In Memoriam...

Marilynn Whaley, member of the Market Research Association and Insights Association and founder of Whaley Research Inc., passed away on February 20 after a brief illness. 

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Insights agency Mustard has promoted Molly Hilton and Joe Stanley to research managers and has hired Emma France as senior research executive and Izzy Tooze and Nadja Moncolova as part of its graduate scheme.

Market research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has hired Czarmyne Jo as research prodigy. 

UK Research and Innovation has selected Stian Westlake as the next executive chair of the Economic and Social Research Council.  

Market research and opinion data company Angus Reid Group has appointed Andrew Grenville as EVP, research. 

Digital insights company Verve has launched a Mebourne hub led by Christina Tonkes as senior director and has appointed Mirjam Grari to its Sydney hub as associate director, futures and innovation.

Market research and advisory company Savanta has promoted Danielle Rodriguez to chief commercial officer and Mark Martins to chief services officer. Both will join its executive global board.  

Digital market research agency Potentia Insight has appointed Chris Beeby as senior project manager and Ramssena Youkhana as project manager. 

The Insights Association Canadian Chapter has named its 2023 regional chair members including Stephan Sigaud, Toronto, Courtney Strouthos, Vancouver, Razvan Luca, Halifax and Geneviève Pagé, Montreal.

Behaviorally has appointed Francis He as VP, market development to its Shanghai hub to serve clients across Asia.

Unified security and endpoint management solutions company Syxsense has appointed Mary Yang as chief marketing officer. 

The Insights Family has hired John Osemeke as developer, Nina Nowak as research manager, Stephanie Parkinson as business support manager, Rebecca Alabeni and Matthew Barker as senior research executives and Udoy Nafis Oli, Ines Affany and Needa Khan as part of its customer success teams. It has also promoted Claire Garner to SVP, research and trends, Ric Wainwright to technical director, Tasmin Chatha to senior data analyst and Stavros Triseliotis to head analyst and as lead for its new industry knowledge department. 

Insights and analytics company Directions Research Inc. has promoted Shannon Aeschbury and Angela Bostedo to analytics directors and Abbie France and Susan Mason to project management directors. 

Market researcher and B2B panel provider OvationMR has appointed Jeff Gerken as EVP, global sales.

Behavioral science company Sentient Decision Science has appointed Lisa Zellmer as SVP.

QuestionPro has appointed Arti Bedi Pullins, founder and CEO of Pundit, as president and chief healthcare officer. 

Melanie Courtright, CEO of the Insights Association, has become a Market Research Council member.

Market research software platform Suzy has hired Kimberly Bastoni as chief revenue officer.   

Kantar has appointed Simon Bailey as senior partner to its consulting practice.

Marketing services company MSQ has appointed Anna-Lee Bridgstock as partner, analytics and insight.  

Customer and employee experience company Medallia has appointed Joe Tyrrell as CEO. 

Ipsos has promoted Philip Ryan to U.S. managing partner and service line head at Strategy3, its innovation and strategy consulting business. 

TV audience measurement company Barb has appointed Khaled El Serafy as head, data science. 

Marketing agency Bastion U.S. has appointed Dean Heacock as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. 

Experience management company Alida has appointed Tanya Jarrett as chief people officer. 

FUEL and The Focus Room CEO Tiffany Hays, Ironwood Insights Group CEO Brad Larson and Focus Forward Founder Kim Harrison have joined the Marketing Research Education Foundation’s executive board of directors. 

Services and media company Hearst has appointed Jessica Hogue as chief data officer, consumer media.

Market researcher RealityMine has appointed Marta Nava as sales and marketing executive, Kelly Chau as project manager, Nicole Chung as junior software engineer, Matthew Barker as junior data products engineer and Sam Brierly as junior data tester. 

ESOMAR has appointed Joaquim Bretcha as interim director general. 

Performance marketing engine Wunderkind has appointed Bill Ingram as CEO. 

Social and market research agency IFF Research has appointed Jon Priest to its board as non-executive chair. 

Veridata Insights has promoted Eric Clancy to project manager. 

Audience insights and viewing measurement company Digital i has promoted Matt Ross to managing director. 

Ipsos has appointed Richie Jones as chief client officer, U.K. 

Market research recruitment company Hasson Associates has promoted Damon Thomas to associate partner and Catherine Vaughan to managing director.

