Newsworks, a London-based newspaper marketing body, has appointed Denise Turner as director of insight.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has promoted Prasad Samala to research director and Allison Breitenbach to senior research associate.
Automaker Ford has hired Paul Ballew for the newly created role of chief data and analytics officer. His responsibilities will focus on understanding consumer behavior and leading the company’s data and analytic efforts globally.
LEWIS PR, a San Francisco communications agency, has hired Matt Robbins as director of market insight and research. He will be based in the LEWIS Washington, D.C., office.
Alcon Entertainment, a Los Angeles film and television production company, has hired sisters Catherine and Angela Paura as co-presidents of Worldwide Marketing, a division of Alcon.
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation has appointed Paritosh Desai as senior vice president, enterprise data, analytics and business intelligence. He will be leading the company’s new “center of excellence” which combines its data, analytics and business intelligence efforts. Also, Casey Carl was promoted to chief strategy and innovation officer; Laysha Ward to executive vice president, chief corporate social responsibility officer; Jason Goldberger to president, Target.com and mobile, and John Hulbert to vice president, investor relations. Finally, Jeff Jones, currently chief marketing officer, has also assumed the responsibility of guest experience across all channels.
Consumer Opinion Services has promoted Melissa Bledsoe to general manager of Portland (Ore.) operations.
Reedi Hawkins has joined the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission, Albany, Ga., as director of marketing and research.
Applied Marketing Science Inc., a Waltham, Mass., research and consulting firm, has promoted Brian Sowers to principal and Jason Och to associate principal in the firm's litigation support practice.
Stockholm software company Cint has appointed Morten Strand as CEO. He replaces Bo Mattsson who will remain on the board.
Laura J. Ashworth has joined the Danville Office of Economic Development in Danville, Va., as marketing and research manager.
London research firm TNS UK has hired Jamie Burnett as director of survey methods and sampling.
Patricia Moy has assumed the office of president at the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). Mike Traugott will serve as WAPOR secretary treasurer, replacing Claire Durand, who becomes vice president and president-elect.
W5 Inc., a Durham, N.C., research firm, has named Tristan Shook to partner to lead its research strategy practice.
U.K. researcher BrainJuicer Group announced several internal promotions in the Americas and Europe. In the U.S., Alex Hunt, formerly executive vice president U.S., will assume the role of president, the Americas, based out of BrainJuicer’s New York office, and also become a part of BrainJuicer’s executive management team. In his new role, he will oversee the company’s North and Latin American businesses and manage the U.S. qualitative Juice Generation team, led by Ellen Kolsto. The new Latin American Miami office will be led by Gabriel Aleixo, formerly managing director - Brazil, who will oversee LATAM operations. Brent Snider, formerly executive vice president - Eastern Region, U.S., will assume the role of president, North America, with responsibility for all U.S. teams. In Europe, Mark Johnson, formerly managing director, Continental Europe, will assume leadership of all European teams including the U.K. and become a member of BrainJuicer’s executive management team. In the U.K., David Whitelam, formerly senior client director, will be promoted to managing director - U.K.
Sunshine Bancorp Inc., Plant City, Fla., has named Michelle Kounlavong AVP, marketing director. She will direct bank marketing and advertising functions including brand identity, strategic planning, market research and communications.
Pittsburgh researcher CivicScience has added Jake Sedlock as vice president of client development.
Singapore-based research firm Asia Insight has tapped Adrian Tan as its managing director to head its Singapore and China offices.
Dialsmith, a Portland, Ore., technology company, has hired Greg Treat as a project consultant on its Perception Analyzer research consulting team.
Bethesda, Md., research firm Abt Associates has named Jack Downey as senior vice president, business development and new market initiatives, providing strategic direction to Abt’s Global Business Development Unit.
London-based TNS UK has promoted Desiree Lopez to CEO of TNS BMRB. She will also join the TNS UK board.
U.K.-based eDigitalResearch has expanded its technical team, promoting Lee Boynton and Andy Cook to the strategic technical team as analyst software engineers, with a core responsibility of developing the eDigitalResearch SaaS platform.
Full Circle Research Co., Potomac, Md., has added Jennifer Philips as Northeast regional sales director.
Lana M. Shaw has been named marketing director at Adams Bank & Trust, Ogallala, Neb.
Nielsen has tapped Glenn Enoch as senior vice president-audience insights, succeeding Pat McDonough, who retired in December.
TNS, London, has named Andrew Lancefield as chief operating officer of the Africa, Mediterranean and Middle East region and Stephen Hillebrand as CEO for the Middle East.
In Wixom, Mich., ProMotion Technology Group named Spencer Knisely chief marketing officer.
Wayne R. McCullough, the University of Michigan Health System, has been elected as president of the board of the Marketing Research Institute International (MRII). The board also elected Lisa Courtade, Merck, as president-elect and Bart Weiner, BW Consulting, as treasurer.
Thoroughbred Research Group, Louisville, has hired Robert Ceurvorst as a senior methodologist, working primarily with the health care group and analytics team.
M3 Global Research, Washington, D.C., has hired Julien Munsch and Lorena Montero to its London office. Also, Christine Lazauskas, Jeff Gaglio, Stephanie Welles and Jackie Prinder have joined the New York office of M3, along with Amber Esco as vice president of sales.
