and supervisors. More
In London, Synovate has brought together a team of methodologists to investigate the value of non-verbal response techniques, and apply their findings to custom research projects. More
TNS has appointed ad agency veteran and former Lowe and Partners Chief Strategy Officer Abhijeet Dutta Ray as Managing Director of Thailand. More
In Sri Lanka, Kantar-owned LMRB (Lanka Market Research Bureau) has promoted Himalee Madurasinghe to the post of Chief Executive Officer, after 14 years with the firm. More
Ipsos has appointed former TNS MD Grant Bertoli as its Regional Director of South East Asia (SEA) and Managing Director for Singapore. More
Kantar Health has promoted Werner Guminski to the position of CEO, Commercial Strategy, a role including responsibility for innovation. He most recently served as the firm's CEO, Global Practices. More
Survey Sampling International (SSI) and Opinionology have received regulatory approval to merge under the SSI brand. The firm will be led by SSI's Kees de Jong, who will continue his role as CEO, while Opinionology's CEO David Haynes will serve as President and COO. More
Database giant Infogroup has sold off its global market research arm ORC International to a group of the firm's senior managers, backed by Chicago-based private equity firm Lake Capital Management. Terms were not disclosed. More
Research and content outsourcing firm Netscribes has opened a 100-seat centre in Gurgaon, India, which will act as a hub for the company's global clients, primarily in the areas of research, analytics and content solutions. More
TNS has hired Martin Lambie-Nairn as Creative Director, a new position with a remit to improve the look and feel of the company's deliverables and work with local and global management to develop their creative capabilities. More
GfK is to restructure its business following a major review, and from next January will operate through two new divisions, 'Consumer Choices' and 'Customer Experiences', under the new tagline: 'Own the Future'. More
GfK has strengthened its worldwide presence, buying Thai MR firm MarketWise and completing the buying of GfK-MEMRB Marketing Services in Cyprus. It has also upped its stake in US company Etilize and launched a retail panel in Belarus. More
Yan Xuan has been appointed as President of Nielsen Greater China, reporting to CEO David Calhoun and with a seat on the Nielsen Executive Council (NEC). More
Online panel specialist Lightspeed Research has expanded its Hong Kong presence with the appointment of Paul Wong as SVP, Business Development and a move to new offices in the city's Quarry Bay area. More
Kantar is to roll out MarketTools' TrueSample quality solution across its network, following the breakdown of the Promedius Group, the not-for-profit quality consortium it launched with GfK and Ipsos less than a year ago. More
In the US, Millward Brown has appointed Susan Steele as Global Chief Human Resources Officer, responsible for leading the firm's human resources and talent strategy worldwide. More
In Hong Kong, former Synovate directors Brendan Shair and Ivy Cheung have launched ShairViews Research, an agency promising clear thinking and 'daring brevity'. More
Jeffrey Yu, former Chairman of Asian marcoms agency Bates 141, has joined brand-focused consumer data analytics consultancy Numsight, with a remit to develop the firm's market in China and prepare for its expansion in Shanghai. More
Electronics market specialist IMS Research has opened an office in Tokyo, Japan, which President Ian Weightman describes as a 'key component' in the firm's growth strategy in Asia Pacific. The new office is headed by former comScore manager Masanori Wakabayashi. More
In the UK, three former leaders of The Futures Company (TFC) - Crawford Hollingworth, Sian Davies and Sarah Davies - have launched a global insight and research consultancy called The Behavioural Architects. The trio are also planning to open a second office in China later this year. More
Marketing services network McCann Worldgroup has hired Marc Schwartz as Global Director of Performance Analytics and moved Laura Simpson from London to become Global IQ Director, heading up a new NYC-based Marketing Sciences practice. More
Kadence International has opened a full service office in Mumbai, headed up by Executive Director Rohit Churamani - and plans another shortly for Chennai. More
Synovate has opened an office in Vietnam, where it has appointed Rodolphe Jounot as Managing Director. More
Physician-patient feedback firm InfoMedics has expanded with the opening of an office in Paris and appointments to boost its European, Latin America and Asia Pacific regions. More
Synovate has announced the global launch of mobile research capabilities including SMS / text and mobile online surveys, as well as app development. Thomas Edwards has been promoted to lead the initiative. More
Synovate Business Consulting (BC) has expanded in the Middle East / North Africa (MENA) region with the promotion of Karthik Ramamurthy to oversee the MENA and India regions, and the appointment of Rashid Al Banna to lead the UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia markets. More
Ipsos has announced a restructure of its ASI advertising division in the Asia Pacific region. Kym Penhall is promoted to MD of the region, while Great China MD Javier Calvar adds new responsibilities, and Peter Fairbrother and Keith Spencer also take up new roles. More
Nielsen has promoted Emilie Darolles to the role of Managing Director of its operations in Taiwan. More
Kantar Health has appointed former IMS Health researcher Simon Li as General Manager, China, based in Shanghai. More
Nielsen has promoted former Microsoft exec Celia Fan to lead its 'Watch' media research division in Hong Kong. More
Asia Pacific-based marketing and brand research consultancy Cimigo has opened an office in Shanghai, where it has appointed former Synovate executives Daisy Sam as General Manager and Marcos Leung as Director. More
Kadence International has appointed Nielsen veteran Barry Ooi as Managing Director of its operations in Malaysia. More
Kantar Chairman and CEO Eric Salama has taken on the additional role of CEO of TNS from Pedro Ros, who now becomes TNS non-executive Chairman. Ros replaces Jamie Hall, who will leave the business 'as planned' at some point in 2011. More
In Australia, Researchwise founder Julie Houston has launched Nitty Gritty, a consultancy focused on 'social marketing' - campaigns which effect behaviour and attitude change in society. The firm will help clients develop their ideas and approach using research, evaluation and training. More
In Australia, Photon-owned insights and strategy consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) has created three new senior roles as part of the expansion of its global network; moved Tim Riches to the role of MD of its Sydney office; and announced three further senior hires. More
Dave Thomas, President Global Media Client Services at Nielsen, is to leave the firm after 22 years. His replacement will be Mitch Barns, currently President of Nielsen Greater China. More
In the UK, customer experience measurement specialist Maritz Research has reported a revenue increase of £1.07m, from £8.4m in the fiscal year 2009 to £9.4m in 2010. In the last 12 months, the firm has also recruited 80 new researchers in Europe and Asia. More
Nielsen has promoted Karthik Rao to the position of Managing Director of its Greater China region, based in its Shanghai office. More
FocusVision - which provides online video transmission and analysis for qual market research - has appointed former Research Now Client Development Manager Baxter Tan to spearhead its growing Asia Pacific business. More
MR outsourcing firm Ugam is planning to increase its workforce in India by 30% in the next year, with the majority of new hires at its operation at Saravanampatty, in Coimbatore in Southern India. More
In Australia, Survey Sampling International (SSI) has appointed former Research Now MD Jason Buchanan as Managing Director of its Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. He replaces Rene Bos who has decided to return to Europe. More
MR tech and operations company Annik Technology Services has promoted former Greenfield Online CEO Rudy Nadilo to the post of Senior Vice President, Global Business Development. More
Indian data collection firm Advaith has opened an office in the UK, where it has appointed former Pulse Group exec Jonathan Sheldrake as Sales Director for Europe. More
Moscow-based Online Market Intelligence (OMI), which provides online fieldwork in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and the Baltic states, has opened offices in Finland and Canada, with expansion in mind. More
Darren Smith has been promoted to the newly created post of Operations Director for Synovate Pan-Africa, based in Kenya. More
Synovate has appointed former TNS researcher Matthew Chang as Executive Director, serving as head of its operations in Taiwan. More
Financial services specialist Steve Laue has joined Synovate as Managing Director of Banking, Finance & Insurance Research in Greater China - a region comprising China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. More
Agricultural market research specialist Kleffmann Group has expanded in Asia with a new office in Beijing, China, and has announced plans to open an operation in India later in the year. More
Full service agency Market Probe has promoted Saji Kumar to the position of Managing Director for Asia Pacific, to consolidate the firm's presence in the region, replacing Roger Thomas who has left the company. More
In Australia, Experian Hitwise's former Asia Pacific Research Director Alan Long has joined Online 1984 - the social media measurement division of The Online Circle - as General Manager. More
Millward Brown has appointed Daren Poole as Global Brand Director for Link, its ad optimization solution. This is the fourth of five such newly created roles planned across the company. More
French financier Vincent Bolloré has indicated that he may be willing to sell his 26.5% stake in Synovate's parent firm Aegis, according to a report in the UK's Guardian newspaper. More
Global online sampling and data collection firm Research Now has moved Martin Filz from Sydney, Australia to the position of Managing Director in the UK. He is replaced in his previous role as Managing Director for Asia Pacific by James Burge. More
Global business-to-business market research and intelligence specialist B2B International has opened a sales office in Brussels. The firm has also added new recruits in the UK, US and China. More
Boston-based brand experience agency Jack Morton Worldwide has announced the opening of an office in Singapore from March 14th this year. The branch will be led by Charles Robinson, former head of the production team in the Hong Kong office. More
US-based Omnicom has integrated its Whybin TBWA Tequila ad agency into its shopper marketing agency brand Integer, which it has launched in Australia with branches in both Sydney and Melbourne. More
In India Bharat Kapadia, who is a Director of Lokmat Newspapers, has stepped down as Vice Chairman of the MRUC (Media Research Users Council), citing 'personal reasons'. He has been replaced by Mumbai Samachar newspaper proprietor Hormusji Cama. More
In the US, Nielsen has promoted Mary Liz Finn to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer, to lead the firm's human capital strategy, and oversee leadership development programs, compensation and benefits packages. More
In Malaysia Kym Wong, former Pulse Group COO, has set up Raydar Research, a new company offering data collection through mobile and online platforms. More
In the US, marketing analytics provider MarketShare has hired former IBM strategist Jeanette Carlsson as EVP and Managing Director/EMEA, while Yahoo! Japan's ex-VP of Marketing Shigeyuki Tomomatsu joins as EVP and Managing Director/Japan. More
Synovate has made three key appointments in its Greater China unit, which comprises offices in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. More
UK-based insight consultancy Truth has hired Claire Parham to head its new office in Singapore, prior to its opening in May. The firm has also appointed Michael Carlon and Sharon Walsh as directors of its New York offshoot Strategic Truth Inc. More
In the US, social media engagement firm Vitrue has closed a $17m Series C financing round, which it plans to use to open new domestic and international offices and hire between 100 and 150 new staff for them. More
Ipsos has opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which will be led by Country Manager Steve Murphy. More
Online research and panels specialist Research Now has relocated its office in Auckland, New Zealand to a bigger facility, to support anticipated growth in the Asia Pacific region. More
Marcoms giant WPP has launched a global interactive marketing agency called 'Possible Worldwide', which will offer a data-driven approach, advanced analytics tools, and metrics to help clients assess the impact of their online campaigns. More
GfK Custom Research has promoted Debi Basu to the post of Regional Director for Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and Jean-Christophe Salles to Regional Director for Latin America. More
Online panel and research technology firm Toluna is to be taken private, in a deal valuing the company at £161m ($259m). Toluna's third-largest shareholder, family-owned Belgian company Verlinvest will fund the acquisition from its own assets and has formed a company called ITWP to complete it. More
Market Probe has announced a major push into key developing countries with the launch of strategic partnerships around the globe; a new office in Hong Kong; senior hires for brand equity and customer research; and development of a new customer advocacy model. More
UK-based Ipsos MORI has appointed Dr. Denise Fairhurst as Head of Employee Relationship Management, while parent company Ipsos has appointed Sonia Pall as its new Country Manager and CEO in India. More
In India, digital media network Komli Media has promoted current COO Prashant Mehta to the role of Chief Executive Officer, replacing company founder Amar Goel who retains the role of Chairman. The firm plans a major recruitment drive as it opens a new engineering centre in Bangalore. More
In Australia, non-profit body The Readership Works has appointed media specialist Mal Dale for the newly created position of General Manager, responsible for developing, launching, and managing the country's new print readership metric. More
Electronics market research specialist IMS Research has appointed 25 new analysts for teams across several sectors in the UK, US, Taiwan, China and Korea. More
Millward Brown has announced the appointment of Ronald D. Markham as Chief Information Officer; and the setting up of a Client Advisory Board to keep the company truly customer-focused. More
In New York, Millward Brown has appointed Rob Hernandez for the newly created post of Global Brand Director of its qual research network Firefly - the first of five such roles planned across the company. More
CACI Managing Consultant Gordon Cousland has been named as one of the victims of yesterday's suicide bombing which took place in Moscow's Domodedovo airport. He is one of two Britons and at least 35 people in total killed in the attack. More
UK-based insight consultancy Truth has promoted Senior Partners Neil Coburn to the position of Head of Global and Leanne Tomasevic to Head of UK, in advance of further overseas expansion planned for later in the year. More
Ipsos has appointed David Richardson as Managing Director of Asia Pacific, to help lead businesses across the India, Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, Korea and Greater China regions. More
US-based auto research specialist JD Power and Associates has slashed its headcount in Canada, according to local press, as part of a move to transfer client business to its operations in Singapore and Detroit. More
Ipsos has named a new management team in Asia Pacific, led by Lifeng Liu who was formerly CEO of Greater China. More
Online competitive intelligence provider Experian Hitwise has launched in India, to help domestic and international marketers operating in the country improve their online marketing, content development and search tactics. More
UK-based agency Nunwood has recorded double digit growth in 2010, with a 10% rise in revenues to more than £11m ($17.6m). The firm has also announced two senior management changes. More
In India, just eight months after joining the Media Research Users Council (MRUC) as Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Eapen has quit. By way of replacement, media exec Shaswati Saradar has taken on the role of Director General of the not-for-profit body. More
Nielsen's Chief Human Resources Officer Roberto (Bob) Llamas is to leave the firm at the end of the first quarter 2011. The firm plans to name a successor during the transition period. More
GfK has appointed Joe Staton as Director and General Manager for its Roper Consulting business, responsible for the day-to-day running of the London office, and for innovation in its global consumer trends and insight offer. More
TNS has restructured its operations in Asia Pacific (APAC) to reflect the differing needs of the region's diverse markets, and named its Singapore office as its new APAC regional headquarters. More
Nielsen Singapore has appointed Grace Liu as Head of Consumer Research, succeeding Joan Koh who was promoted to the post of Managing Director in April. More
