Cecil “Bud” Phillips, founder of M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, died on January 21 at age 89.
New York research company Hall & Partners has hired Branka Orosnjak as partner at the company’s London office and Michael Carlon as qualitative partner. Additionally, Michelle Castle has stepped down as Hall & Partners’ U.S. CEO but will continue to help manage the transition. Replacing Castle, Josh Shames has been promoted to managing partner, Chicago.
David Brandt has been appointed executive vice president, advertising effectiveness strategy, at New York researcher The Nielsen Company. Nielsen has also hired Katie Burke as executive vice president, marketing and communications.
EDigitalResearch, Hampshire, U.K., has hired Lloyd White as research assistant, finance. The company has also promoted Francine Kingma to research executive, travel, and Alex James to research executive, communications.
JPMorgan Chase, New York, has named Kristin Lemkau CMO.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., a Phoenix advertising company, has appointed Eric Z. Sherman as vice president, research, insights and analytics, Clear Channel Outdoor – North America.
KCM Group, a San Diego construction management and consulting firm, has hired Tarek Nabas to its marketing team. Research will be among his responsibilities.
Cincinnati research company Burke, Inc. has promoted Christie Reckman to vice president, client services.
Los Angeles research company db5 has named Michelle Castle president, U.S. Castle will be based in the company’s Chicago office.
New York research company OnePoint Global has appointed Gary Stocks to lead the company’s operation in France and French-speaking Switzerland. Stocks will be based in Lyon, France.
The Marketing Workshop, a Norcross, Ga., research company, has hired Kelly Mayer as senior account manager.
Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has hired Derek Smyth as chief revenue officer.
M3 Global Research, Washington, D.C., has made several appointments to its London and U.S. teams. In London, Anton Richter has joined M3 as director, business development; Amanda Lancaster as account manager; and Isabel de Carvalho, Jessica Turner and Alexandra Szpilska as project manager. In the U.S., Adams Lazaro has been hired as programmer; Jon Karnisky as senior project manager; Jennifer Shoots as senior project manager; and Sarah Longacre as account manager.
Iselin, N.J., research company Schlesinger Associates has named Scott Baker vice president, account management, and Samantha Bacelieri-Centers director, operations, Schlesinger Qualitative. Baker will be based in Los Angeles.
Chris Sinclair has been appointed regional director for Ipsos Marketing in Europe and Africa. Sinclair will be based in the U.K.
New York research company the magnetic collective has named Keith Navratil partner. Navratil will divide his time between Omaha, Neb., and New York.
Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward has been appointed to lead the polling business of Washington, D.C., public strategy firm Mercury.
Rebecca S. Kuchar has joined Sundial Market Research Inc., San Rafael, Calif., as senior director, qualitative insights. She will be based in Chicago.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has promoted Chris Dubreuil to managing director, Northern Europe, and Ben Hogg to managing director, EMEA. Both will be based out of Research Now’s London office.
Las Vegas research company Precision Opinion has hired Emily Carothers as director, panel operations.
Thoroughbred Research Group, Louisville, Ky., has named Dynelua Hudson director, integrated market research. Hudson will be based in Chicago.
Foresight Research, Rochester Hills, Mich., has hired Nancy Walter as vice president, business development.
Abt Associates, a Cambridge, Mass., research company, has appointed Christopher Spera as vice president, U.S. health; Andy Weiss as chief business officer, Abt SRBI; and Catherine Thompson as principle associate-strategic lead, international health.
Toronto research company Ipsos Canada has appointed Joanne Van der Burgt to lead its media measurement practice.
New York marketing intelligence company Evidon has hired Emily Riley as COO.
Knowledge Systems & Research Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., has elected employee Lucinda Burch to its board of directors.
London research company Euromonitor International has named Tim Kitchin CEO.
Radius Global Market Research, New York, has made two appointments to its London office: John Storey as research director and Christina Beza as senior research analyst.
Suann Griffin and Mike Fisher have joined the new business development team at M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas.
SurveyHealthCare, New York, has hired Chris Papp as vice president, project services.
Waban, Mass., research company Temkin Group has hired Denise Bahil as customer experience transformist.
SurveyMonkey’s Sarah Cho has been named president of the Pacific chapter of the American Association of Public Opinion Research.
Chicago research company Mintel has hired Honorata Jarocka and Regina Maiseviciute as food and drink analyst, Poland.
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, a London research company, has hired Carolina Milanesi as director of its U.S. business.
Antenna Strategic Insights, the the research arm of the Customer Service Institute of Australia, has appointed Brett Gumbley as director.
Communication for Research Inc., Steelville, Mo., has hired Andrew Plyler as project manager on its research team.
Kara Mitchelmore has been named CEO of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, Toronto.
London research company Lumi Mobile has hired Kimberly White as director, business development. White will be based in New York.
Miriam Guevara-Nelson has joined Distill Research, Portland, Ore., as research manager.