GfK Promotion and Award

In Sydney, GfK has announced that it has promoted Neville Ray to the position of Senior Account Director covering consumer electronics, imaging and telecoms accounts. Meanwhile GfK-Nürnberg's Dr Raimund Wildner has been named the German MR Personality of the Year.

Ray has worked with GfK for the past 8 years - initially in the UK and for the last 3 years with GfK Australia. Before the promotion, he managed the firm's IT industry measurements.

Gwenno Hopkin, GfK's Commercial Director commented: 'In this time, Neville has established himself as a market expert within the highly technical IT markets, and is well-placed to oversee the development of these additional industry segments, as the technologies between them continue to converge.'

Ray replaces Derek Nash who has left the company after three years to pursue other interests. Hopkin thanked him for his contribution to the business and wished him all the best in his future endeavours.

In Germany, GfK-Nürnberg MD Wildner was recognised by the BVM (Berufsverband Deutscher Markt-und Sozialforscher - association of German market and sociological researchers) at its annual congress.

The award is one of four categories that make up the German Market Research Prize 2007. Judges considered candidates' commitment to the industry as a whole alongside their aura of positive confidence and their powers of conviction, and awarded Wildner the prize for his many years of outstanding dedication to research and education.

Wildner began his career with GfK in 1984, and in 1988 became responsible for central method and product development at the GfK Group, which he continues to manage. He has also managed GfK-Nürnberg since 1995, acts as the organisation's data protection officer and is the co-author of a book entitled 'Panels in der Marktforschung' (the use of panels in market research).

Web sites: www.gfk.de , www.bvm.org , www.gfk.com.

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