New Board for Global Association WIN/Gallup

WIN/Gallup International, the worldwide association of independent market research and polling firms, has announced the election of its new Board Members.

The group describes its membership as 'the 75 largest independent market research and polling firms in their respective countries, with a combined revenue of over EUR500m and covering 95% of the world's market'. At the organisation's Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland in May, the following were elected as Executive Vice Presidents serving with President Jean-Marc Léger (pictured):

• Laure Castelnau - IBOPE (Brazil)
• Pascal Gaudin - BVA (France)
• Vilma Scarpino - DOXA (Italy), and
• Richard Colwell - Red C (Ireland)

The following are elected as Vice Presidents:

• Andrey Milekhin - Romir (Russia)
• Heiner Junker - Produkt+Markt (Germany)
• Ijaz Gilani - Gallup Pakistan (Pakistan)
• Johnny Heald - ORB International (UK)
• Kancho Stoychev - Gallup International Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
• Peter Kenny - Colmar Brunton (Australia)
• Selim Saad - REACH (Lebanon)

UK Vice President Johnny Heald is the son of Gordon Heald, a leading light in the Association twenty years ago and an active board member who pioneered opinion polling in the former Soviet Union, as well as the global values study which still continues today.

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