Marketing research agency Markelytics has added Julian Zammit as client engagement and sales director for the U.K. and Europe.
The Market Research Society has appointed Saj Arshad, chief customer and marketing officer at Santander UK, as its next president beginning April 2022.
Data collection firm and consultancy Competitive Edge Research has named Chad Harris as data prep specialist.
Digital services provider Kepler has named Remy Stiles as CEO, North America.
Data collection and research services company Schlesinger Group has made several new leadership appointments, announcing Troy Anderson as chief product and technology officer. Ellie Ahmadi becomes chief marketing officer while Rob Ramirez has been appointed as chief client officer, and Sue Maldonado has assumed the role of chief of staff.
Marketing research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has added Lisa Rist as “insights innovator.”
Insight consultancy Firefish Group has appointed Lloyd Burdett as head of futures and sustainability, based in London.
Marketing research company IRI has tapped Misty Muscatel Davis as global chief marketing officer.
Canvs AI, a customer insights platform for text analytics, has appointed Trip Kucera as executive vice president of marketing.
Kantar Public, an evidence and advisory business for governments and the public sector, has made three appointments within its development practice headquarters in Washington, D.C. Amy Kracker-Selzer has joined the practice as VP of technical leadership, Gael O’Sullivan has been appointed as social and behavior change director and Anshikka Singh Larsson takes up the role of director of new program and business development.
The Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC) has named Jessica Gibson, CRC Research; Stephanie McIsaac, CAIP and Environics Analytics; and Michael Williams, Advanis, to its board of directors. Additionally, Jean-Marc Léger of Leger will continue to serve on the CRIC board. These four directors will serve for a three-year term.
GBK Collective, a marketing strategy, consumer behavior and analytics consultancy, has added Dan Yavorsky as SVP, analytics and marketing science.
U.S. media agency Horizon Media has appointed Maxine Gurevich as SVP of cultural intelligence to the WHY Group, which conducts analyses on the “intersection of culture, people and brands.”
Data collection firm Rep Data has added Ryan Rothe as partner and Matthew Howell as senior project consultant.
The Insights Association has introduced a new chapter network covering six new regions: North Atlantic, Central Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Central, South Central and West. The Canada chapter remains unchanged. The presidents of the new chapters are Carolyn Limbrunner for North Atlantic, AJ Keirans for Central Atlantic, Colson Steberfor South Atlantic, Lindsay Bach-Moore for North Central, Leslie Willis for South Central, Kim Atkins and Rebecca Elmore-Yalch for West, and Isabelle Landreville for Canada.
PRS IN VIVO, a BVA Group consultancy specializing in consumer and shopper insights, has promoted Nicole Duckworth to head of Europe and global commercial excellence.
Insight agency Beehive Research has appointed Kirsty Potter as research director.
Custom marketing research firm Logica Research has expanded its team, promoting Carole Herpin to vice president, client success and adding Kerol Guaqueta and Denise Squicciarini as market research manager and research director, respectively.
Strategic insight consultancy Firefish USA has hired Elisa Dominguez as vice president, based out of Los Angeles.
Research logistics firm CFR has expanded its company leadership team to six people with internal promotions: Colson Steber, co-CEO; Curtis Burrow, co-CEO; Ariel Coleman, vice president, community operations management; Chris Kreiling, vice president, research logistics; Lisa Maloney, vice president, qualitative services; and Katie Gonzales, vice president, research engagement center.
Colour of Research, an association advocating for the inclusion of ethnic professionals in the marketing research industry, has appointed Neuro Insight CEO Shazia Ginai as chair of its board of directors.
Infotools, a provider of marketing research analysis solutions, has added Aubrey Burkeand Andrea Mitlag as client engagement managers.
Portsmouth, N.H.-based marketing research company Op4G has appointed Dave Gaston as chief sales officer.
InsightsNow, a behavioral research firm, has hired Carrie Janot as vice president of marketing.
Marketing research and consumer insights firm Touchstone Research has promoted six employees. Samatha Leaman (qual), Kyle Morrison (quant) and Maegan Juul (qual recruitment) have been promoted to senior research manager and Andrea Boulden, Adam LaCroix and Danelle Pampinella have been promoted to research manager.
Media and entertainment marketing research firm Screen Engine/ASI has hired Syed Hasan as chief technology officer.
U.K. insight agency DRG (Dipsticks Research Group) has appointed Eleanor Finnon as research director.
Marketing research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has added quantitative analyst Nadia Bernal as “insights whiz.”
ESOMAR has appointed Jean-Marc Leger, founding president of Leger, as lead representative in North America. Additionally, Bob Birdsell joins the association as membership development director.
PRS IN VIVO, a BVA Group consultancy agency specializing in consumer and shopper insights, has hired Mike Dillon as global head of shopper.
Insights agency SKIM has made several appointments across the EU and U.S. For the EU, Jerome Hancock becomes senior director methodology and analytics while Nino Hardt becomes senior director methodology and analytics. For the U.S. team, Michael Smith has been named VP, methodology and analytics.
Management consulting firm Ascension has added three new associates to its team, naming Laura Hill and Mary Chacko to Ascension Strategy Group, while Margaret Dullejoins Ascension Studios.
Behavioral insights consultancy Behaviorally has appointed Liam Gilbert as vice president.