In Australia, Photon Group CEO Jeremy Philips has criticized the company's former management team and company culture, in a statement delivered at the marcoms giant's AGM. More
Nunwood has promoted Andy Moore to the position of Global Managing Director, with responsibility for the firm's operations across the European, US and APAC regions. He takes over from Phil Rushfirth, who is moving to Los Angeles to drive the US business. More
In Australia, global brand and communications research agency Hall & Partners | Open Mind has appointed former TNS exec Adrianto Reksodipoetro as Associate Director, focusing on developing the agency's ethnography and online qual research capabilities. More
WPP is merging its business advisory and public opinion research firm Public Strategies with its international communications agency Hill and Knowlton (H&K), to offer joint capabilities in public affairs, research, digital and financial services. More
In Sri Lanka, consulting firm MTI has spun off its research practice as a separate entity called MTI Market Research. More
In the UK, TNS has moved James Fergusson to the post of Global Technology Head, responsible for leading the sector team and strengthening its presence across all markets. More
Australian-based custom research firm The Leading Edge has opened its first in North American office, in New York, and hired former Interbrand and McCann exec Daniel Binns as CEO and Founding Partner. More
Synovate has launched a global analytics consulting practice, Synovate Management Analytics (SMA), promising clients the ability to make holistic, strategic decisions by integrating research, analytics and data sources for each project. More
Electronics industry specialist IMS Research has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea, to be led by Harry (Sung Dong) Cho and with newly appointed Dkins (Dae Kwon) Cho as Senior Analyst for LEDs and Displays. A Tokyo office will follow shortly. More
Global research association ESOMAR has appointed Dieter Korczak as President and Mike Cooke as Vice President for the 2011/2012 period, following a recent vote among its 4,800 members in 120 countries. More
Nielsen has transferred Justin Sargent from his former role as Group MD for UK and Ireland, to the position of Managing Director for its Consumer business in India. He is replaced by Chris Morley, who recently returned to the UK following a number of years working in Asia. More
In the UK, dunnhumby founders Edwina Dunn and Clive Humby are to step down as Chairman and CEO and take on non-exec roles, as company veteran Simon Hay takes on leadership of the firm next March. More
Synovate has appointed Huey Lam as Commercial Director of Synovate Retail Performance in China, and Will Gordon as Senior Vice President, Brand & Communication in the US. More
Asia Pacific-based market research consultancy Cimigo has appointed former Synovate director Scott Lee as Director in its Hong Kong team. More
Synovate has hired former Hansa Marketing Services US President Jeff Stewart as Executive Director Hong Kong, to focus on business development and key account management. More
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic is planning a massive expansion of its R&D centre in Gurgaon, India, as part of its ongoing heavy investment in growing its Indian operation. More
Research and business intelligence firm Majestic MRSS (MMRSS) has opened a qualitative research centre in Singapore, and appointed Fatima Binti Abdul Hakim as its Facilities Manager. More
TNS has re-organised its operations in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa (APMEA) into two separate regions - TNS Africa and Middle East (AME) led by Kim Macilwaine and TNS Asia Pacific (APAC) headed by Chris Riquier. More
TNS has formed a new central division called Corporate Development, incorporating a number of current areas of marketing and strategy expertise. Matthew Froggatt, until now Technology Sector Head, has been appointed to lead the new unit as Chief Development Officer. More
TNS veteran Klaus Paur has been appointed as Managing Director of Synovate Automotive in Korea and Greater China. He will take up his new post next January. More
GfK is restructuring its healthcare management team under a single brand with the appointment of Stephen Hearn to the newly created post of Global Head of GfK HealthCare, and the transition of Richard Vanderveer from CEO of the division to a consulting role. More
London-based financial services MR firm Lafferty Group has launched an office in India, and appointed Arvind Agrawal to head it up. More
Nick Palmer is moving from Hall & Partners London to lead the firm's new Sydney, Australia-based brand and comms research joint venture with Open Mind. More
Synovate has today announced major organisational changes in China and in Scandinavia, with a number of senior moves and appointments. More
US-based customer relationship marketing agency Merkle has announced the opening of its first international office in Shanghai, China, and has promoted Raymond Wu to head it up. More
AbsolutData Research & Analytics has expanded in the US, with the appointment of Dana Hayman in Dallas, Laura DeYonker in New York, and Carol Franczek in Chicago, while Heather Kluter joins the firm's existing operation in Los Angeles. More
US online measurement giant comScore has appointed Wolf Allisat as Executive Vice President, responsible for overseeing international expansion strategy in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. More
UK-based specialist recruiter Resources Group has hired Rowan Haylett to lead and expand its Market Research & Insight offering in Australia and Asia, working from new offices in George Street, Sydney. More
German user and brand research specialist Eye Square has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan, as a base from which to support its Asian clients. More
Healthcare data collection specialist WorldOne has opened an office in Tokyo, to be led by Katsuhiko Niga and Takahito Asano. More
In India, Sunil Saxena has rejoined Synovate as Director of Field Operations, overseeing 14 fieldwork centres across the country. More
Fast food giant McDonald's has promoted UK President and CEO Steve Easterbrook to the newly-created position of Executive Vice President and Global Chief Brand Officer, responsible for marketing, menu innovation, consumer insights and other global brand assets. More
US-based behavioral targeting technology firm AudienceScience (formerly Revenue Science) has expanded in Asia with the opening of an office in Tokyo. Yoichi Tanaka joins the office as Sales Director to drive the adoption of the Audience Gateway targeting platform. More
UK-based Verve, specialist in customer advisory panels and online brand communities, has expanded its Sydney-based team with the appointment of Betty Mai as Partner, Australia and New Zealand; and Chantal Brady as Online Community Manager. More
Market Insight Corporation - which captures real-time shopper preferences through its consumer web site MyProductAdvisor.com - has formed an Asian-based company, Market Insight (Asia) Limited, through which it plans to extend its services in the region. More
B2B International is about to open an office in Regent's Place, London, from where it will focus on sales and project delivery in the South East of the UK and mainland Europe. More
Pharma market research giant IMS Health has appointed Ari Bousbib as its new Chief Executive Officer, replacing David Carlucci who will continue to serve in his other role as Chairman for a transition period. More
Australian market research consultancy Fiftyfive5 has appointed semiotics specialist Dr Rob Engels as a Qualitative Consultant, to help shape the firm's qual offer using semiotics, cultural trends and ethnography. More
Online panel and survey technology firm Toluna has rolled out its UPS (Unified Panelist System) globally. Separately, in the US, the firm has hired Jeff Scott as President and promoted Ron Franscella to the post of Chief Revenue Officer. More
Marcoms giant Ogilvy & Mather China has appointed Dr Michael Griffiths for the newly created role of Director of Ethnography in its consumer insights and trends unit Discovery. More
Interactive research and technology firm Vision Critical has announced results for the first half of 2010. On a constant currency basis, total revenues rose 43% versus a year earlier and CEO Angus Reid says the company is 'on track to earn approximately $70 million in revenue in 2010'. More
Research and Business Intelligence firm Majestic MRSS (MMRSS) has announced the opening of new full service offices in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. More
Open Mind Research Group has teamed up with Hall & Partners to form a new boutique consultancy, which CEO Dr Vicki Arbes says will 'compete at a different level' in the Australian market. More
Online sampling and data collection specialist Research Now has opened its first office in India, to provide clients with local support and online fieldwork expertise. More
Indian-based KPO group Annik Technology Services has announced the opening of a Middle East office located at Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the appointment of key personnel in Japan and North America. More
Nielsen has appointed Gai Le Roy to the role of Vice President Research - Audience Measurement, in its Asia Pacific online division. More
Millward Brown qual division Firefly has hired Peter Foster as Senior Account Director, based in Melbourne. More
Qual research video specialist FocusVision has announced the opening of FocusVision Asia, located in Singapore, and the appointment of Patricia Poo as Regional Director, Asia. More
Ipsos MORI has restructured its operations team. Rowland Lloyd is promoted to the post of Regional Director, Western Europe and South Africa Operations, while Jane A'Court and Sarah Michell become Joint MDs of Operations in the UK. More
In the UK, professional and financial services research specialist Acritas has reported a 104% increase in sales for the last six months, while revenue doubled. The firm has also announced its plan to become a 'global knowledge hub' for the legal profession. More
ESOMAR has revoked Tom Anderson's status as its US representative, following his public criticisms of the introduction of ISO quality standards to the US. The body is now urging its global representatives to sign a charter agreeing they adhere to its 'mission and values'. More
Harris Interactive has expanded its Asia Sales division with the appointment of Kevin Huang as Vice President of Sales, and the promotion of Amrita Banta and Asha Choksi to the posts of SVP of Sales and SVP of Research respectively. All three are based in Singapore. More
TNS has promoted Margit Huber to the position of Global HR, Talent Manager & Culture Director, with a remit to create an 'inspirational culture' across the group. More
Millward Brown has added five team members to its Neuroscience Research Practice, formed in March to extend the services offered by its existing advertising and brand research unit. More
GfK has become the first foreign market research company to be granted a license to open a subsidiary in Saudi Arabia. The firm has also opened a branch in Kenya, acquired the outstanding shares of GfK Mode in India and GfK Kynetec in the UK, and increased its stake in Shopping Brasil. More
In the US, Ipsos has launched the Open Thinking Exchange - a new organization dedicated to 'opening the exchange of ideas and information between marketers and their consumers'. More
Survey Sampling International (SSI) has hired Jessica Sullivan as Director, Access & Engagement, Asia Pacific. More
SaaS social media specialist Attentio SA has named Vincent De Gennaro as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and has announced the official opening of its new Asian headquarters in Singapore. More
Online market research specialist BrainJuicer has appointed FMCG specialist Han Zantingh as Managing Director for its new consultancy in Shanghai. More
US flat panel technology specialist DisplaySearch has relocated its corporate headquarters from Austin, Texas to Santa Clara, California, where a number of its market research analysts and clients are located. The firm has also expanded its presence in Asia with two new hires. More
US online panels specialist uSamp has opened a new office in Connecticut, and formed a new project management team in India. More
Pharma specialist The Research Partnership has appointed Philippe Pouliot as Associate Director in its Philadelphia office and Kah Huey Loh as Research Director for its Singapore operation. More
IT specialist Springboard Research has appointed Frederic Giron as Vice President, India & Research Operations, responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the company in the region. More
Ad and brand research specialist Hall & Partners has announced the opening of a new office in Singapore, to be headed by Managing Partner Hilary Lee. More
Synovate Korea has promoted Mr TaeHoon Kim to lead its Healthcare Division, effective this month. More
TNS has appointed Ian Stewart as Regional Director for Youth for the Asia Pacific Middle East & Africa region (AP MEA), charged with building a specialist youth practice and driving the firm's TRU teens syndicated service across the region. More
In Sydney, two former Directors of The Leading Edge have set up Fiftyfive5, a market research consultancy focused on helping clients' to deliver growth from their investment in insights. More
Western Wats, the Utah-based data collection company, has closed its call center in Wayne, Nebraska, at a cost of around 50 part-time jobs. More
Online audience measurement firm comScore has appointed four key executives in the Asia Pacific region, as part of a plan to introduce an 'on-the-ground' presence in Hong Kong, India and Australia. More
In Hong Kong, two former TNS Directors have launched Radar Global, a new 'services only' agency which provides multi-country project management and data collection services across Asia Pacific and beyond. More
In Australia, former Interbrand CEO Andy Bateman has joined insights consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE) as Global CEO, to drive international expansion plans which will commence with the opening of an office in New York. More
In Australia, veteran pollster Rod Cameron is closing his market research and polling firm ANOP Research Services, after nearly 40 years in business. More
US electronics market research firm IMS Research has expanded its operations to Seoul, Korea, where it has appointed two analysts focused on the display, LED and consumer electronics market. More
US technology specialist Yankee Group has raised $10m for the expansion of its research into the impact of global connectivity. The firm is also looking for a new CEO, following promotion of Emily Nagle Green to the post of Chairman. More
Survey Sampling International (SSI) has appointed Rene Bos as Managing Director, Asia Pacific, replacing Juai Kong (JK) Leong who is retiring from the firm at the end of the month. More
In Malaysia, Nielsen has promoted Kow Kuan Hua to the position of Managing Director of its Consumer Group, after 13 years with the firm. More
Joan Koh has been promoted to the position of Managing Director of Nielsen in Singapore, after more than a decade with the firm. She replaces Paul Richmond, who has taken on the role of regional Managing Director of Retail Services and Product Leadership. More
Australian insights consultancy The Leading Edge has restructured its Sydney-based business with the return of overseas executives, internal promotions and the appointment of a new senior specialist. More
Aegis, Synovate's parent company, is raising funds through the issue of a convertible bond for c.£190m, which it plans to use to make acquisitions in the US and China. More
Digital audience metrics company Effective Measure has expanded into South East Asia with the opening of a hub in Bangkok, where it has appointed digital media specialist Russell Conrad to lead the business. More
Research technology firm Voxco has appointed Juergen Hessdoerfer as MD of its German subsidiary Voxco GmbH. He will oversee Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Asia Pacific sales and operations. More
Global group Millward Brown has announced plans to open a new office in Vietnam during the second half of 2010, with a team led by Phil Worthington and Pham Chau Linh. More
Healthcare market research specialist Majestic MRSS has expanded its presence in China through the roll out of Focus Vision video-streaming facilities in Shanghai, and the addition of new team members. More
In Singapore, full service agency Market Probe has appointed Roger Thomas as Managing Director of Asia Pacific Operations, and Saji Kumar as Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific Operations. More
In Chennai, India, Dexterity co-founder and 'serial entrepreneur' Pravin Shekar has launched krea, a specialist provider of online and off-line panels. More
Clayton Buckley has joined Synovate as Managing Director for its offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iran. More
In the first quarter of 2010, Maritz Research has created more than 50 new jobs at its European and Asian offices, including around 20 in Hamburg. More
YouGov co-founder and CEO Nadhim Zahawi is preparing to step down from his role, after being selected to stand as the parliamentary candidate for the safe Conservative Party seat of Stratford-on-Avon in the forthcoming general election. More
