In Memoriam...
Mervin Field, veteran California political pollster and founder of the Field Poll, died in June at the age of 94.
Miles Young, the worldwide chairman and CEO of New York marketing communications firm Ogilvy & Mather, will retire in the second half of 2016.
Tremor Video Inc., a New York video advertising firm, has appointed Ariane Gut as head of insights and analytics.
Disney, Burbank, Calif., has given ESPN President of Global Sales and Marketing Ed Erhardt an expanded role overseeing consumer marketing, research and all sales business operations.
Los Angeles homebuilder KB Home has appointed Nick Franklin as executive vice president of strategic operations.
Harris Interactive U.K., part of Rochester, N.Y., firm Harris Interactive, has appointed Pete Cooke as head of its communities practice.
London brand development and marketing insight firm Added Value has promoted the following: Agathe Laurent to senior vice president qualitative insights in the New York office; Jeff Kirchner to senior vice president quantitative insights in the Atlanta office; and Suneel Kulkarni to senior vice president of Added Value in Los Angeles.
Kent, U.K., research firm Facts International has promoted the following: Gemma Stephenson to associate director; Kerry Baringer and Chris Sausman to research manager; and Lynsey Clayton to senior research executive.
Van Nuys, Calif., firm Interviewing Service of America has appointed Ed Sugar as vice president of account services.
London brand agency Brand Union has appointed Toby Southgate as the new worldwide chief executive officer.
Philadelphia research firm Focus Pointe Global has appointed Melissa Rubio as account manager, online services, to its online division.
Menlo Park, Calif., economic and financial consulting firm Cornerstone Research is now affiliated with Professors Pradeep Chintagunta of the University of Chicago and Ronald Wilcox of the University of Virginia.
Denver food and beverage consulting firm Food and Drink Resources has appointed Sally Sparks as vice president of insights.
South Jordan, Utah, customer experience firm MaritzCX has appointed Justin Thompson as vice president of product strategy and Todd Miceli as CFO.
London firm Kantar has appointed Luca Belloni as chairman of Kantar Italy.
Havas Sports & Entertainment France, a Havas Media Group company, Purteaux, France, has appointed Michel Gotlib as chief operating officer.
Encino, Calif., audiences and insights firm Instantly has appointed Jim Collins as its executive vice president of the Instantly Audiences platform.
Havas Media Group U.K. has appointed Nick Wright to the newly created position of group creative director.
Westminster, Colo., targeting and measurement firm Trueffect has appointed Alex Yoder as chief executive officer.
New York data science company 4C Insights has appointed Aaron Goldman as CMO.
New York marketing company Crowdtap has appointed Peter Storck as senior vice president of research and analytics.
U.K. children’s entertainment developer and consultancy Dubit has appointed David Kleeman as senior vice president of global trends, based in the New York office.
Jerry Wright, chief executive of Audit Bureau of Circulations, will step down from his position at the end of 2015 after more than seven years in the role.
U.K. firm MMR Research Worldwide has appointed Jan Worsley as director and Doug Findlay has been appointed to a consultative role.
London global research consultancy TNS has appointed David Lansanah as global head of innovation and product development.
New York global research firm Millward Brown has appointed Jane Ostler as sector managing director of media and digital.
U.K. health care research firm Adept Field Solutions has appointed Jennifer Steinberg as operations director of its newly established U.S. team.
New Hope, Pa., health care research and consulting firm RG+A has appointed Kevin M. Kelly as its executive vice president and COO.
Kantar Media has appointed Nathalie Zimmerman-NŽnon as managing director of its global sports business.
Mumbai, India, firm MRSS India has appointed Swati Sawant as the new vice president.
Mountain View, Calif., research technology firm YouEye has appointed Juliana Smith Holterhaus as head of strategic alliances.
London independent marketing consultancy HMG Consulting has appointed Oliver Southgate as head of data and technology solutions.