DunnhumbyUSA, Cincinnati, has appointed Michael Whynott as senior associate custom insights and promoted Ben Voorhorst to analyst, manufacturer practice; Holly Laiveling to senior associate, custom insights; Julian Farbstein to vice president, client leadership; and John Rudisill to director, analysis.
Marketing Sciences Unlimited, a Southampton, U.K., marketing firm, has promoted Deborah Hall and Gerry Curtis to research director, Sadie Buckingham to associate director and Becky Hutchins to senior research executive.
Social@Ogilvy, the social media commerce division of New York marketing firm Ogilvy & Mather, appointed Samson Choi as general manager in Hong Kong. He will be responsible for expanding Social@Ogilvy’s services and overseeing social media marketing activities for clients.
New York loyalty and analytics firm CrowdTwist has appointed Scott Matthews as CEO.
Dub, a London software firm, has hired Dan Stracey as chief inspiration officer.
Behavioural Architects, a London research company, has expanded its staff in several offices. Nikki Dahlgren joined the Sydney team as senior behavioral consultant; Natasha Xue and Lynette Xu have joined the China team as consultant and Andreea Balica and George Deane have joined the London team as strategic consultant.
Bacardi Limited, the Bermuda-based liquor company, has promoted Dmitry "Dima" Ivanov to chief marketing officer.
Clear Channel UK, the outdoor media company based in London, has hired Sarah Speake as chief marketing officer.
In its New York office, GfK has promoted Kevin Taylor to executive vice president of technology and Gary Schanzer to manager of the digital market intelligence team as well as managing director of the shopper and retail strategy team.
Bruce Cook has joined London researcher SMG Insight as a company director.
New York research firm Millward Brown has hired Karen Rivoire as chief human resources officer.
MediaMath, a New York digital marketing technology company, has appointed Rahul Vasudev as managing director for the Asia-Pacific region.
Laura Chaibi has been named head of digital research for the Middle East Broadcasting Center, Dubai.
Joan Lewis has joined the Reston, Va., research company comScore board of directors, filling the vacancy left with the resignation of Jeffrey Ganek.
London research firm Trinity McQueen has named Jo Zukunft as research manager in London. In the firm’s Leeds office, Andrew Magee has joined as research manager, Sarah Broadbent as senior research executive and Michael Holmes as project executive.
In Burlington, Mass., health care analyst Decision Resources Group has appointed Mark Luck Olson as president, global consulting services.
Research software provider Dapresy, Norrkoping, Sweden, has hired Alexander Skorka to lead its office in Germany.
Prashant Fuloria was named senior vice president of advertising products at Yahoo! in San Francisco.
London research firm Ugam has added three members to its business development and services team, Robert Clark as business strategy consultant, Angela Park as sales director and Sau Lam as client director.
Joanna Fanuele has been hired as the new global innovation lead at Hall & Partners, a London research company.
Alwin Thompson has assumed the role of non-executive director at Join the Dots, the Manchester, U.K., consumer insight agency.
In London, ETOA, the European tourism association, has appointed Paul Rickard as a research consultant.
Sports marketing researcher Repucom, London, has hired Simon Long as head of sales for the U.K. and Ireland. He will be responsible for the development and implementation of the firm’s commercial strategy.
The NPD Group, a Port Washington, N.Y., research group, announced that Michel Maury, now European group president, will also assume responsibilities for the firm’s operations in Asia Pacific. A European executive committee has been created to manage NPD’s European operations, consisting of David Pritchard, European deputy managing director, Philippe Court, CFO for Europe, Catherine Rozanski, HR head for Europe and Asia and Philippe Cabin Saint Marcel, general manager of commercial activities for Europe. Tim Bush, the previous Asia Pacific group president, is returning to the U.S. to become group president of NA commercial sectors for the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
London researcher Incite has hired Jason Spencer to head its new Shangai office.
Margo Swadley has joined Kantar Media, London, as managing director for U.K. TV and video measurement.
Tim Britton has left his position as U.K. CEO of YouGov, a London-based research firm. Alex McIntosh, chief strategy officer, will replace him on an interim basis. Rosemary Leith has joined YouGov as a non-executive director.
At the London office of researcher TNS, Anjali Puri was promoted to global head of TNS qualitative, replacing Rebecca Wynberg, who will move to a non-executive position as chair of TNS qualitative.
Information Resources Inc., a Chicago research firm, has hired Michael Rosenthal as executive vice president of global operations.
Maritza Matheus has joined EurekaFacts, a Rockville, Md., research firm, as director of marketing research. Alec Ulasevich has also joined as director of social science research.
London technology firm Data Liberation has appointed Pat Molloy as CEO, replacing founder Chris Morgan, who assumes the role of chairman and COO.
EDigitalResearch has announced several hirings and promotions. Liz Boffey has joined as research director, along with Sian O’Neill as marketing executive, Steve Loton as marketing designer and Radoslaw Kuroski to the technical operations team. Sarah Leaners was promoted to associate director, Kat Watters and Lisa Williams to senior research manager and Jenny Hilton to research manager.
Moniola Olusanjo has joined the London office of Research Partnership as compliance manager.
Suzanne Sell was recently promoted to senior vice president for research and Neal Massey to vice president, business and consumer insights for research, at Starz Network, the Denver-based entertainment company.
British Airways, Middlesex, U.K., has established a standalone customer experience unit and appointed head of customer to Abigail Comber, formerly head of marketing. Her new role will encompass research and insight, innovation and brand proposition.