Two former global agency execs have founded abn Research, a consultancy focused on market research among Asian consumers and based in Bangkok, Thailand. More
Nielsen has promoted Justin Garrett to the post of Greater China Head within its newly formed Global Financial Services Practice. Based in Hong Kong, his role also covers China and Taiwan. More
In the US, online measurement specialist comScore has appointed former AOL ad technology leader Chris Nicotra as Chief Technology Officer, responsible for overseeing software and data application engineering, and the infrastructure technology teams. More
WPP communications agency MediaCom Worldwide has strengthened its consumer insight division, with the promotion of Robert Fry and Gast=n Betoled to the positions of Regional Head of Insight for Asia Pacific and Latin America respectively. More
In the US, Harris Interactive has hired industry veteran Jeni Lee Chapman as Executive Vice President, Global Brand and Communication Consulting. More
US-based JD Power and Associates has promoted John Humphrey to the post of Head of Global Automotive Operations, in a move to align operations globally and enhance and extend its industry benchmarks. More
Jack Noonan, the CEO of MR software firm SPSS, has been replaced by IBM veteran Deepak Advani, following the firm's acquisition. More
Former Nielsen exec Grace Pan has joined performance based digital marketing company SinoTech Group in the role of Chief Strategy Officer. More
Samsung Electronics Australia has made three hires for its corporate marketing team, adding considerable research and insight expertise. More
The Nielsen Company has promoted Eva Leung to the position of Executive Director, Retail Measurement, Hong Kong, replacing Angel Young who has moved to a regional role within the firm.. She was previously Director, Client Service, Retail Measurement. More
Synovate has announced a new leadership structure for its Indian-based Business Consulting (BC) arm, which will now be headed up by Karthik Ramamurthy, previously responsible for the Mumbai business. More
Millward Brown has promoted company veteran Daren Poole to the newly-created position of Chief Client Officer (CCO) for Australia, effective 1 January. More
Custom panel firm Vision Critical has announced the hiring of former Colmar Brunton MD and current AMSRS President Peter Harris as its new Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. More
In Mumbai, Nielsen has promoted Shubhranshu Das to the post of Regional Head of its new Global Financial Services Practice in South Asia. More
Former TNS Director David Richardson has been appointed as Regional Managing Director of Ipsos in North East Asia, based in Seoul. More
Market research and consulting firm GH Korea (formerly Global Research Institute) has become the newest member of the Harris Interactive Global Partner Network. More
Pharmaceutical research giant IMS Health has agreed to be sold to private equity firm TPG Capital and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for $5.2bn. More
Piers Lee, Managing Director of Kadence International in Singapore, has been elected as the new President of the Market Research Society of Singapore (MRSS). More
Synovate has promoted Mike Cassidy to the position of Managing Director of its Australian business, and Brent Stewart to the newly created global role of CEO Strategic Units. More
In the US, KantarHealth Joint CEO Elaine Riddell has decided to leave the company to 'pursue other opportunities': Joint CEO Lynnette Cooke assumes sole global CEO responsibilities with immediate effect. More
Less than two days after it was announced that e-Rewards was considering buying online panel specialist Research Now, the firms have agreed on the terms of a cash acquisition, which values Research Now at around £85.1m. More
Harris Interactive's Asia President Anthony Venus has decided to leave the firm in mid-November. He will re-locate from Hong Kong to Sydney, where he plans to pursue a career in private equity. More
In New York, Nielsen has hired Steve Hasker to fill the newly created position of President, Media Product Leadership and Advertiser Solutions - a new business unit set up to help advertisers 'deliver the right messages to the right consumers'. More
In Sydney, Australia, online fieldwork and panel specialist Research Now has announced the appointment of Martin Filz as Managing Director, Asia Pacific from 1 November, replacing Jason Buchanan who is leaving to 'explore a new business venture'. More
The biggest new MrWeb section in nine years opens today with launch articles from five research luminaries. 'MRT' is an online home for custom panel builders, mobile researchers, data miners, neuromarketers and many others at the leading edge of what we broadly define as 'MR'. More
Former Ipsos operations head Efrain Ribeiro has joined online panel specialist Lightspeed Research as Chief Operating Officer, based in the US and responsible for global online operations. More
GfK has expanded its custom research network with the launch of a joint venture in Japan and the acquisition of a majority stake of Conecta Asociados S.A.C. in Peru. More
Synovate has expanded its Retail Performance shopper counting and analytics business across Europe, the Americas and Asia; and appointed a 'Business Development champion' for each of these three regions. More
In Australia, Mark Sundquist is standing down from his post as Chief Executive Officer of consumer insight consultancy The Leading Edge (TLE), after 14 years with the company. More
In Sydney, Australia, AMR research founder Brian Fine is to leave his job in November. Fine started the company, now part of marketing content and services firm STW Group, 25 years ago. More
Nielsen has moved Oliver Rust into the position of Managing Director, overseeing its business portfolio in Hong Kong. He replaces Ms Fanny Chan, who has moved to a regional role with the company. More
US-headquartered automotive manufacturing marketing research specialist Enprecis has appointed Ike Lee as CEO of its Asia operations. More
India-based market research outsourcing firm Ugam Research Solutions has increased its US client service and project management capabilities with ten new staff appointments. More
Online measurement firm comScore has appointed industry veterans Anne Hunter as Vice President of Advertising Effectiveness Products, and Daryl McNutt as Vice President of Marketing Solutions, Media. More
Aegis-owned Synovate has appointed Robert Philpott as its new Global Chief Executive Officer, replacing Adrian Chedore who will retire on 1 September. More
Synovate has appointed Erik Hellquist as Head of Synovate Business Consulting in Hong Kong and Satoshi Ayukawa as Business Development Manager of its Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) unit in Tokyo. More
IT and BPO (business process outsourcing) firm Cognizant is expanding its Phoenix-based delivery center to include BPO services, and is planning to hire more than 100 members of staff there over the next 12 months. More
Canadian-based custom panels and communities specialist Vision Critical has announced a 75% increase in first-half gross revenue, versus the same period in 2008. More
Advertising firm Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) has announced that its Malaysian CEO Yap Chee Weng is to resign from his role to pursue personal interests outside the industry, and will be replaced by insight and analysis specialist Ranganathan Somanathan. More
Pharma market research giant IMS Health has reported a 19% drop in Q2 profit to $62.9m from $77.7m a year earlier. Accordingly, the firm is planning to shed a total of 850 staff, or 11% of its global workforce. More
Full service firm Majestic Market Research Support Services (MMRSS) has expanded with the opening of an office in Jakarta, Indonesia. More
US-based online market research panel operator e-Rewards has appointed former TNS Director Mark Walton as Senior Vice President of International Operations, responsible for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. More
Customer behavioural data specialist Business Logic Solutions has opened a solution centre in Malaysia, in a bid to better serve mobile operators in the Asia Pacific region. More
B2B specialist Kadence International has reported a 40% climb in UK revenue to £4m during the financial year 2008-09. More
Preeti Reddy will replace Tissa de Alwis at the head of the Kantar-owned Lanka Market Research Bureau (LMRB) at the end of July. More
US-based healthcare and government researcher Abt Associates has promoted Kathleen Flanagan to the position of President and CEO, succeeding Wendell Knox who is to retire from the post he has held for the past 17 years. More
Having passed its ten thousandth news story in May, MrWeb registered its 10,000th jobseeker at the beginning of this month. More
Kantar Health has hired Scott Davies as General Manager of China, to direct the group's growth strategy in the region. Kelly Wong has also been appointed as Business Leader and Head of Research, China. More
In Germany, the TNS Infratest Group - which includes TNS Emnid - has announced that it is to shed 35 staff positions at its Bielefeld site. While 20 employees have been made redundant, 15 others have been offered jobs in the firm's Hamburg office. More
B2B specialist Kadence has appointed former Nielsen Director Benjamin Webb as Managing Director of its operations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More
Robert Louis-Dreyfus, former CEO of pharma MR giant IMS Health and the main shareholder in French soccer team Olympique Marseille, has died at the age of 63 after a long battle with leukaemia. More
In the UK, TNS has told 'a small number of employees' in its Custom division that their jobs are at risk, and has made a more general request to employees to take a fortnight's unpaid leave during the second half of 2009, as it tries to avoid further cuts. More
WPP's insight division Kantar is to merge Lightspeed Research's online panel business with the TNS 6th Dimension network of online managed access panels. More
Alec Gallup, who previously served as Co-Chairman of the Gallup Organization, has died at home of a heart ailment at the age of 81. More
In the UK, Phyllis Macfarlane has taken on the new role of Chairman of GfK NOP, while Richard Jameson steps up to her previous position as Managing Director, and joins the global Board of GfK Custom Research. More
Kevin Meyer, MD of Millward Brown (MB) in Taiwan, has left the firm to pursue 'non-market research related personal interests'. More
Mike Everett, formally CEO of Ipsos MORI in the UK, is to become Global HR Director for the Ipsos Group in July. More
David Day will become Global CEO of Kantar-owned online panel specialist Lightspeed Research, following the departure of Anne Hedde, who is leaving to pursue a different role with a competitor. More
Nielsen has re-organised its consumer research group into a global practice, and appointed practice expert teams across its five geographic regions. More
The Research Pacific Group has opened a Consumer Insights studio in Tokyo and moved its Korean operation to new offices in Seoul. The firm has also created a new Language Services Unit at its HQ in Singapore. More
Reputation analysis and comms research specialist Echo Research has opened Asian headquarters in Singapore, managed by Regional Manager Michelle Allen. More
In Singapore, consumer and B2B specialist Blackbox Research has appointed Jerry Clode as Regional Qualitative Insights Director. More
Shareholders at marcoms giant WPP are opposing a scheme which could result in CEO Sir Martin Sorrell receiving up to £59.7m ($95m) worth of free shares during the next five years. More
For the first three months of the year, GfK's sales slipped 1.3% from €268.1m in Q1 2008 to €264.7m. In order to absorb further 'crisis-related losses' the firm has announced measures to reduce personnel costs including short-time work, hiring freezes, salary cuts and redundancies. More
In the US, IBM veteran Christopher Caine has launched Mercator XXI, which will help clients export their success globally. As well as market access and market research, the new firm offers advice on government relations and public policy. More
Marcoms giant WPP, which eliminated 3,600 positions in Q1, is planning to make 6% of its global workforce redundant resulting in the loss of 7,200 posts in all this year. More
Ipsos' shareholders have approved the appointment of five new Board Directors, including Pierre Le Manh who is Global CEO of Ipsos Marketing and Chairman of the CEEA and MENA regions. More
Synovate parent Aegis has disclosed in its 2008 report and accounts that former CEO Robert Lerwill has been paid a total of £2.1m following the termination of his contract last year. More
Global b2b research agency Kadence has appointed Jo-Ann Foo as Associate Director, to head up its Malaysian insight team based in Kuala Lumpur, and capitalise on the business links between Malaysia and her home country of Australia. More
In New Zealand, Synovate has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the union Unite which ends the lockout of workers. The company says the MOU establishes a working party which has six weeks from 14th April to reach a deal over a performance pay scheme for interviewing staff. More
GfK Asia is expanding its automotive coverage in five key regions of Korea. Subsidiary firm GfK Korea will start tracking the market for tyres and is planning to add engine oil and other spare automotive parts in future. Separately, GfK is to consolidate two of its Manhattan offices. More
Rumours that up to 50% of YouGov's UK staff are to be made redundant have been strongly denied by UK CEO Tim Britton. Britton says a review announced this week is intended to 'cut the firm's cloth' to match current conditions and will probably mean 'a small number' of job cuts. More
The field operations division of Market Probe India has been spun off as a separate unit called MP Global Link India. The company will offer fieldwork solutions for market research companies, consultancies and corporate clients. More
In the UK, Bob Douglas has been promoted from Head of Synovate Healthcare's global custom business to overall Global Head of Synovate Healthcare. More
Nielsen has promoted Jennifer Wang to the position of Managing Director in Taiwan, replacing Gordon Stewart who will be returning to Australia in the summer. More
In London, former Research Now Director Charles Pearson has today announced the launch of a new research agency, EasyInsites, focusing on custom panel solutions and using technology from Cint AB. Research Now's former Client Development Director Jo Winning joins him in the venture. More
Marcoms giant WPP is preparing to make thousands of staff redundant this year, in response to declining revenues and its £1.1bn debt-financed acquisition of TNS. Credit agencies S&P and Moody have downgraded the firm's rating from stable to negative. More
TNS has announced further changes to its senior management team, following its recent merger with Research International. The latest appointments cover global roles, North America and Europe. More
TNS has appointed a new Regional Operating Board for the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa (ALM) region, led by former TNS Regional MD Jamie Hall, who assumes overall responsibility for the region as ALM CEO. More
British marcoms group Aegis - which owns market research firm Synovate - has announced plans to cut around 780 jobs across its global operations as part of a cost-saving plan to beat the downturn. Meanwhile CEO John Napier denied reports he has held merger talks with competitor Havas. More
Harris Interactive has made a further 90 staff redundant - 16% of its US full-time workforce - in a bid to make $10m in cost savings. The firm saved $9.5m through headcount reduction in October and December last year. More
Harris Interactive has hired Stefan Schmelcher as President of its Global Loyalty Solutions practice, with primary responsibility worldwide for developing and implementing the strategy and tactics for the division and its recently-formed center of excellence. He will be based in Munich, Germany. More
India-based MR support and data management company Annik has continued its US expansion with the appointment of Steve Tucholski as North America Vice President and Principal Consultant. More
Specialist MR recruiter Elizabeth Norman International (ENI) has promoted Emy Rumble-Mettle to MD of its UK operation, and has announced a partnership with US-based Morgan Search International, as it expands its international presence. More
Nielsen has transferred Jed Meyer from its US operation to the post of Managing Director, Media Services, Greater China based in Shanghai. More
Australian marcoms group Photon, which owns MR firms The Leading Edge and Jigsaw Strategic Research, has made 5% of its staff redundant - a total of 129 jobs of which 17 are in its research arm. More
The Kantar Group is streamlining its businesses after buying TNS. The TNS Custom business will merge with Research International and will be generally known as TNS. A new social research force for the UK is established in TNS-BMRB, while Kantar has four new vertical sector operating units: Media, Health, Retail and Worldpanel. More
New London-based technology, telecoms and media research provider Verve has hired former Synovate CEO/CFO Peter Chopra as Partner, Strategic Finance and International Development. More
Indian MR outsourcing firm Ugam Solutions has opened new offices in Rochester, New York and Dallas, Texas, and appointed Jim Frederickson as its President in North America and Russell Britt as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. More