Honeoye Falls, N.Y., research and consulting firm KJT Group has appointed Mathew Francis as research director.
Robert L. Klein, president and co-founder of Waltham, Mass., firm Applied Market Science, will step down after serving as president for 26 years. John Mitchell will take over the role of president and managing principal.
The Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research/Gallup International, Zurich, Switzerland, has appointed the following new board members: Laure Castelnau, IBOPE, Brazil; Pascal Gaudin, BVA, France; Richard Colwell, Red C, Ireland and Vilma Scarpino, DOXA, Italy, as executive vice presidents. Also appointed: Andrey Milekhin, Romir, Russia; Heiner Junker, Produkt+Markt, Germany; Ijaz Gilani, Gallup Pakistan, Pakistan; Johnny Heald, ORB International, U.K.; Kancho Stoychev, Gallup International Bulgaria, Bulgaria; Peter Kenny, Colmar Brunton, Australia and Selim Saad, REACH, Lebanon as vice presidents.
San Francisco advertising platform RadiumOne has appointed Julien Braun as senior director of data and platform for Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
New York media company Univision Communications Inc. has promoted Roberto Ruiz to executive vice president of strategy and insights.
Chicago strategy and research company Shapiro+Raj has hired Gill Potter as managing director for San Francisco.
London strategic insight consultancy Firefish has appointed Anne-Marie McCallion as research manager for its U.K. team and named Francesca Ferrara as senior operations manager of its New York office.
New York social media management company Sprinklr has appointed Tom Butta as chief marketing officer.
U.K. mobile market research firm RealityMine has appointed Jonathan Briggs as managing director for its new Sydney office.
The First National Bank of Namibia has appointed Daniel Kavishe as marketing research manager.
Sydney sensory research firm Sensory Solutions has announced a new ownership team and the immediate retirement of Paul Squires, the company’s founder and CEO. Mark Ellis, general manager, Jodie Hill, research director, and Patrick St. Flour, finance director, have purchased the company from Squires.
Ipsos Public Affairs has appointed Dr. Leonard J. Ponzi to the newly created position of senior vice president and managing director of Ipsos U.S. Corporate Reputation Practice.
New York-based Nielsen has appointed James Powell as global chief technology officer.
Baltimore research firm Observation Baltimore has appointed Ryan Ross as account executive.
The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, an audience measurement and television ratings organization based in the U.K., has appointed Paul Smith as project manager and Sonja Ajdin as research manager. The organization has also promoted Joe Lewis to deputy research director.
U.K. social intelligence software firm Artesian Solutions has appointed Brian Marin as vice president of services.
OgilvyOne Singapore, part of New York firm Ogilvy & Mather, has appointed Jason Hill as head of consulting and data analytics.
Horsham, Pa., firm Marketing Systems Group has appointed Jeff Palish to senior vice president.
Baldwinsville, N.Y., firm Research and Marketing Strategies Inc. has appointed Keith Chidsey as director of research analytics.
Samsung North America has appointed Marc Mathieu as U.S. CMO and Jesse Coulter to the newly created position of U.S. chief creative officer.
Costa Mesa, Calif., firm MFour Mobile Research has appointed Alex Colao as senior solutions executive.
New York firm Ipsos has appointed Gary Bennewies to the newly created position of global chief talent officer.
London health care research firm Research Partnership has promoted Will Tolley to associate director.
U.K. firm Join the Dots has appointed the following: Mark MacNaughton as account development director; Tim Burge as associate director; and Steven Marsh and Laura Hunt as research directors.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau Australia has appointed Lisa Walsh as its director of research.
Concord, Mass., business information solutions firm Avention has appointed Paul Charmatz as senior vice president international.
Norcross, Ga., research and consulting firm Marketing Workshop has promoted Randy Kosloski to vice president of client services.
U.K. firm ResearchBods has hired Viktor Vyskrebentsev and Ricardo Lopera as full-stack developers.