The Market Research Society has named its new main 2023 board members including Josephine Hansom, Shazia Ali, LaShanda Seaman and Rebecca Cole. James Endersby will serve as chair designate. 

Marketing research and consumer insights firm Touchstone Research has promoted Alexis Warnick to senior project director. 

Market research agency 2CV has promoted Karine Pepin and Amy Spencer to SVPs.  

Explorer Research has appointed Aaron Ormiston as senior research manager.

European market research data collection company Norstat has appointed Ivana Slukan as head, qualitative.

Market research and analytics company Leger has appointed Caleb Chong as research analyst and has promoted Ashley Simac to associate VP for its communications and public affairs team. 

ESOMAR has elected Ray Poynter as its 2023-2024 council president.  

Sampling and ResTech company InnovateMR has promoted Cara Christensen to director, client development. 

App measurement and analytics company AppsFlyer has appointed Andreas Naumann as anti-fraud evangelist. 

E-commerce personalization and shopping experience company Searchspring has appointed Alex Kombos as CEO.  

Ipsos has appointed Tom Juetten to its U.S. innovation practice as EVP and service line lead.

Marketing research reporting software and services Indico Labs has appointed Joel Miller as strategic product director and Dimitra Spiliotopoulou as head, sales. 

Health care market research agency Day One Strategy has appointed Joanna McDonald as partner and Gemma McConnell as research director.  

Strategy consultancy The Forge has appointed Anna Anisimova as director.

Ipsos has partnered with Ashton Media to conduct the first Australian State of the CX Nation industry report. 

Research-based strategic market intelligence company Advertiser Perceptions has appointed Josh Becker as CFO. 

Market research and consumer insights company Intuify has added Julie Kurd and Bob Fawson to its advisory board. 

Digital market research agency Potentia Insight has appointed Jon Dunford as director, operations, Geo Prisacaru as programming director, Adriana Dragan as senior project manager and Chris Pople as senior script writer. 

Automotive market research agency 7th Sense has appointed Clare Mutzenich as associate director.

Data science and market research company BB Media has opened an office in Los Angeles, headed by Global Development and Marketing Director Laura Ghisiglieri.  

Experience research platform dscount has acquired research recruitment and panel management company Panelfox and has established a presence in the U.K., led by Managing Director International Ben Hogg. It has also appointed Brad Talkington as CFO and Julie Norvaisas as VP, research. 

DJS Research has promoted Anna Hegarty to senior research manager. 

Nielsen has appointed Warren Jenson as CFO.  

Behaviorally has appointed Laura Drysdale as chief product officer.

Market research and analytics company Leger has promoted three to its executive board including Dave Scholz as chief strategy officer, Sandie Sparkman as chief growth officer and Steve Perrone as chief technology officer.

Market research firm Veridata Insights has appointed Vinay Kimar Singh as associate director, panel operations and supply, Leyla Akin as project manager, Karan Jaiswar as senior data analyst, survey solutions, Mariah Read as director, client development and Hamza Oussou as sales support manager. 

Digital insights company Verve has opened a Benelux office in Amsterdam which will be headed by Research Director Kirby Johnson and supported by Director Katrien Gunn, Associate Director Sanne van der Steeg and Research Executive Saskia Racke.

Behavioral science company Sentient Decision Science has appointed Paige Denzler as insights manager. 

Market research agency Omnisis has promoted Marie Cooper to senior data analyst.

Kelly Sims has returned to GfK as SVP, marketing effectiveness.  

Custom market research firm Logica Research has appointed Katy Wetherbee as senior research director.

Insight solutions firm Eyes4Research has appointed Andrew Jeavons as a non-executive director.

Consumer research platform Attest has appointed Sana Ayub as chief financial officer, Ilhan Mehmet as VP, people and Anne Katrine Vestergaard Jensen as VP, marketing.  

Rewards and payments company Tango has appointed Grace Liu as CFO.

Blue Marble Research has hired Emily Pechey as research manager and Barbora Bute and Tom Roberts as researchers as part of its graduate scheme.  

In-store behavior analytics company VideoMining has appointed Alicia Cleary as VP, marketing and industry relations. 

EMpanel Online has hired Rajat Chadha to head B2B panel sales in the APAC region.

Marketing research consulting firm CMI has promoted Serap Bilis to SVP, information sciences.

Market research and consulting firm Martec Group has promoted Josh Emington to VP.

Orchidea Research Group has appointed Mary Rubin as senior director, global research solutions.