Nielsen has appointed Duncan Falzon as Executive Director of Nielsen Media Thailand and Media Index, Asia Pacific. More
Brand innovation company Clear has opened an office in Hong Kong, to enable it to manage projects in Asia for its global clients. More
In Germany, the GfK Association – GfK's main shareholder – has passed a resolution to ensure that any future bids to buy the group must first be authorised by its new Members' Council. It has also appointed four new members to its Executive Board. More
Healthcare market research specialist Medimix International has opened a new regional office in Hong Kong, which will be known as Medimix Asia. Managing Partner Bruno Leraillez will head the new unit. More
In Singapore, Nielsen has appointed Suresh Ramalingam as Managing Director of Consumer Research for its newly expanded API, MENAP and Southern Africa regions (APIMEA). More
UK-based online quant research specialist BrainJuicer Group Plc has issued a trading statement with 2008 results ahead of market expectations. Reported revenue rose more than 40% to £9m – all organic growth - and operating profit was up by 45% to over £1.2m. More
After almost exactly two years at the helm of SSI, Jim Follett has departed the company and is replaced by Bloomerce founder Kees de Jong. Dennis J. Beckingham meanwhile joins the firm as President and CFO. More
WPP's insight and consultancy division The Kantar Group has made what it claims is an industry first appointment, with the naming of George Pappachen in the newly-created role of Chief Privacy Officer. More
ESOMAR, the global association for market and opinion research, has appointed US-based Gunilla Broadbent as its President for the period 2009-2010. She is the second woman to hold the position and the first President who resides outside Europe. More
Bhupendra Mathur, Senior Vice President at Kantar-owned IMRB International in India, has died at the age of 50. More
Some of the world's biggest advertising groups have this week announced thousands of job cuts. However, their MR firms seem to be relatively little affected so far, as do PR subsidiaries, while ad agencies themselves bear the brunt. More
Cello has announced that Group Executive Chairman Kevin Steeds died last night, after a four month battle with cancer. More
Harris Interactive's new President and CEO Kimberly Till has implemented a series of restructuring initiatives, including a net loss of 51 US jobs, c.8% of the total US full-time workforce; the formation of new vertical teams; and changes in senior management. More
B2B specialist Kadence has appointed Rohit Churamani as Executive Director in its Indian company. Based at the company's Delhi office, he will manage the firm's full service team in all areas from business development to client service. More
Custom online panel firm Vision Critical has announced a new branch in Sydney, Australia, extending its presence into the Asia Pacific region. Kris Hartvigsen will lead the operation as MD, Australia. Last week, the firm announced the release of its newest online research platform, Sparq. More
Havas' Vincent Bolloré is more confident of securing his two boardroom seats at rival Aegis, after a recent meeting with interim CEO John Napier, according to sources quoted in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper. More
Analysts are watching Aegis closely following yesterday's surprise departure of CEO Robert Lerwill. Initial speculation about easing conditions for a Havas merger has given way to caution, and the share price has not continued its rise after a brief morning surge. More
Robert Lerwill is to stand down as group CEO of Synovate parent Aegis, at the end of this month. Chairman John Napier will take on his responsibilities on an interim basis. Aegis shares leapt 17% today as rumours linked the move to a possible merger. More
Synovate has announced the appointment of Pamela Welch as Key Account Director in Southeast Asia, based in Singapore and starting in January 2009. More
In the US, automotive specialist JD Power and Associates has named Finbarr O'Neill as its new President, succeeding Stephen Goodhall who is retiring after 30 years with the company. More
In Hong Kong, Nielsen has appointed Umang Pabaru as Managing Director, Nielsen Consumer Research, for the Greater China region, leading the teams in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan. More
Microsoft will for the time being remain the owner of Greenfield Online's Internet Survey Solutions (ISS) business, after potential buyer ZM Capital failed to meet financing conditions. President and CEO Al Angrisani will stay on in an advisory capacity while a new home is sought. More
MR software and predictive analytics giant SPSS has announced third quarter revenues up 4% vs Q3 2007 to $74.9m and net income up 25% to $10.5m. However, the firm intends to respond to the global downturn by cutting costs, including a ten per cent staff reduction. More
TNS CEO David Lowden has left after nine years with the firm, following the completion of WPP's takeover of the business. WPP's insight arm Kantar Group made no comment about Lowden's departure, but instead confirmed a series of senior management positions at TNS. More
Jill Telford, Synovate's CEO for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, is moving to London in January to take up the post of UK CEO. At the same time, Brendan Shair will become Managing Director for Hong Kong. More
Nielsen has appointed Rebecca Chiu as Director, Consumer Research (FMCG) based in Hong Kong. More
Harris Interactive has announced that President & CEO Greg Novak is leaving the firm, to be replaced by former TNS North American CEO Kimberley Till. The company has also announced today that it will make around 30 US staff redundant. More
Greg Wayman, Jayne Van Souwe and Ian Thomas have been named Fellows of The Australian Market and Social Research Society (AMSRS). More
IMRB International has been named 'MR Agency of the Year' by the Market Research Society of India (MRSI) for the third time since the award was introduced in 2005. More
GfK has appointed Dr. Arno Mahlert to replace Hajo Riesenbeck as Chairman. Stefan Pfander replaces him as Deputy Chairman. More
Nielsen has appointed Christophe Cambournac as President, Asia Pacific and India, succeeding Nonoy Niles who will be leaving the company after fourteen years. More
TPI, the outsourcing data and advisory firm owned by Information Services Group (ISG), has launched a new business unit with an independent management team which will provide information and insights to outsourcing and offshoring service providers. More
204 weeks separate the Beijing Olympics and the start of the next games in London – precisely one week for each country that took part in the events in China. MrWeb will be following a trail across the world for the next four years, each week profiling one country and its research industry, linking also to news, jobs and suppliers. More
In the US, Nielsen has appointed Ed Dandridge as Senior VP and Chief Communications Officer, responsible for managing communications between Nielsen and its key audiences and stakeholders inside and outside the company. More
Hajo Riesenbeck is to resign from the Supervisory Board Chairmanship and Presidency of GfK Nürnberg e.V. Riesenbeck was closely associated with the TNS bid, while CEO Klaus Wübbenhorst is said to have been more convinced of the firm's ability to grow on its own. More
In India, Chintamani Rao, the CEO of TV broadcaster Times Now, has been appointed as Chairman of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for a fixed term of two years. More
Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) has appointed Koh Hwee Hoon as Research Director – Singapore, responsible for co-ordinating and overseeing the company's research operations in the local market. The firm has also moved in to larger Singapore offices. More
Australian polling firm Roy Morgan Research has angered the country's unions by sacking fifty-six interviewers in its Melbourne call centre by email and with little or no warning. More
Company founder Vin Gupta is to receive $10m as part of a severance agreement from ORC-owner infoGroup. The company filed its delayed second-quarter earnings report with the SEC yesterday, revealing that soaring costs reduced quarterly net income by almost 32% to $4.3m despite a 17% increase in revenue to $187.2m. More
Less than a month after removing Vin Gupta from his role as Chairman of database giant and ORC parent infoGroup, the firm's Board has announced his resignation as CEO. More
Panels and research process outsourcing (RPO) firm The Pulse Group has opened a new office in Singapore, its third in the Asia-Pacific region. More
The Board of database giant and ORC owner infoGroup has removed Vin Gupta from his Chairman's role following an investgation which has found him guilty of 'excessive spending'. In support of the finding, the firm has introduced a new policy which limits directors' use of company funds. More
Synovate is re-locating UK Head of Business Services Mick Gordon to India to take on overall management responsibility for its offices and operations in the country from September. More
GfK, backed by an as-yet unnamed investor, is preparing to make a counter-offer for TNS in response to WPP's £1.08bn ($2.1bn) hostile bid announced this morning. More
Despite approval from the Board of the GfK Verein, the 'merger of equals' with TNS continues to face pressure from two sides: Sir Martin Sorrell, who has one more day to decide for or against a 'hostile' bid; and workers and a former Chairman at the German firm he describes as 'very traditional'. More
In the UK, Andrew Cooper, Founder and Group MD of online panel firm Research Now, is to step down as part of a restructure designed to streamline management during the firm's next phase of growth and development. More
In the UK John Napier, the former CEO of market research agency AGB, will join Synovate parent Aegis as Non-Executive Chairman from mid-July, when he replaces Colin Sharman who is retiring after nearly nine years in the role. More
In Paris, Research International (RI) has promoted Douwe Rademaker to the newly created position of Worldwide Director of Marketing. He was previously MD of Continental Europe. More
French financier and Havas Chairman Vincent Bolloré has said he is unlikely to make a sixth attempt to obtain two seats on the Board of Synovate parent Aegis this year. More
Online research agency BrainJuicer has opened an office in Switzerland, while also announcing plans to acquire Melbourne-based market research firm The Slater Marketing Group. More
In the UK, insight consultancy Truth has reported rapid growth since its launch last year – with client billings for 2008 forecast to exceed £3.5m. The firm is also considering opportunities for an overseas presence in Asia and the US. More
Research International's Nic Hall, a former SAMRA Chairman and currently Director of Market Strategy in the UK, is moving to Singapore to assume the role of Client Service Director Asia Pacific. More
infoGROUP, until this week known as infoUSA, is combining two of its market research businesses, recently acquired Guideline and Opinion Research Corporation (ORC), and has placed ORC President Gerard Miodus in charge of all operations for the new unit. More
Indian-based KPO firm Dexterity has appointed Dr. Jayendra Ramesan as Practice Head – Analytics. Dr Ramesan is a former Director, Sales and Marketing Analytics at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) – USA. More
Research International's New Zealand MD Colin Yee has been appointed as Chairman of AMRO New Zealand, the country's Association of Market Research Organisations. Yee has been Deputy Chairman for the past two years. More
MrWeb, the world's busiest daily news and jobs service for market researchers, has expanded with the appointment of Chris Jensen as Marketing Executive. Initially, his focus will be on building the site's Asian and US job listings, and its UK and international audience. More
B2B specialist Kadence has appointed Rowena Lim as Project Director, to support the ongoing expansion of its Asia-Pacific company. More
London-based communications research agency MESH Planning has opened its first office in the Asia Pacific region and appointed former InsightAsia MD Craig Griffin as Managing Director in Singapore. More
In Australia, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has appointed Paul Fisher as its first CEO. He takes up the new post at the beginning of July. More
IT specialist Springboard Research has appointed Gopalakrishnan Krishnamurthy (GK) as its Vice President of India operations, heading the firm's Global Research Center (GRC) in New Delhi. More
GfK CEO Klaus Wübbenhorst has told employees of the German-based global agency that the proposed merger with TNS would mean more jobs, not fewer. Prof. Wübbenhorst said comments suggesting the contrary from WPP's Martin Sorrell were 'morally reprehensible'. More
UK based data processing agency MRDC has doubled the size of its operation in Thailand and employed extra staff to man the expanded unit. Employees David Ward and Fiona Turnbull have meanwhile become Directors in the UK. More
In Sydney Australia, Stuart Pike has returned to Nielsen as Director of Industry Solutions for Nielsen Online, from his previous position of Chairman of the Australian Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) sub-committee for online measurement. More
Vincent Bolloré, Chairman of communications group Havas, will make a fifth attempt to secure representation on the Board of Synovate's parent company Aegis, in which he is the biggest single shareholder. More
US-headquartered data collection firm Western Wats is to add to its presence in the Philippines by opening a new 500-seat call center in Davao City in mid-July. The firm, which also operates in Cebu City, has already invested between P60m and P70m (c$1.5m) in the new operation. More
Millward Brown has promoted Patricia Driver to the newly created position of Managing Director in Singapore, from her existing role as Head of Client Service at the firm's London office. More
The Nielsen Company has appointed Justin Garrett as Director, Financial Services in Hong Kong. More
Company profiling firm OneSource Information Services will be expanding in the Asia Pacific region, doubling its workforce in Singapore during the forthcoming year. More
Luc Rens, Research International's (RI) Regional Director of Qualitative Asia Pacific, has been given an expanded role as Lead Co-ordinator and Spokesperson for the firm's worldwide qualitative team. More
Harris Interactive has appointed Stephen Wallace as its new Chief Information Officer, responsible for infrastructure and information security. More
In India, research and analytics firm Dexterity has announced a refocusing of its business on marketing and customer informatics, and appointed former Accenture USA Partner Anantha Krishnan as Chairman and CEO. More
Newly formed Millward Brown India has made a number of senior appointments to its Management Board. Managing Director Shishir Varma will be joined by Shiv Moulee, Ritesh Ghosal, Praveen Ramachandra and Pranay Singhvi. More
In the US, Ford Motor has appointed Anne Bélec as Director of Global Marketing, responsible for marketing strategies and processes, brand positioning and consumer insights. More
NWC Opinion Research, the AsiaPac arm of Opinion Research Corporation (ORC), has appointed Joseph Chui as Senior Research Director, leading a team serving local and regional clients based in Hong Kong and Mainland China. More
TNS has grouped several of its North American operating units into a new division, TNS media, with Dean DeBiase as CEO. TNS media intelligence and TNS media research join newly-acquired companies Compete and Cymfony to form the new entity. More
Louise McCann, the Chair of Research International Australia, has been given an expanded role within the company's Asia Pacific (APAC) offices to oversee RI's commercial operating strategy for the region. More
Nielsen Online has promoted Megan Clarken to the position of MD, Pacific to lead the firm's commercial business in Australia and New Zealand. More
AbsolutData Research and Analytics has strengthened its US executive team with the appointment of JR Bult as Senior VP Analytics in Miami; and Client Development Directors Todd Milligan and Jim Huttenberger in San Francisco and LA respectively. More
Ipsos Australia's public affairs division has joined with Eureka Strategic Research to found the Ipsos-Eureka Social Research Institute (IESRI); bringing together a team of 30 staff focused on issues affecting government and society. More
UK-based consumer insight agency Nunwood has made four new appointments since the beginning of 2008, following organic growth of 'more than 12 times the industry average' during the last year. More
In Singapore, IT specialist Springboard Research has appointed Michael Barnes as VP for Software Research. More
Nielsen has appointed Michael Sherrard Executive Director of its FMCG Customised Research practice in Asia Pacific. More
Online panel specialist Lightspeed Research has appointed Angus Macaskill as VP of Client Operations and Charlie Winn as Panel Operations Director based in the firm's Sydney office. More
Following the closure of Opinion Research Taiwan (ORT), a number of the firm's key staff have joined Millward Brown Taiwan. MB has also promoted Deepender Rana to Chief Client Officer Africa Asia Pacific (AAP), and given AAP COO Adrian Gonzalez additional responsibility for Greater China. More
