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David Watts is stepping up to lead the Insight team at UK broadband firm Virgin Media O2, as Claire Rainey leaves the role after eight years to form her own consultancy.
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Australian marcoms agency Bastion has boosted its strategic insights capability with the appointment of Carolyn Tesoriero as Group Client Director - Head of Qualitative.
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Databricks has appointed former Home Office Shared Servcies head Lee Stockwell as Head of Public Sector for the UK and Ireland. The company has also secured a new round of funding, reported but not confirmed as around $3 billion, which values the company at $188 billion.
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Olivia Sanchez Torres has joined Kantar as Senior Director, Business Development for Qual Solutions, after more than thirteen years at YouGov. Separately, rumours in the UK press suggest a high-level move in the reverse direction may also be on the cards.
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Toronto-based Hotspex has brought in Rank Research Group veteran Anik Karimjee to lead its research business in North America. More
Data collection and MR consulting firm High Beam Global (HBG) has appointed former Toluna and Veridata Insights researcher Vinay Kumar Singh as Director of Global Supply Partnerships, API and Product Management. More
Marcoms giant Omnicom has announced the retirement of two of its data and analytics brands, Kinesso and Annalect, according to reports - the move is part of a restructure intended to simplify the business after last year's acquisition of Interpublic Group. More
In the US, a new partnership promises researchers and other agencies the ability to upload a customer or audience data file to the Prosper Model Factory, and get it back appended with motivation intelligence scoring and profiling. More
In Sydney, Australia, survey research platform Conjointly has added a new option called Self-serve sample C, which connects researchers with ID-verified human respondents including experts, professionals, and hard-to-reach niche audiences. More
Independent ad tech company The Trade Desk has appointed Vinny Rinaldi as Vice President of Client Strategy & Growth, reporting to COO Vivek Kundra. More
Harlow Consulting, a custom research agency based in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has appointed Mary Meredith as a Research Manager, supporting mixed-methods research and evaluation services. More
Marcoms group Stagwell has appointed former Omnicom / Annalect and WPP executive Dru Sil in the new role of Global Product Managing Director for its Stagwell Media Platform (SMP). More
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