Kantar Adds Five to Americas / NA Executive Teams

Kantar has hired Barbara Yacuzzi as Chief Financial Officer, Americas, while for North America, Paul Evers has been named Chief Client Officer; Henry Tam, EVP Sales; David Boyd COO; and James Potter, Chief Brand Solutions Officer.

Yacuzzi (pictured) joins after thirteen years at Nielsen, most recently as SVP, Corporate Finance and Transformation Leader for NielsenIQ, and previously as Divisional CFO for NielsenIQ's Global Intelligent Analytics Portfolio. Evers joins after twelve years at Merkle, where he held client leadership roles, built teams and developed client partnerships; and Tam previously held senior roles at BERA and Neustar, focusing on brand and insight capabilities.

Boyd recently held operational leadership roles within Kantar, and earlier at Nielsen; while Potter moves across after more than a decade leading Kantar's strategic brand consulting offerings.

Will Bordelon, CEO Americas, comments: 'We are excited to bolster our existing leadership team with industry veterans from both the market and within Kantar to deliver on these needs. Layering this additional talent into our already strong leadership team ensures Kantar maintains its market leadership, providing insights and guidance that enable our clients to achieve their brand and business goals'.

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