Pieter Pim de Kadt, founder of de Kadt Marketing and Research Inc., Greenwich, Conn., died in December 2012 at age 84.
Veteran researcher Warren Goldman died in January at age 79.
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, has hired David Boyle as senior vice president, consumer insight.
Fanette Singer has been named senior vice president, marketing, at Country Financial, Bloomington, Ill. Research will be among her responsibilities.
Janet T. Serluco has joined Zionsville, Ind., health care consultancy DK Pierce and Associates as senior consultant, managed markets. Research will be among her responsibilities.
Mystery Researchers, Atlanta, has hired Geoff Curtis as director, business development.
New York research company Insight Strategy Group has promoted Karen Van Vleet to associate director; Annie Orenstein to manager; and Tiffany Aguilar to analyst. The company has also hired Paige Thompson as analyst.
Emile Bakker has joined Uitgeest, Netherlands, research company Nebu as product manager.
Kathryn Gallant has been appointed joint CEO at New York research company Insight Health US.
Wilton, Conn., research company Toluna has appointed Cannie Tan as vice president, operations, Asia-Pacific. Tan will be based in Hong Kong.
Bob Douglas has been named chief strategy officer at New York research company P\S\L Group. Douglas will be based in London.
New York research company Ipsos Healthcare has hired Siva Narayanan as senior vice president, managing the company’s evidence generation, value and access portfolio.
Lightspeed Research, Warren, N.J., has named Andrew Cayton global COO; Martin Filz CEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Efrain Ribeiro global chief research officer.
InsightExpress, a Stamford, Conn., research company, has promoted Drew Lipner and Marc Ryan to co-CEO.
New York researcher The Nielsen Company has made the following appointments to its board of directors: James Marshall Kilts, chairman; Michael S. Chae; James A. Attwood, Jr.; Alexander Navab; Richard J. Bressler; Patrick Healy; David L. Calhoun; Karen M. Hoguet; Robert C. Pozen; Vivek Y. Randivé; and Javier G. Teruel.
Food Perspectives Inc., a Plymouth, Minn., research company, has hired Joyce Lizzi as vice president, client accounts.
Austin, Texas, research company Bazaarvoice Inc. has appointed Ari Paparo as senior vice president, media products.
Nick Halsey has been named CMO of Keynote Systems, a San Mateo, Calif., research company.
Philadelphia research company Focus Pointe Global has appointed Shane Abel as national sales director and promoted Jarrett Lodge to national sales director. The company has also hired Ron Livers as facility director, Atlanta.
Kevin Orians has joined Market Strategies International, Livonia, Mich., as COO.
Montreal research company Leger Metrics has hired Josef Raffai as vice president, marketing and sales, and Marlene Kohn as senior sales executive.
CMS Research, Toledo, Ohio, has hired Jeff Cummins as vice president, business development.
Chicago research company SymphonyIRI Group Inc. has named Piyush Chaudhari president of the Americas.
SIS International Research, New York, has hired Federica Sacchi in its London office as director, business development, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Bonni Nelson has been promoted to team leader, QualiSight, at Research and Marketing Strategies, Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Justin Blomgren has joined StandPoint, an Atlanta research company, as director, business development.
Todd McLean has been named COO of Revelation Inc., a Portland, Ore., research company.
Paris research company Ipsos has appointed Mary Dupont-Madinier to its board of directors and named her a director of the company.
D3 Systems, a Vienna, Va., research company, has hired Alex Brezinski, Michael Caughey, Leslie Dishman, Elizabeth Hood, Nicholas Malouta and Nina Sabarre as assistant research analyst; Kelley Milligan as controller; and David Rae as statistician.
New York research company Kantar Health has added Theano Anasta and Svetlana Gogolina as senior researchers to its team in the U.K.
Engage Research, London, has hired Jen Halliwell as director.
Joanne Hughes has joined Face Facts Research, Leeds, U.K., as data manager.
ICM Research, London, has hired Iain Carruthers as head of qualitative research.