London-based marketing consultancy kae: marketing intelligence has expanded into Asia and appointed former Synovate Asia-Pac MD Damien Duhamel to head its two new offices in Shanghai and Singapore. More
Research Process Outsourcing (RPO) firm Pulse Group has opened an office in London headed by Jonathan Sheldrake, who joins as Associate Director for Europe. More
Online fieldwork and panel specialist Research Now has appointed Peter Blansjaar to head up its operations, project delivery and quality assurance systems in the Asia Pacific region. More
Synovate has appointed Jerome Vadot as its Managing Director in Saudi Arabia and Simon Duval-Kieffer as MD for the Czech Republic. More
IT specialist Springboard Research has hired Bryan Wang as a Research Director focusing on Connectivity. Wang takes responsibility for increasing the firm's profile in the telecoms, mobility and data communications markets. More
TNS has merged its Hong Kong and Singapore operations and appointed Wade Garland as MD of the combined group, while existing Singapore MD Grant Bertoli will now manage TNS in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. More
Barry Ooi has been named Executive Director Southeast Asia Shopper Insights, Nielsen Malaysia's newly-established Retailer Practice Group. Richard Hall takes over from Ooi as Executive Director, Retail Measurement Services, while Hanis Harun joins as Executive Director Telecommunications Industry Practice Group, Asia Pacific. More
Research International (RI) is continuing its leadership re-shuffle with the appointments of Kirk Ward to the newly created position of Global Product Development Leader, Andrew Wish to the new title of Worldwide Infrastructure and Operations Director and John McHarry to Chief Information Officer. More
Nielsen Marketing has appointed Chris Morley as Managing Director, to expand the company's retail and consumer research capabilities in China. More
In Australia, communications services group STW is splitting its panels business The Online Research Unit (The ORU) from its MR agency AMR Interactive, and has appointed AMR Chairman and Founder Brian Fine to head the offshoot. AMR Interactive will now be run by MD Gary Wilkinson. More
TNS has merged its own continuous research service in China with that of its joint venture CTR Market Research, under the Worldpanel brand. Jason Yu is appointed to lead the newly merged unit as General Manager, TNS Worldpanel China. More
Information services provider The McGraw-Hill Companies has given details of restructuring carried out in the fourth quarter of 2007, with the loss of 600 jobs, c.3% of its workforce. Research company J.D. Power and Associates, a subsidiary, lost around the same proportion of its staff. More
Sir Bernard Audley, whose UK-based company AGB Research became the world's second-largest market research firm behind AC Nielsen, has died at the age of 83. More
Just seven months after he was appointed MD of Nielsen//NetRatings Australia, Allan Dibb is leaving due to what the firm describes as 'personal issues'. More
Warner Brothers has promoted Sue Kroll to President Worldwide Marketing - a new position where she will oversee all aspects of the studio's marketing from market research to campaigns and publicity. More
Synovate has appointed Kiranjit Singh as Business Group Director of its Business Consulting division, based in Malaysia. More
Synovate has appointed Pranay Jeyachandran as UK Head of its MarketQuest team, which focuses on product design and development. More
Global pharma research firm IMS Health has announced plans to cut staff numbers by 10% during 2008 in an effort to save money and improve efficiency. More
In Mumbai, TNS India has appointed Dipika Sharma as SVP-People and Culture. Her sixteen years of experience in senior leadership roles include spells as VP-HR for Dow Chemical and Head of HR with Transworld Group. More
Starfish Research continues its advance in the Pacific with the appointment of William Apa as General Manager of operations in the region, based in the firm's Papua New Guinea (PNG) office. More
TNS has appointed Neerja Wable as CEO India and Sri Lanka, to oversee the implementation of a number of growth initiatives and take responsibility for strategic planning and business development. Wable was previously Chief Client Officer at Millward Brown. More
TNS has announced a 'consolidation' of its Technology research sector in Australia, with the appointments of Jon Foged as National Director of Technology, and Justin Connally and Kim Albert as Directors. More
Sampling solutions provider Survey Sampling International (SSI) has appointed three new VPs to strengthen its global operations. Kim Giangrande will manage Global HR; Suresh Subbiah, Global Client Services and Delivery; and Harold Kelley, Global Marketing. More
Greenfield Online has appointed Mark Shepherd as Director of Internet Survey Solutions, to establish the new Greenfield-Ciao office in Tokyo while helping expand the firm's Asia-Pacific operations. More
Mitch Barns has been named President of Nielsen Greater China. He will report directly to Nielsen Chairman and CEO David Calhoun, and will serve on the group's Executive Committee. More
WPP's insight division the Kantar Group is restructuring its media businesses, in response to 'a rapidly changing media environment'. A newly formed Kantar Media Research (KMR) unit will bring together the media audience measurement assets and talent from across Kantar. More
Aegis-owned Carat Asia Pacific has announced changes in its regional management team, to prepare for a more 'consumer centric' and digital era. Will Swayne becomes MD of Carat Hong Kong, while Mr K Subramanian is promoted to Regional Communications Planning Director, based in Singapore. More
Synovate has appointed former Millward Brown Director Ehtasham Uddin as Director Quantitative in Malaysia. More
In the UK, B2B International's founder Nick Hague has become Managing Director, and following a year in China launching the firm's office in Beijing, Matt Harrison has returned to the UK and been appointed Finance Director. More
TNS has promoted Tania Kulman, General Manager of TNS Sydney, to the role of Australian MD; Jacqui von Hirschberg to ANZ Director of Consumer; and Evette Cordy to Regional Director for the Technology sector in its ALM super-region. More
GfK has announced organic sales growth of 6.7%., and a sales increase of 5.5% to €833.9m for the first nine months of the year. Meanwhile Dr Derek Allen is joining the group in the US as EVP of the GfK Research Center for Excellence. More
Greenfield Online has reported a 29.9% Q3 net revenue hike to $32.3m, and a 25.4% climb in profits. The firm's Chairman Peter Sobiloff will step down at the end of the year to be replaced by Joel Mesznik, who has served as a Board member since 1999. More
Flat panel research specialist DisplaySearch has added eleven new people to its analysis and support teams worldwide. They include Rich Alires as VP of North America Business Development, and Michael Boo, Calvin Hsieh and Hidetoshi Himuro as Directors in Korea, Taiwan and Japan, respectively. More
Nintendo has transferred Shigeyuki Takahashi – President of the firm's research arm Nintendo Research – to his new role of Executive VP, Special Assignments based in the US. More
European-based online panel provider ToLuna has hired Lowell Ricklefs as Group Chief Operating Officer, to assist the firm with it's global ambitions. More
TNS has announced two global leadership appointments. Leendert de Voogd is promoted to Global Sector Head, Political and Social, replacing Marita Carballo who leaves to pursue 'academic and other interests'; while former Dell man Renaud Collery is appointed as Head of Global Operations. More
B2b specialist Kadence has made ten new appointments, reflecting significant business growth across its worldwide operations. Two people join the firm's UK headquarters in London and eight more are added to offices in Boston, Malaysia and India. More
Synovate has announced three key promotions to leadership positions in its Global Qualitative function. Steve Hales becomes Head of Clients; Sue Phillips Training and Development Director; and Steve Wolf, Commercial Director. More
Synovate Censydiam co-founder and former CEO Jan Callebaut has left his part-time consultancy post with Synovate after just four months. More
Recruitment consultancy Pricejamieson, whose specialist teams cover marketing and digital communications in addition to MR, is expanding its research services to Asia Pacific. Senior Consultant Rowan Haylett moves from the London office to parent company Aquent in Australia. More
The Nielsen Company has laid off 1,250 of its staff, but says the losses are probably 'the last for some time' and the total of c.4,000 redundancies originally planned for 2007 will not be reached, according to Reuters. More
Retail info giant IRI has appointed John Freeland, an Accenture veteran most recently President-Worldwide Operations for salesforce.com, as its new President and CEO. He succeeds Scott W. Klein, in the roles since January 2004, who moves up to IRI's parent, Symphony Technology Group. More
TNS will be merging its Media Intelligence and Media Research (iTRAM) units into one, in an effort to further develop its TV and online audience measurement services. More
TNS India's Managing Director Mr R Suresh is to leave to pursue other interests outside the industry, after almost two decades with the company. More
Indian research and analytics firm Annik has opened an office in Florida, US and appointed Ron Brotherton to lead business development for its Analytical Processing Division. More
UK researchers scooped four of the five ESOMAR annual excellence awards presented at the final session of the association's 60th Congress in Berlin, with David Smith of DVL Smith Group taking home the top John Downham Award and a prize of €10,000. More
Dallas-based MR and data analytics provider Denuo Source has hired Rahul Chowdhury as President and CPO (Chief People's Officer), to head the firm's worldwide HR operations and maintain client relationships in the Asia Pacific region. More
Specialist MR recruiter Kate Langford has left PriceJamieson after eight years to work at rival consultancy Elizabeth Norman International (ENI). More
Former TNS China General Manager Paul Zhou has left to set up a new agency called Illuminera in Shanghai. More
Database giant Experian has launched a new global image and identity which includes a re-vamped logo and tagline. The firm has also appointed Tony Pullen as Managing Director of its Business Information Division in Nottingham, UK. More
Nielsen Media Research in China has promoted Rita Chan to the post of Executive Director of Sales & Client Services, more than 25 years after she joined the group. More
The Nielsen Company has appointed Christophe Cambournac as MD for Bases Asia Pacific, located in Hong Kong. He succeeds Marc Lagrois who stays within the firm but will return to the US. More
MrWeb has announced a partnership with the US-based association MRA (Marketing Research Association). The deal aims to give MRA members access to daily updates of global news and job vacancies while promoting MRA's services and programs to readers of Daily Research News. More
Flat panel technology specialist DisplaySearch is to begin tracking the DVD sector, and has hired Paul Erickson to lead this unit. Takao Tsukahara also joins, with a remit to expand the firm's research into small and medium display markets. More
Mark Cranmer, who replaced Roger Banks as Global CEO of Research International only last year, will himself be leaving the post by the end of 2007. Bob Meyers, currently completing his term as CEO of Millward Brown, will replace him. More
B2b specialist Kadence is boosting its Asia Pacific presence with the launch of new offices in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More
The Nielsen Company has launched NielsenHealth, offering clients 'consumer centric' analytical tools to more effectively understand and address the attitudes, behaviors and needs of patients and physicians. Matthew Dumas becomes its MD. More
MR outsourcing specialist and panel provider Pulse Group is launching a new qualitative division, including state-of-the-art viewing facilities for focus groups. Qual veteran Chan Choy Ping, previously of NFO and Synovate, will lead the division. More
IMS Health has named Kevin Knightly in the new role of Senior VP, Business Line Management, and promoted Adel Al-Saleh to replace him as President, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). More
TNS has appointed two VPs in India - Parijat Chakraborthy for Technology Research and Anuradha Agadi to manage Human Resources for its domestic business. More
Ben Dixon will take up his new role as Managing Director of Millward Brown's Australian business in September, after nine years working with Nielsen. More
Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has launched a global division that will focus on research using client supplied or specialist sample data. More
Synovate has made senior hires for its Delhi and Mumbai offices. Jaisy Desai will head up qualitative research for the Western Indian market, and Meeta Luthra, Deepak Dasila and Sumit Arora join at AD and Senior Project Director levels. More
Retail information provider The NPD Group has opened a Beijing office and launched a service tracking sales of prestige beauty products in China, covering the fragrance, make-up, and skincare businesses. More
Asian-based outsourcing and online panel firm the Pulse Group has officially opened the doors to its New York City office with industry veteran John Saez at the helm, while in Kuala Lumpur the firm has made an additional seven senior hires. More
Kantar, WPP's Information, Insight and Consultancy division, has appointed leading design consultant Aziz Cami as its first Creative Director. He takes up the position next week. More
American Matthew Fagan, accused of killing Research Now Finance Manager Cathy Marlow, pleaded not guilty to the murder at the Old Bailey in London on Friday. His trial will now commence in the last week of February next year. More
In India, newly launched news and entertainment TV network INX Media has hired media measurement veteran Tapan Pal as Chief Research and Analytics Officer. More
Synovate is restructuring its Asian business with future growth in mind. To support the changes, in August the firm will be making a number of senior promotions in China, North Asia, South Asia and Korea. More
Nielsen has promoted Lisa Lee to the role of Senior Vice President, International Communications, where she will take responsibility for all corporate and marketing communications outside North America. More
Millward Brown has moved its Africa Asia Pacific regional COO, Adrian Gonzalez, from Sydney to Beijing, effective 3 August 2007. More
Synovate owner Aegis Group plc has appointed Chantal Restivo-Alessi, formerly of EMI, as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development. More
Kadence Asia Pacific has appointed Joseph Tan to its newly created role of Fieldwork Client Services Manager, to provide a central contact for international clients looking to undertake research in the region. More
In Mumbai, Synovate has appointed Mulraj Gala as Finance Head, Sanskrati Sail as Head of HR and re-hired Pranay Dankedar as Senior Project Director in its quant research division. More
J.D. Power and Associates has strengthened its Asia Pacific management team with the promotions of John Humphrey, Dan Pavlinac and Tim Dunne. More
Mumbai-based Ugam Solutions has hired former RONIN General Managers, Simon Glanville and Rafal Gajdamowicz, as Managing Director and Executive VP of its new multi-lingual data collection centre in London. More
Asia's online fieldwork and outsourcing firm, The Pulse Group, will open its first US office in New York City in July, headed by former Survey Sampling (SSI) researcher John Saez. More
The Nielsen Company has promoted Paul Richmond to the position of MD of ACNielsen in Singapore and Malaysia. He takes over from Ashok Charan, who moves to a newly established Regional Client Service role. More
Advertising industry pioneers George Wiedemann and Kenneth Lomasney have established Wiedemann & Lomasney (W&L), a holding company aimed at creating a 'customer centric marketing services firm'. The partners plan to announce a first buy before the end of the month. More
Ipsos has appointed former AOL Time Warner HR professional, Lisiane Droal as Global HR Executive VP, and former ACNielsen Executive Tom Markert as CEO for Ipsos Loyalty. More
LRA Worldwide, a customer experience management firm which conducts mystery shopping exercises in the hospitality sector, has promoted seven staff to the post of Senior Consultant or Account Manager. More
Einat Offer has joined research and analytics firm, Evalueserve, as its Client Executive based in Israel. Offer founded and led research agency Siterix Communications. More
Offshore MR services agency Markelytics has announced plans for expansion into Europe. Former ESOMAR and Nestle research chief Fredrik Nauckhoff joins to lead the expansion as Head of Sales in France. More
After a 13 year career with ACNielsen, Robert Tomei has joined TNS as Global Head of Access Panels to establish, lead and deliver a growth strategy for the firm's global access panel business, 6thdimension(TM). More