Marketing research company Opinions LTD has added Tom Champion, Winnie Morris and Stepher Potter to its team.
Firefish Group’s The Pineapple Lounge, a specialist consultancy in emerging generations and modern family life, has added Timothy Spencer as senior strategy director.
360 Market Reach has promoted Tracey Berkenbush and Stephen Ierardi to VP, research and director of client development, respectively.
Marketing research and insights platform PureSpectrum has appointed Claire Vandeweghe as director, client development.
Research technology platform Glow has hired Mike Johnston as managing director, data products.
MarketCast, a company specializing in marketing research, analytics and data science, has added Jenna Lauer as head of brand and custom research, while current MarketCast research leader Zoë Friend will head up a newly formed MarketCast content insights practice.
The Insights Family, a Manchester-based provider of kids and family market intelligence, has made 11 new hires, including the appointment of Will Pearce as the company’s new managing director. Additionally, Lucy Keefe and Stavros Triseliotis join the audience insights team as research executive and senior research executive, respectively. The commercial team grew with the addition of Jade Ward as senior operations executive, Nkiru Anisiobi as business development manager, Mélany Pascal as business development executive, Soafyaan Zia as account manager and Tanvi Kulkarni as graphic designer. The development and data science teams have added Tushar Palawatand Saud Khan as junior data scientists and Will Watkins as junior developer.
Online sampling technology firm InnovateMR has appointed Mika Turner as senior director, human resources.
Full-service agency Essence has named Gabrielle Kong as vice president, strategy, in China.
Apollo Intelligence, an insights provider for the life sciences industry, has added Colin Turner-Kerr as managing director, international.
Kantar Public, an evidence and advisory business for governments and the public sector, has made four appointments within its U.K. qualitative practice. Matthew Holt joins as qualitative research director alongside Jo Bolton as qualitative director, Milo Warby as associate director and Samantha Outhwaite as research manager.
Insights platform provider PureSpectrum has tapped Elena Speer to lead its sales team in the Northern European region.
Video software and data insights platform JW Player has added Matt Malanga as chief marketing officer and Konstantin Olegovich Baikov as vice president, global partnerships.
Javin Fletcher has joined data, analytics and insight company MESH Experience as market research analyst.
Research firm empatiX Consulting has added Okie Emuoyibo as senior vice president.
Res-tech company Walr has made two new senior appointments, adding Emily Whitingas chief of staff and Keziah Wonstolen as non-executive director.
Cultural intelligence consultancy sparks & honey has promoted Hannah Hickman to vice president of client strategy and head of youth practice and Robb Henzi to senior vice president and head of policy and philanthropy practice.
Brigette Lytle has joined researcher Phoenix Marketing International as senior vice president - client services.
Insights consultancy Behaviorally (formerly PRS) has added Lonneke de Roo as senior vice president to its Geneva office.
Zoe Liu has joined U.K. research agency Firefish as an associate director.
Research firm AMC Global has hired Miriam Konz as executive vice president of corporate strategy and innovation. Konz will head up an additional client services team to support expansion of the company and project capacity.
Comscore CEO and executive vice chairman Bill Livek will retire as CEO and transition to non-executive vice chairman through the completion of his board term in mid-2024 after his successor as CEO is named.
Omnicom’s cultural intelligence consultancy sparks & honey has promoted Kristin Molinari Cohen to chief marketing officer.
Technology company Criteo has hired Brian Gleason as chief revenue officer, effective April 1.
GfK CEO Peter Feld will leave the company on March 14, 2022. CFO Lars Nordmarkhas been appointed interim CEO and he and COO Joshua Hubbert have been appointed to the management board. Separately, the company reported “high single-digit percentage growth in net sales” in 2021.
Elyse Ludwig will join New York-based B2B market research agency Adience as a senior research executive.
Researcher and moderator Louise Unell died February 14 at age 64. She worked for many different ad agencies including Ogilvy and Mather, Bozell Inc., Leo Burnett USA and also for Information Resources Inc.
Michael Schmall has joined M/A/R/C Research as a vice president.
Mondelez International has promoted Anil Viswanathan to vice president marketing.
Researcher Further has added Naseem Allmomen as senior research manager.
Liz Kane has joined Ogilvy Health as chief strategy officer to lead the agency’s insights, brand and medical strategy offerings.
Insights automation platform provider quantilope has named Wanda Cadigan as its new senior vice president of global marketing.
Kantar Public announced three senior appointments in its policy development and evaluation offer. Richard Lloyd takes up the role of senior director within Kantar Public U.K.’s Evaluation Practice, Leong Chan-Hoong has been appointed head of policy evaluation and data analytics at Kantar Public in Singapore and Laetitia Dansou has joined Kantar Public in France as director of policy evaluation.
Research agency Savanta has expanded its Americas team with six new hires. PhilipNudd, Tara Rebimbas and Catherine Finn join the Americas team as senior directors. Christine Lazauskas has been appointed director of client development. Kim Shifrin has been appointed director, research management. Akash Chopra joins the research, insight and consulting division as senior consultant. The moves come alongside MarkMartins being promoted to the new role of global head of operations.
Insight consultancy Firefish USA has added Geri Jacobs as a senior director, based in its New York office.
Software firm VSBLTY Groupe Technologies Corp. has added brand strategist SteveMcMahon, president and founder of Insight Out, to its advisory board.