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Seoul Office for SSI
Survey Sampling International has opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea, and appointed Simon (Quan) Zhang to lead it. Zhang worked previously for Tesco International Sourcing.
The firm already has Asia-Pacific regional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney, and Tokyo, with additional representatives in Guangzhou and Kuala Lumpur; and provides online access to respondents in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan through its managed communities.
The Korean MR market is expanding rapidly According to ESOMAR: marketing research revenue in the country reached $335m in 2006, up 9.4% from a year earlier. The new office will provide SSI's clients wirth sampling, programming and hosting, data processing and panel building solutions.
'Simon is the ideal candidate to be SSI's country manager for South Korea' comments SSI Asia President JK Leong. 'His background in marketing research, fluency in Chinese, Korean, and English, combined with local knowledge of the region and cultures will provide customers best-in-class service.'
SSI has an international staff of 335 people and is based in Fairfield, CT with additional offices in London, Paris, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Madrid, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and La Quinta, CA. Web site: www.surveysampling.com .
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