DWise Consulting Hires Two from Kantar Profiles

In the Netherlands, research services agency DWise Consulting has hired former Kantar Profiles execs Claudia Doeland and Puisé Pang for the roles of Client Director and Partner.

DWise helps technology companies, research agencies and corporates with outsourced research and data transformation. Doeland joins after more than eight years working for Kantar's data collection and connection division, Profiles, most recently as Head of Enterprise Sales for EMEA. Prior to this she worked for Kantar-owned research technology and panels firm GMI (Global Market Insite) as New Business Director Benelux, and she spent nearly a decade at SPSS, latterly as Manager, Inside Sales team.

Pang also joins from Kantar Profiles, where she was Senior Director Sourcing and Sampling for the EMEA region, having joined the business in 2012, when it was called Lightspeed Research. Earlier, she also worked for GMI as an Account Manager, was Customer & Partner Experience Analyst at Microsoft, and Senior Project Manager at Synovate.

Commenting on the appointments, Managing Partner Vesselin Nedkov said: 'As DWise grows and expands globally, we need a diverse executive team with seasoned experts who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience. I am very happy we have found such strong leaders with proven experience in insights, research and data. I'm convinced that with Claudia and Puisé on board, DWise is ready for a successful future'.

Web site: www.dwiseconsulting.com .