Hall & Partners Health, a specialist division of London researcher Hall & Partners, has hired Marc DeCongelio as director, qualitative research, and Frank Harrison as research director, health. Additionally, Hall & Partners Health has promoted David Spears to partner, U.S. health. All three will be based in New York.
London research company YouGov has named Timothy Kane CMO. Kane will be based in New York.
20|20 Research, Nashville, Tenn., has named Angela Williams vice president, sales and business development, 20|20 Technology.
Laurie Kaman has joined iTVX/Rentrak Corp., a Portland, Ore., research company, as senior vice president, branded entertainment.
Ipsos Healthcare, a New York research company, has hired Sue Wild as head of the qualitative health care team; Eric Blouin as senior vice president, custom oncology; Mary Tou as senior vice president; Tom Nolte as global head of innovation; and Kris Klein as vice president, commercial strategy and forecasting. Tou will be based in Seattle, Nolte in Princeton, N.J., and Klein in Parsippany. N.J.
On Device Research, London, has appointed Martin Tomlinson as managing director of its Singapore office.
Karen Kornbluh has joined New York researcher The Nielsen Company as executive vice president, external affairs. She will be based in Washington, D.C., and split her time in New York.
Lightspeed Research, Warren, N.J., has appointed David Shanker as CEO, the Americas, and promoted Daniel S. Fitzgerald to the global chief client and marketing officer.
Laura Perkins has joined Smarty Pants LLC, a Johnson City, Tenn., research company, as insights guru. She will be based in Boston.
Nielsen NeuroFocus, a Berkeley, Calif., research company, has named David Brandt, executive vice president, advertising effectiveness strategy.
The Direct Marketing Association, New York, has appointed Christopher J.W. Oswald as vice president, state affairs. He will be based in Washington, D.C.
Ben Leet has been promoted to managing director, Europe, of Encino, Calif., research company uSamp.
Separately, uSamp’s co-founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin have left the company.
Schlesinger Interactive, a division of Iselin, N.J., research company Schlesinger Associates, has hired Kristen Tripphahn as vice president, global panels.
Market Strategies International, a Livonia, Mich., research company, has promoted Tish Hasting to vice president, analytics, and Sue Nicol to vice president, research management. Additionally, the company has hired Janice Anderson as vice president, technology; Rob Delghiaccio as vice president, health care; Paul Hartley and Dawn Palace as vice president, communications; and Chris Oberle as senior vice president, energy.
M3 Global Research, Washington, D.C., has appointed Alan Mavretish as vice president, market research, and promoted Brooke Allen-Watson to U.S. qualitative manager.
Judith Passingham has been named global CEO of Ipsos Interactive Services, the online research division of Paris research company Ipsos.
MedPanel LLC, a Cambridge, Mass., research company, has hired Jason LaBonte as president, insights.
Neil Berg has joined MarketVision Research, Blue Ash, Ohio, as research manager, marketing sciences.
Richard Waring has joined Catalyst Marketing Research, Dublin, Ireland, as partner and director.
FleishmanHillard, a St. Louis division of Diversified Agency Services, has hired Christina Liao as senior vice president and senior partner, director of applied data.
Rahul Jerome has joined Brightlines, a Wiltshire, U.K., translation company, as head of innovation and strategy.
Susan Feinberg has been hired as senior consultant at Graber Associates, a Burlington, Mass., research and communications company.
London research company Verve has hired Luca Antilli as partner.
Andy Weiss has been promoted to chief business officer of New York research company Abt SRBI.
Rick Kelly has been named associate vice president, sales, at Borderless Access, a Bangalore, India, research company. He will be based in Salt Lake City.
Gemma Stephenson has been named research manager at Facts International, an Ashford, U.K., research company.
Josephine Hansom has been appointed to lead London research company YouthSight’s brands, policy and professional team. YouthSight has also hired Katie-Rose Gilmore as project executive; hired Esme Mathieson as account manager; and promoted Tatenda Musesengwa to director, client services.
Razor Research, London, has promoted Yasmin Scott to senior research executive.
Palo Alto, Calif., survey software company SurveyMonkey has hired Jon Cohen as vice president, survey research.
Kinesis Survey Technologies LLC, Austin, Texas, has appointed Daniele Pizzocchero to lead the European customer support team.
London research company TNS has promoted Chhavi Bhargava to managing director, India and Sri Lanka.
New York research company GfK has hired Pat Pellegrini as executive vice president, media and entertainment and digital market intelligence.
Helen Burt has been named manager, customer experience operations, of eDigitalResearch, Hampshire, U.K.
Marion, Iowa, research company Frank N. Magid Associates has hired Mike Bloxham and Debby Ruth to head the company’s national television and video practice.
Majestic MRSS, a Mumbai, India, research company, has appointed Bhawana Sinha as senior director, client servicing, MRSS India; Majid Dasurkar as regional manager, MENA; and Ashutosh Jathar as director, project management, MRSS India.