Kantar Health Promotes Guminski for New CEO Role

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.

Kantar Health was set up by parent WPP to pool the resources of MattsonJack, TNS Healthcare, Consumer Health Sciences and Ziment.

Guminski, joined the group more than 20 years ago. He served as MD of TNS Healthcare Germany from 1989, was made responsible for global portfolio development in 2007 and joined the Kantar Health Board in 2009.

'Werner's business management experience and more than 20 years with our company make him well-qualified to take on this new role of ensuring our research and consulting services address both current and future marketplace needs,' says CEO Lynnette Cooke. 'He has long been intimately involved with clients and in developing Kantar Health's portfolio.'

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