Millward Brown's Bob Meyers has relinquished his CEO responsibilities to the firm's President of Global Development, Eileen Campbell. Meyers will remain as Chairman for the rest of 2007, and is likely to take another role within Kantar. More
Synovate Healthcare has promoted Stuart Bartlett to the post of Head of Business Development. He hands his former role, as Head of Synovate Healthcare Asia Pacific, to Sumit Sharma. More
Synovate has announced senior hires and promotions in Asia and North America. Rob Myers joins as Canadian MD while in Singapore there are four appointments in the management team. More
Kimberly-Clark Corporation has today unveiled a new global marketing structure, with three new senior roles filled from outside the firm, all reporting to CMO Tony Palmer. They include former Mars exec Roger Chacko in the position of Vice President, Global Marketing Knowledge and Intelligence. More
Technology researcher IDC has appointed Michael Guo as Managing Director for its China Operations, as it continues to expand into the booming market. He worked previously as Director of the board and Managing Partner of Gallup China. More
Panel and software provider, GMI (Global Market Insite), has increased the size of its panels in China by 65% and in India more than fivefold. Meanwhile senior Board member Larry Schack has left the company and the west coast, reportedly to work for his previous employer, PSB. More
In an exclusive interview with DRNO, Mike Connors admits the quarter billion dollars raised last month for his new acquisition company is 'burning a hole in our pockets' and that ISG will base its strategy on buying one information services firm worth $200-700m, within eighteen months tops. More
UK-based Illuminas Global has appointed Matthew Carr as Director responsible for Asia Pacific and China, a new position created to help drive the firm's long term growth in the Far East. More
Synovate Healthcare has announced five senior promotions, following strong growth in 2006 and continuing integration. They include Bob Douglas as MD, Global Custom and Marianne Purdie as MD, Europe Custom, plus HR Director Virginia Mount's elevation to the Global Exec Committee. More
Founder and CEO Rob Monster is to leave the helm of panels and software provider GMI, to pursue other interests. Monster will continue to serve as a board member and will participate in the selection of a new CEO, while the Chairman's role is taken by Enrique Godreau III, current GMI board member and MD of one of its major investors Voyager Capital. More
Synovate has promoted Ignacio Galceran from Executive VP to CEO of Latin America, responsible for operations in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Miami. Elsewhere, Susanna Lam joins the agency as AD, Media Research based in Hong Kong. More
Michael Connors, until recently Chairman and CEO of VNU's MMI Group, has resurfaced at the head of an acquisition company with almost $260m in funds. Information Services Group, Inc. (ISG) completed its IPO oversubscribed this week and boasts a strong line-up including several former Nielsen and VNU Execs. More
IT specialist Springboard Research has appointed Robert Triendl to expand its presence in Japan. In the role of Research Director, Triendl will report directly to CEO Dane Anderson. More
Ipsos has announced a number of new hires and leadership promotions strengthening its global and North American teams. Debra Mason joins as CFO of Ipsos North America, Efrain Ribeiro as COO of Ipsos Interactive Services, and Pushp Kamal as Senior VP of Research Analytics for Ipsos ASI's Tracking and Equity business. More
Software and panels firm GMI has promoted two senior execs at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Sydney, in addition to making two senior appointments in Seattle and a raft of others worldwide. It has also upgraded its Research Analyzer tables tool, with enhanced weighting and data manipulation features. More
Panels company Research Now has announced the acquisition of Samplenet e-Research Solutions, which trades as OpenVenue. The price for Canada's largest specialist online fieldwork company is a maximum of C$47.5m (£20.5m), subject to performance. More
B2b specialist Kadence is launching a dedicated healthcare division in Asia, to be headed by Katherine Byrne, recently appointed as an Associate Director. The company is currently opening a Kuala Lumpur office and plans one for China in 2007. More
Survey Sampling International (SSI) has announced a number of senior promotions to support its worldwide expansion, following the recent appointment of Jim Follett as CEO. Among them, MD Europe Kees de Jong is promoted to Director of Globalization with COO Europe Michel Guidi stepping up to fill the MD Europe role. More
GfK and entertainment sales data firm Media-Control, have announced the formation of a joint venture, GfK M², to track mobile content sales. The company will get its data direct from content and network providers, and hardware and component manufacturers. More
GfK Asia has appointed Steve Kaiser as Commercial Director, to lead its consumer electronics tracking business from the firm's Singapore office. He joins from J.D. Power Asia Pacific. More
Pharma and healthcare research giant IMS Health has promoted Gilles Pajot to COO and Leslye Katz as Senior VP and CFO. The firm has also been in a federal court this week, defending the right of companies to see prescription data from individual physicians. More
Gap CEO and champion of consumer insights Paul Pressler is leaving the role by mutual agreement with the clothing retailer's board, after sliding sales and falling profits in the last year culminated in a miserable holiday season and an 8% drop in sales during December. More
ACNielsen has announced the establishment of an Industry Practice Group (IPG) for Leisure and Travel research in China, led by Dr. Grace Pan. The firm says it will 'aggressively expand' its services for the country's travel and leisure sectors, with tracking and in-depth analysis. More
Synovate Healthcare has appointed Kelly Price as Head of its Asia Pacific Tandem Oncology Monitor (APTOM) in China, Korea and Australia. The role will include the expansion of the monitor into new markets in Asia. More
Consumer research and consulting firm, OTX (Online Testing eXchange), has hired Dave Kaye from Flamingo International, to head its newly launched qualitative arm in Europe and Asia. More
Jim Follett, former COO of NOP World, is to replace Bev Weiman as Chief Executive Officer of panels firm Survey Sampling International (SSI). Weiman, who co-founded SSI along with Tom Danbury in 1977, cited personal reasons for her departure. More
Texas-based researcher DisplaySearch has strengthened its team with seven senior hires. Three new staff join in the US, two in Korea and one each in China and Japan. More
US-based software and panels firm GMI has announced the opening of a new technology center near the Sri Lankan capital Colombo; plus three new appointments from December. More
New owner infoUSA has announced its intention to split Opinion Research Corporation (ORC) into two distinct groups: government research under the name Macro International and corporate MR with the existing name. John F. Short steps down from the Chairman and CEO roles as two new leaders are named. More
TNS has further boosted its North America Custom management team under Kimberly Till with the appointment of Enzo Micali as Chief Information Officer. Micali previously held the same role at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. More
VNU has begun what it calls a 'major corporate transformation' including the phasing out of its existing group structure and the cutting of up to 4,000 jobs in 2007. NMR CEO Susan Whiting is promoted to a new group-wide EVP role while Frank Martell and Steve Schmidt will leave the company. More
Business to business specialist Kadence says it will double its turnover to $8m in 2006. UK business has leapt by 70% year-on-year and turnover in the US has grown by 66%, while the firm's newer Asian offices also report good growth. More
European online fieldwork and panel specialist Research Now has opened a Chicago office and appointed Mike Gray, Vice President – Client Development, to build the Chicago team. Nine other staff join the agency's US team. More
GfK HealthCare Asia has appointed Nattha Sombutpibool to direct its venture in Thailand, continuing its rapid expansion in the region. More
VNU has announced the appointment to its Supervisory Board of James M. Kilts, until a month ago Vice Chairman of The Procter & Gamble Company and since co-founder of advisory and equity firm Centerview Partners. Centerview will also make an investment in VNU alongside its six existing private-equity owners. More
David Smith, current Chairman and CEO of UK-based Illuminas Global, has announced he will leave the company at the end of 2006 to focus on training and personal development interests. John Connaughton will become CEO. More
Showing continued commitment to its Asia Pacific client base, GfK HealthCare Asia has recently added another talent to its executive roster. Kelly Wong joins GfK as HealthCare Director for Hong Kong and Taiwan, where she will focus on business development strategies for the agency. More
Delhi is the latest new location for fast-growing b2b research specialist Kadence, which already has companies in Boston, London, Singapore and Sydney. Kadence Research India launches with a senior team of three directors, headed up by Aman Makkar, who becomes MD. More
Technology and financial research specialist Doxus has announced plans to open a Chinese office in 2007, to be headed up by David Ying Hong Ho, who has worked previously as a supplier / partner to the company. Doxus currently has sites in Portland and Atlanta. More
DisplaySearch, flat panel display specialist within the NPD Group, has appointed Kevin Liao as Director of Taiwan Small / Medium Display and OLED Market Research, with a remit to expand the business. More
Kadence Asia Pacific has appointed Jean-Pierre Depasse as Research Director based in Singapore, to head the firm's Research Department and handle key accounts. More
Ciao, the European company of online survey solutions provider Greenfield Online, has hired a new Director of Panels, Cyril Stern, and promoted several key sales and marketing executives within its European organization. More
Research International has promoted Hilary Lee, previously a Client Team Director in its UK office, to become Director Client Services in Asia and Business Development Director for the Kantar Group for Asia. She will be based in Singapore. More
GfK NOP has hired Richard Matthews for the new role of Director of Insight for its Technology division, tasked with developing a suite of services to integrate insight into client processes. Matthews worked client side in senior insight functions at Vodafone and Nokia for nearly ten years. More
US-based panels and software firm GMI has passed another busy month, with the opening of a Netherlands office, seven appointments including an MD, Business Development, and the news that its Chinese panel now includes roughly 1 in every 1,000 of the population. More
Lightspeed Research has named Darren Fifield as its new CEO, Asia Pacific. Fifield, currently MD of the Synovate company Aztec Information Systems, SE Asia, takes up the new role on November 1. More
Online survey software company FIRM (Future Information Research Management) has announced the formation of an advisory board for its Confirmit product. The Board is made up of prominent executives from research providers, including TNS' Tony Cowling. More
Australian-based Agency The Leading Edge (TLE) has announced six new appointments across the business during the last month. Marika Lind is promoted to Senior Consultant within the firm's Asian division, while five new hires join the Sydney and Melbourne office. More
Executive recruitment company Elizabeth Norman International has appointed a consultant to focus on Asia Pacific roles. Andrew Wood's arrival, together with a planned office in SE Asia, reflects the firm's growing presence in the region. More
Eleven senior and high-profile figures from the MR world, all of whom are now offering consulting *to* MR providers, have pooled their skills to form a network spanning three continents. 'gravitas' is billed as 'the world's first ever global consulting group dedicated to the market research industry'. More
President and CEO Mario Mrvica is leaving MR software company VOXCO after four and a half years at the helm. Company founder Raymond Cyr will now take the position of CEO while shareholder Louis Lessard becomes Chairman of the Board and CFO. More
TNS has appointed Michelle Griffin as Regional HR Director for its Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa (ALM) region. She replaces Wyn Black who will leave TNS to return to his native New Zealand. More
Millward Brown has appointed Travyn Rhall as CEO of its Africa Asia Pacific region. Rhall, who takes up his new role on December 1, replaces Andreas Sperling who will leave the company at the end of the year. More
Manchester, UK-based B2B International has announced plans for a Beijing Office, to be opened in January 2007. More
Panels and software specialist GMI has announced five new hires at Director and VP level – including two HR Directors; plus another twenty-two appointments this month, as it continues its rapid expansion. More
In the US, The NPD Group has appointed Tim Bush as Group President of its flat panel specialist subsidiary DisplaySearch; and re-hired Rupert Walters as Group President, Entertainment & Communications. Walters left NPD in 2001 and was most recently President and COO of Ipsos North America. More
TNS has today announced the launch of a Global Interactive business unit, led by Arno Hummerston as MD, and bringing together three co-ordinated areas – commercial, development and Computer Assisted Web Interviewing (CAWI) support. More
David L. Calhoun, previously Vice Chairman of General Electric Company (GE), was announced today as the new Chairman and CEO of VNU, based in New York. He succeeds interim CEO Rob Ruijter, who will revert to concentrating on his role as CFO. More
ACNielsen has hired Yvonne Lum and Joel Chan as Directors of Client Services for its Customized Research team in Hong Kong. Lum specializes in the retailing industry in general, while Chan will focus on FMCG. More
Yahoo! has recruited comScore Media Metrix President and CEO Peter Daboll as its new Chief of Insights and Head of Global Market Research. The role involves drawing together all the Internet giant's internal and external data sources. More
TNS has announced that Wander Meijer, until now its Regional Director for East Asia, will move to the equivalent position for Latin America, with immediate effect. He will transition over the coming months and be fully relocated in Buenos Aires by January 2007. More
Synovate has announced a restructure to reflect its recent growth. Smaller business unit groupings will replace the current regional structure; functions such as IT, HR and Operations will work more globally; and senior management will be grouped in more focused leadership teams. More
VNU has named Michael Marchesano to lead its Project Forward business transformation program, a major three-year initiative to reduce costs and enhance its margins and competitive position. Five leaders for specific initiatives within the program have also been named. More
Brand development and consulting firm Icon Added Value (IAV), part of WPP's Kantar division, has relaunched its offering in South India and appointed Praveen Ramachandra, Business Services Director, as head of the region based in Bangalore. More
TNS has promoted Gary Lembit to Managing Director of its Auckland office, further aligning its New Zealand and Australian operations. Lembit moved to the office earlier this year from TNS Australia where he was National Director of Finance and Business Services. More
MR software and panel provider GMI has announced a worldwide restructuring, gearing up for further growth following its recent closing of $35 million in venture capital. The moves include senior promotions for Dr. Larry Schack in the US and Dietmar Walter in London, and a new Asian leadership team chaired by Tatt Chen. More
At an EGM on Friday, VNU changed its legal name, formally converted to a private company and welcomed new board members including Lord Hollick, following shareholder approval. Today the firm has named R. Ford Dallmeyer as the new legal chief for its MI Group. More
ACNielsen announced yesterday that it has formed a new global unit, ACNielsen Loyalty. The unit will be headed by Tom Markert, currently Senior VP and CMO of VNU MI and ACNielsen; and Laurence Michael, currently Senior VP, Global Retailer Services Marketing. More
Synovate has promoted Jenny Chang to the position of Managing Director for Taiwan. She was previously a Director, and has led the country's team since October 2005. More
Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. has appointed a data mining expert, Dr. Raghu Ramakrishnan as Vice President and Yahoo! Research Fellow. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Business Developer Joseph Kam has left Yahoo! to join online measurement firm NetRatings. More
Mandy Pooler and Lucy Gill have joined Rosi Ware in charge of developing WPP's research division, Kantar. The two new arrivals replace Fiona McAnena, who has joined PepsiCo in a senior innovation role. More
