Hall & Partners Opens Tokyo Office

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.

The new office adds to the firm's existing operations in London, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Melbourne, Singapore and Sydney. Tokyo was selected as a location for the new office, as Hall & Partners already works with pharmaceutical clients in Japan, to help them launch new brands and products.

Martosudirjo (pictured) joins from qualitative research specialist Sugata Research, where she worked for nearly six years. Prior to this, she worked for marcoms agency Swan Business Corporation as Research Director, and she spent more than five years in the Japanese IT industry.

Vanella Jackson, Global CEO, comments: 'Japan is the second largest pharmaceutical market in the world, and opening an office in Tokyo allows us to better serve our clients based there and globally. We are delighted to have Tari on board as we start growing our team.'

Web site: www.hallandpartners.com .