Synovate has hired Mark Poolman to establish and head up a dedicated national customer loyalty research unit in Australia. As Executive Director, he will report jointly to Brent Stewart, CEO of Synovate in Australia and Frances Li, Asia Pacific Director of the Synovate Loyalty practice. More
Flat panel display specialist DisplaySearch, part of the NPD Group, has hired Paul Gagnon as Director of North American TV Market Research, bringing its TV analyst team to a total of twelve. More
Global online panel specialist Lightspeed Research has opened a new office in Tokyo and appointed Chris Duston as its Vice President of Business Development in Japan. Duston was formerly Senior Research Manager at AC Nielsen. More
SSI Asia, Survey Sampling's Pan Asia operation hub, has announced that it will officially launch the company's Beijing office in August. The office will provide Internet and telephone sample and project management, and build a broad panel community for Pan Asian survey research. More
Hours before its shares ceased trading on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange, VNU yesterday announced plans to change its financing structure, including the raising of new funds, and the proposed addition of five members to its supervisory board. The five include former NOP boss Lord Hollick. More
Global fieldwork agency Medefield has completed the first stage of an aggressive expansion in its UK-based fieldwork and operations group. Meanwhile Synovate Healthcare has announced the launch of online physician panels in key Asian markets. More
Synovate has announced an expansion of its media research services and the promotion of Asia Pacific boss Steve Garton to lead a new global group, based in London. In addition, Craig Harvey joins from Publicis as Director, Media Research - Asia Pacific. More
TNS has today announced the appointment of Murray Campbell, former TNS New Zealand MD, to head up the company's Polling and Social-Government research sector across its ALM region. Campbell is the third man from TNS NZ to win recent promotion to a regional role. More
Gregg Peterson, formerly Executive VP at Millward Brown, has joined Indian MR outsourcing company Ugam Solutions, with the same title. Peterson will be responsible for building and managing the company's international operations capabilities. More
VNU has held its 2006 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Amsterdam, and announced the appointment of new Supervisory Board members and an interim CEO, Rob Ruijter. Ruijter, who also continues with his current responsibilities as the group's CFO, takes the CEO role from Rob van den Bergh, who stepped down from the Board. More
Harris Interactive has announced a reorganisation of its UK operations including the closing of facilities in Macclesfield and Stockport, and the loss of between ten and fifteen jobs. The company also announced the resignation of its UK Managing Director Aled Morris. More
Sue Elms has stepped up to lead Millward Brown's Global Media Practice, with the title of Executive Vice President. She joins from Carat Insight where she spent five years as MD, a role now filled by her former Deputy Mark Greenstreet. More
B2b specialist Kadence Asia Pacific has appointed Stacy Foong as Project Manager, responsible for co-ordinating both qual and quant projects across the Asia Pacific region. More
Flat panel display specialist DisplaySearch, part of The NPD Group, has appointed Carolyn Lowe as Director of Marketing. She previously ran the Displays business for Dell North America. More
Nielsen Media Research has appointed Siriporn Kittichutchawarl as its Director in Thailand, based in Bangkok and reporting to Richard Basil Jones, Asia Pacific MD. More
B2b specialist Kadence has hired former McKinsey consultant John Sweeney as Global Account Director for IT & Telecoms. Sweeney was previously Head of the IT & Telecoms Practice for Competitive Intelligence & Consulting (CIC) and established CIC New York in 2004. More
GfK has appointed four senior executives to its HealthCare Asia division, which is being formed from the consolidation of recent acquisitions SoHealthAsia and SMA (acquired with NOP). Scott Davies, Alan John and Keren Priyadarshini all become Directors and Clive Marshall, Managing Director China. More
TNS has appointed R Ravi Shankar, its Senior VP in India, as Co-Regional Champion to lead its Stakeholder Management practice - TRI*M across TNS Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle-East & Africa (ALM). More
Survey Sampling International has appointed Pete Cape, founder of TNS Interactive, to head up a new unit to be known as the Knowledge Department, Internet Sampling. In addition, the company is to open its first Asia Pacific office, in China, and has made two key hires for it. More
Australia and Asia-based research process outsourcing company Pulse Group has hired several new executives to boost its project management team and support an expanding client base, with entry into China planned. More
Synovate has announced the appointment of Florence Chiang to the new position of Business Group Director and Head of Synovate Business Consulting in Taiwan. The Taiwan office of the Business Consulting Division has just opened, and is the fourteenth in the region. More
Global agency TNS has announced a realignment of its regional operations, which it says recognises the growth potential of emerging markets. The group's business across Middle East and Africa and Latin America will be linked with the high growth markets of Asia Pacific. More
ACNielsen has added responsibility for Europe to the Asia Pacific role of its Executive Director, Corporate & Marketing Communications, Lisa Lee. The move promises closer alignment for the firm's global branding and marketing strategy. More
ACNielsen has hired Mr Rene Bos as Executive Director of its Chinese subsidiary. The appointment reflects the company's greater focus on the development of online research services and the high growth potential of online-related marketing research in Greater China. More
Top Australian agency The Leading Edge has another new Chief Executive. Ellen Baron moves from the Sydney office to head up the team in Melbourne, replacing Dominic Lefebvre who will move to Singapore to lead the new Asia Gateway office. More
ACNielsen has created the new position of Director, Automotive Practice Group for SE Asia, and appointed Angus Ogilvy, former Deputy MD, Europe, for NOP World Automotive. More
MR recruiter Elizabeth Norman International (ENI) has announced a number of changes to its office structure in Australasia, including the appointment of a new Managing Director and new larger offices in Australia, and enhanced SE Asian coverage. More
TNS has appointed John Abraham as Head of Strategic Development and Marketing, with immediate effect. Reporting directly to Chief Executive, David Lowden, Abraham will lead the TNS corporate marketing team and will have overall responsibility for the company's Internet solutions division, TNS Interactive. More
Research International has appointed Simon Tye as Managing Director of the company's Hong Kong office. He takes over from Hamish Munro, who moves to a new role as Regional Business Director. More
Nielsen Media Research has appointed Helen Pemberton as Asia Pacific Director of Media Index, the company's long-standing multimedia survey. Pemberton was previously Marketing Director at Business Week Asia. More
IMS Health has appointed Gilles Pajot to the new position of President, Global Business Management. Pajot was previously President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) - a role now taken by Kevin Knightly, formerly Chief Financial Officer for North America and Europe. More
Rebecca Tan, who formerly led Nielsen Media's business in Singapore, is taking on the new position of Executive Director for both Singapore and Malaysia. She will spearhead both countries' operations, including the advertising expenditure tracking and custom media research businesses. More
Technology and automotive MR firm ABI Research has appointed Stuart Carlaw, formerly of IMS Research, as Principal Analyst for Wireless Connectivity in its new London office. More
Following last week's appointment of Donald Brydon as Chair and David Lowden as CEO, TNS has added Pedro Ros to its board of directors. Ros will take on the newly created role of MD for Global Clients and Sectors, which includes responsibilities for the company's custom business. More
Millward Brown has appointed Surekha Poddar to head its Customer Loyalty Management (CLM) Business in Asia Pacific. The move follows MB's appointment as a licensed member of the Walker Global Network in June this year. More
VNU has announced a major program to co-ordinate the business units of its Marketing Information (MI) group and centralise marketing, IT and NPD functions. Steven M. Schmidt becomes President and CEO of the group, which includes ACNielsen, BASES, Spectra, Claritas and ACNielsen HCI. More
US technology research firm Yankee Group has changed hands for the second time in two years. Emily Nagle Green, formerly MD of Forrester, is taking over the company, in a deal backed by private equity firm Alta Communications. Current CEO Brian Adamik is standing down after ten years with the company. More
VNU's CEO Rob van den Bergh is stepping down, following the announcement that the company's planned takeover of IMS Health has been terminated due to strong resistance from VNU shareholders. Under the termination agreement, VNU will reimburse IMS $15 million for out-of-pocket costs. More
TNS India has appointed Pradeep Rai Saxena as Senior VP to oversee its automotive division. Saxena's 23-year career includes experience in both MR and the Indian automotive industry. More
ACNielsen in Hong Kong is strengthening its commitment to qualitative research with the appointment of Joshua Luk and Paul Anthony Yao as Directors of the qualitative team. Yao and Luk will take responsibility for premium clients, with a focus on financial, retail, telecoms and FMCG sectors. More
UK agency Incepta Marketing Intelligence (IMI) has appointed Kenrick Leung as Director of its Hong Kong office. Leung takes over from Alice Page, who left for Ipsos earlier this year. He will report to IMI's CEO Andy Dexter. More
US online specialist GMI has launched new panels of physicians, nurses and chronically ill patients. It has also entered an agreement with Sawtooth Software to sell Sawtooth products in Asia and South America, and to share its online panel with Sawtooth. GMI has also made four new Director-level appointments. More
Dan Foreman, formerly Planning Director at ad agency WFCA, has been poached to spearhead the launch of FocusVision Europe. The US-based company, which specialises in video recording technologies for market research, opened its first European office in London in July. More
US-based online specialist Global Market Insite (GMI) has appointed Benny Huang as Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific. Huang, who is based in Shanghai, will report to GMI's Chief Marketing Officer Mark Houston in Seattle. More
Media and technology specialist Pyramid Research has appointed Ken Figueredo as its new MD of Consulting. He will help expand the consulting side of the business, and will manage a consulting team across Pyramid's offices in the US, London and Hong Kong. More
Flat Panel research specialist DisplaySearch is expanding eastwards with the addition of two new Directors and a new analyst in Asia. A majority of the company's 31-strong workforce is now based in Asia - with six staff in Japan, four in Taiwan and three each in China and Korea. More
US-based GMI has appointed Richard Scionti, founder of Timbre Consulting and former employee of SPSS and RI, as VP of its newly formed Global Enterprise Solutions Group. Other recent appointments include two Directors of Marketing - one to be based in China; a Customer Service Director for China; and a Sales Director for the New York office. More
Information giant Experian has appointed Richard Watkins as Senior VP for the Asia Pacific region and John Harker as MD for Business Development. Both have relocated to Hong Kong, which will serve as its headquarters for the region. More
Synovate has promoted Damien Duhamel to MD, Synovate Business Consulting, Asia Pacific. Meanwhile, Synovate Healthcare in the UK has promoted Marianne Purdie, formerly of NOP Healthcare and Pharmacia, to Group Research Director. More
GMI has appointed Philip Winnen, formerly of Market Tools Ltd, as MD for Asia Pacific Sales, based in Sydney, and sales professional Daniel Naimey as Director of Business Development, based in Seattle. Also joining the Seattle office is Mark Schneider, the company's new In-House Counsel. More
Okke Engelsma has joined Synovate Healthcare as Senior Quantitative Director. He will be based in the London office, and will provide support to teams in Europe and Asia. More
Research International (RI) has appointed Serene Wong to the new position of CEO for South Asia, while Brooke Courtenay becomes MD for Thailand, and Rosalynn Tang is the new MD for Singapore. Also in Asia, TNS has hired Marie Lee for the newly created position of Director, Asia Pacific Global Accounts. More
TNS has made several new senior appointments in an attempt to increase integration between its Hong Kong and Singapore business centres. More
Travyn Rhall has been appointed as Chief Client Service Officer for ACNielsen Asia Pacific, in addition to his current responsibilities as MD for customised research in the region. More
US-based hi-tech research company In-Stat has launched an office in China, with Jason Yin as MD. In-Stat's presence in China is an extension of the company's joint venture with International Data Group (IDG). More
Alex Chow has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Pulse Group, a research process outsourcing company for the Asia Pacific market research industry. Meanwhile, Sean Creamer joins Arbitron as CFO. More
ACNielsen has named Patrick Dodd as Group Managing Director for its newly created Central Europe business region. Meanwhile Lennart Bengtsson has been promoted to President of ACNielsen Emerging Markets. More
The MR landscape is to undergo a seismic shift as VNU, the world's biggest research provider, buys IMS Health, the next biggest in the US, in a transaction valued at 5.8 billion Euros ($7.0 billion). VNU's CEO is confident that the deal will quickly lead to major cost savings and new revenues. More
Daily Research News has appointed a full-time News Editor, who will start in June. Tessa Russell joins from Which? magazine where she has worked for the last eight years, most recently as an Assistant Editor leading the food and health team. More
Flat panel display MR specialist DisplaySearch has appointed David Naranjo, formerly of Panasonic AVC Networks Company, as Vice President of TV Market Research. More
Bob Chua, formerly MD of Sales, International at online MR solutions provider Global Market Insite (GMI), has left to head up a new company, Pulse Group, with GMI's backing. Pulse Group is headquartered in Sydney, Aus and offers Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) for the MR industry. More
Harris Interactive Chairman and CEO Robert E. Knapp has announced his surprise resignation from the company, by mutual agreement with its Board of Directors. The Board has appointed President and COO Gregory T. Novak as Acting CEO and George Bell as Chairman. The company also announced results for Q3 2005, showing a steep rise in revenue but a net loss of $2.7m. More
Online MR solutions provider GMI has appointed Dietmar Walter, previously of Gartner, as its MD for Europe. Walter has worked as a Global Account Manager for Gartner for the last four years. GMI has also recently announced the stepping-up of its 20-country omnibus service from monthly to weekly. More
Synovate Healthcare has appointed Gaku Sasaki as General Manager of its Custom Research Services Division in Japan. Sasaki will have operational responsibility for all domestic and international custom research business in the country. More
Technology researcher IDC has appointed Eva Au as the new Managing Director of its Asia/Pacific business. She was previously MD, Asia of legal and information publishing brand LexisNexis. More
NetRatings has announced the appointment of Forrest L. Didier as MD of its Asia Pacific - Latin America region, effective 2 May. A Nielsen employee for 23 years, Didier played a key role in developing the company's Internet measurement business in the early days of ACNielsen eRatings.com. More
ACNielsen has appointed Todd R. Kaiser as Director – Custom Survey Research for its Homescan Marketing team. The company recently announced two new consumer insights services powered by Homescan, along with aggressive launch plans in Asia and Europe. More
Ipsos is launching a new Global Public Affairs unit, consolidating the Group's offering in the sector. The move follows similar global consolidation for the ASI (advertising) and Loyalty business streams in 2001 and 2004 respectively. More
Millward Brown has announced the appointment of Nitin Nishandar as a Director of its Taiwan office, plus senior promotions in the US and UK, in its ePerspectives newsletter. More
Greenfield Online has announced the completed acquisition of fellow online survey specialist Ciao AG for cash plus shares to a total value of c.$150 million. The move creates a major new global force in Internet panel research. More
Hyundai Motor America (HMA) has promoted Paul Whitworth to Director of Strategic Planning and Brand Development. Whitworth joined the company as the national manager for CRM in 2004. More
Research International has moved Douwe Rademaker from CEO Netherlands to CEO Japan, replacing the departing Toshiya Ueki. The company also announced the arrival of Nicky Buss, previously at fellow WPP company Red Cell Network, in the new position of Client Services Director, UK. More
CSM Media Research has appointed T.S. Chan as MD of its Hong Kong business. Chan will be responsible for setting up and maintaining the TV Rating operation in Hong Kong SAR, and will also act as the Deputy MD for CSM China. More
B2b specialist Kadence has appointed Sebastien Barnard as Business Development & Client Services Manager for its expanding Asia Pacific division. More
ACNielsen has globalised David McCallum's role as MD, Customised Research Services – his previous remit was Asia Pacific. McCallum will be based in Sydney, Aus and will report to COO Frank Martell, who is also Senior VP of VNU's Marketing Information Group. More
Expanding b2b agency Kadence Asia Pacific has appointed Avril Ung as Project Manager for qual and quant studies across the region. Fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese, she will also focus on studies in the Greater China region. More
Fanny Chan, previously Executive Director of Retail Measurement Services and with 16 years at ACNielsen, has been appointed MD of the company's Hong Kong office. More
The WPP Group has announced various senior appointments and moves in its latest eWire bulletin, including new CEOs for RI Japan and Netherlands, a new MD Consultancy Services for Millward Brown in the UK and a new Chief Exec also for Management Ventures. More
The GfK Group has announced a donation of EUR 300,000 in memory of missing Board Member Heinrich A. Litzenroth to a post-tsunami rebuilding project, and have reluctantly agreed a restructuring of the board to reflect his loss. The Group's five business divisions will give way to a new structure with three key leaders, all longstanding GfK employees. More
Synovate is rolling out a full media research offering in the Indian sub-continent, and has appointed Sushma Jhaveri to the newly-created role of Associate Director – Media Research India. Services will include media positioning, advertising effectiveness, target group understanding and segmentation and media impact studies. More
Ipsos has revealed full year results for 2004, showing a 6.3% growth in consolidated revenues to 605.6m euros, or 7.5% at constant scope and exchange rates – a sixth consecutive year outperforming the market since its IPO. The company also announced the arrival of Douglas Cottings as the new head of its Financial Services practice in the US. More
In addition to the US appointments announced earlier this week, Research International has announced senior staff changes in Asia Pacific. Miriam Rustam joins as General Manager of the Indonesian office, while Sunando Das and Gillem Lawson become Regional Directors and Rosalynn Tang Deputy MD in Singapore. More
Synovate has appointed Sue Phillips in the new role of Regional Director – Qualitative Research for the Asia Pacific region. Phillips has been running her own UK-based consultancy, Eureka! Research, for the past ten years having previously worked for Schlackmans, Pegram Walters and New Solutions. More
VNU Business Media Europe has announced a strategic co-operation agreement with the major broadcast and printed media company Shanghai Media Group (SMG). The two will share their expertise in database, marketing info and cross-media development to expand in the business information market in China. More
Synovate Healthcare has appointed Jacquelyn S. Ilacqua as Head of its pioneering cancer study, the Global Tandem Oncology Monitor. More
Flat panel research specialist DisplaySearch has announced further rapid expansion with the appointment of four new Directors, two of them focusing on the rapidly expanding digital TV market. More
Online MR solutions provider GMI has appointed Hidenori Kato to head up its new Tokyo office as Sales Director. More
ACNielsen has announced two senior appointments in Australia. Paul Richmond, currently MD of ACNielsen Vietnam, becomes MD for Australia while Mr Travyn Rhall, previously MD of Customised Research Services in Australia becomes regional MD for Customised Research Services in Asia Pacific. More
Partha Rakshit, formerly MD of ACNielsen, India and for Customised Research Services in the region, has been promoted to MD for South Asia, as previous incumbent Russell Farmery takes up the challenging role of MD of ACNielsen, Greater China. Sarang Panchal replaces Rakshit as Head of ACNielsen ORG-MARG, the Customised Division for India. More
Online MR solutions provider Global Market Insite (GMI) has a new sales office operational in Singapore, with two senior salespeople appointed. Sales ADs have also been added in Shanghai and Spain. More
Synovate has appointed Miranda Cheung as MD of its Singapore office, reporting directly to the CEO of Asia Pacific, Tim Balbirnie. Cheung will also continue in her role as Director, Asia Pacific, with responsibility for global and regional business development. More
Flat panel display (FPD) research specialist DisplaySearch has appointed Jane Hsu as Director of Taiwan market research. Hsu, formerly a researcher at Fuh-Hwa Investment Trust and ABN AMRO Asset Management, will report to recently promoted corporate VP and President of the Taiwan office David Hsieh. More
Technology specialist Forrester Research has appointed veteran IBM executive Charles Chang to the position of President, Forrester Asia Pacific. Chang was previously founder and MD of US-Asia Pacific technology investment consultants Twin Cypress Group. More
B2b specialist Kadence Business Research has announced the opening of an office in Singapore, with Piers Lee as MD of the newly formed Kadence Asia Pacific and Paul Benning, formerly a Project Director at Synovate Business Consulting, heading up the Desk Research and Market Analysis team. More
Synovate has announced the appointment of Steve Garton as Director, Media Research - Asia Pacific. Garton joined the company two years ago as Media Director for Hong Kong and has led the development of its media business on several fronts including the Synovate PAX media survey. More
Synovate has appointed Mike Sherman in the newly-created role of Executive Director - Consumer Insights, with a special focus on the Hong Kong, Mainland China and Korea markets. More
Nielsen Media Research has appointed Titan Wang, formerly MD of ACNielsen Taiwan, in the new role of MD for Greater China, effective from January 2005, reflecting a new management structure in the Greater China region, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan in addition to the People's Republic. More
Millward Brown has recently appointed Yuji Hirahara as President of its Japanese subsidiary, complementing other recent senior-level hires in the region. Shishir Varma, who worked previously for MB in China, has been appointed Joint MD of the company, under Mr Hirahara. More
Synovate Healthcare has announced several key management appointments, including Bob Douglas as MD – Europe and Asia, Stuart Bartlett as Regional Director Asia Pacific and Louisa Miles in the new role of Global Training Manager. More
Millward Brown has appointed Grace Chua as Human Resources Director for the Asia Pacific region. More
Three recent senior moves at RI involving CEOs in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southern Europe. More
VNU has announced a number of senior management changes in its Marketing Information group. Frank Martell, COO of ACNielsen, adds the role of President and CEO of ACNielsen Europe, whilst at VNU Advisory Services Steve Wilson has been appointed President and CEO, replacing Brian Chadbourne. More
Internet MR application provider Global Market Insite (GMI) has announced the promotion of Bob Chua to MD of Sales, International. He was previously responsible for managing sales in Asia, and now adds Europe to his responsibilities as well as spearheading the global launch of the new GMI Omnibus. More
Synovate Healthcare has announced the appointment of Stuart Bartlett as Regional Director for Asia Pacific. More
Tony Cowling, Chairman of Taylor Nelson Sofres plc, has been formally elected as President of Gallup International Association (GIA) for a four-year term. The elections took place at the recent 57th Conference and Annual General Meeting of Gallup International Association held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. More
Flat panel display research specialist DisplaySearch has appointed two experienced analysts to its rapidly growing team. John F. Jacobs joins from Apple Computer as a Director and Jinny Park from Mindbranch Asia Pacific as Manager of Korean Market Research. More
Millward Brown has announced senior appointments in North America and China. Irma Gonzalez-Clark becomes a Vice President and will lead the US Multicultural Practice, while Cindy Whiteway joins MB IntelliQuest, also as a VP. Michael Walkowiak has been appointed Head of Millward Brown China. More
Automotive specialist R. L. Polk & Co. has appointed Steve Flinker as Managing Director of its Australian company. He will be based in Melbourne and will report directly to Kevin McCann, Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific. More
Automotive market intelligence provider CSM Worldwide has appointed Yale Zhang as Director of Emerging Market Vehicle Forecasts. Zhang's remit includes China, where the company's Shanghai office is now fully operational. More
Synovate has promoted Audrey Tan, currently MD of the Singapore office, to the new role of Executive Director - International Research. She will be based in Hong Kong and will report directly to Asia Pacific CEO Tim Balbirnie. More
Automotive specialist R. L. Polk & Co. has appointed Kevin McCann, formerly a regional MD at Volkswagen Group, as Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific. He will be based in Beijing and will report directly to Chairman, President and CEO, Stephen Polk. More
Synovate Healthcare has announced three more key appointments, two of them senior figures from Isis Healthcare, which will rebrand as Synovate Healthcare in October this year. More
Today sees the official launch of a home page for Australian researchers. MrWeb has attracted a significant audience of MR professionals Down Under for most of its 5 years, without much specific targeting, but from today is providing specific feature content, a job search and recruiter index, and directories with a more Australian focus. More
Technology specialist IDC has appointed Anne Dupuy-Cambier as Director of its Asia/Pacific Consulting team and the primary client and industry-facing representative for the group. More
After 18 months of restructuring and talent search in Australia, Millward Brown's Asia Pacific CEO Andreas Sperling has announced the completion of its new line-up, highlighting four recent senior appointments. According to Sperling, the restructure answers clients' requests for a 'mould-breaking' agency. More
Millward Brown has announced a further enhancement of its Asia Pacific management team, with the appointment of Neerja Wable, previously of IMRB, as Marketing and Business Development Director for the region. More
VNU has announced a new organizational structure for its largest business group, VNU Marketing Information. Steven Schmidt becomes global CEO for ACNielsen and a new unit, VNU Advisory Services, has been created to develop advanced business solutions for clients. More
Twelve new graduates have completed their induction training scheme at Isis, the healthcare research specialists recently acquired by Synovate. All the new arrivals spent six weeks training in the UK, but four of them have now joined overseas offices in Spain, the Philippines and Maryland, USA while their colleagues remain in London. More
Jon Wilkinson, Chairman and CEO of Research International, has announced his intention to retire in June 2004. Roger Banks, currently CEO Mainland Europe, will become Group CEO and report in to Kantar CEO Eric Salama. Colin Buckingham moves to the new role of CEO, Global Business while Mark Penn, once President Clinton's pollster, becomes Non-Executive Chairman of the Group. More
Ed Laginess, previously Executive VP, Human Resources and Administration at Synovate / Market Facts Inc., has become Millward Brown's first Global Director, Human Resources. More
Synovate has announced the appointment of Larry Wu as Director in the Asia Pacific region. Mr Wu will report to Darryl Andrew, MD of Synovate China. His role will involve regional account management as well as strategic management within Synovate's business in China. More
TNS has appointed James Hall as Managing Director, Asia Pacific, with immediate effect. Based in Sydney, Australia, Hall will be responsible for further developing the combined TNS and NFO businesses in Asia Pacific, on both a country and regional level. More
Online MR software company FIRM (Future Information Research Management) has announced that founder Bjørn Haugland is to leave the company. More
With international career moves growing in popularity in the research community, specialist MR Recruiters Elizabeth Norman International (ENI) will be holding a fact-finding evening for established researchers and planners who are considering a move to Asia or Australia, on 3rd July at the IPA in Belgrave Square, London. More
Reflecting its growing success across Asia Pacific, Millward Brown Firefly has announced that with immediate effect, Regional Managing Director Mark Ryan has assumed control of Millward Brown Firefly in Shanghai while Chaniya Nakalugshana (better known as 'Apple') becomes Qualitative Managing Director, Millward Brown Firefly, Thailand. More
Global research agency Synovate has appointed Maz Amirahmadi to head up its business in Thailand, replacing Barry Kelly. More
Loh Kah Huey has joined TNS as a Project Manager within the Regional Healthcare Team. Based in Singapore, Kah Huey will assist Regional Director for Healthcare, Stephen Potts, in developing the company's healthcare business and expertise in Asia Pacific. More
ACNielsen has announced that Frank Martell, president of ACNielsen Asia Pacific, will take on responsibility for the company's Emerging Markets consisting of 50 countries throughout Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and the company's customized research services globally. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, has this week announced a new Director of its Asia Pacific healthcare division. More
Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) has announced the integration of its Hong Kong and Mainland China operations. The amalgamation, which unites activities across offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, establishes TNS as the strongest supplier of market information in China. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, has just announced that Ping Lam will take up the role of Chief Financial Officer for the Asia Pacific region. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate at the beginning of next year, has this week announced two senior appointments within the company's qualitative research team. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, has just announced a series of new appointments. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, announced a series of new executive appointments. More
Stephen Potts has recently been named as Regional Director of TNS Healthcare in Asia Pacific. Stephen joined TNS on 22 July from Asia Market Intelligence (AMI) where he was Director of Healthcare for South East Asia. More
ACNielsen U.S. has announced that its category management intelligence system, Category Business Planner, is to be made available to more companies through an alliance with CROSSMARK, a leading sales and marketing agency serving clients in the consumer products industry. More
Russell Bradley has just been appointed as Managing Partner at Research Pacific's Hong Kong operation. More
The Research Pacific Group has just appointed Renu Sachdeva to the position of Associate Director, in the Qualitative & Social Research division for the group, based in Singapore. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI) has appointed Malaysia-based Stephen Potts as Director of Healthcare - Southeast Asia. He will be responsible for healthcare market research in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. More
NetValue has released its latest Asian Internet research, showing ongoing encouraging audience figures. It has also named a new Asian operations president, Dr. Jack Loo, previously Country Manager of Singapore operations. He takes over from previous president Ms. Darlene Lee. More
Millward Brown is to bring together its Asian and JANZ (Japan, Australia and New Zealand) regions under one management team to better co-ordinate business development in this part of the world. The new region will be known as Millward Brown Asia Pacific, and the consolidation process begins in January next year. More
K.N. Tang, chairman of ACNielsen Asia Pacific, has decided to retire from the company at the end of 2001, after 33 years of service. Meanwhile, Frank Martell will succeed Tang as chairman. More
Asia Market Intelligence Ltd (AMI), one of the leading market research companies in the region, has appointed Dean Luker as Director of AMI CSM in Hong Kong. More
Asia Market Intelligence Ltd (AMI), one of the leading market research companies in Asia, has announced a series of key promotions across its Asia-Pacific operations. More
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