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Phaedra Britt has returned to Hygeia Marketing Associates, Inc., a pharmaceutical marketing research firm in West Caldwell, N.J., as senior project director.

Indianapolis-based Walker Information has named Doug Hooton vice president, new ventures.

Robert Simmons II has been named president and CEO of Northstar Interviewing Service, Inc., Minneapolis.

London-based research firm MORI has named Peter Hutton group development director. Greg Smith will replace Hutton as head of MORI’s corporate and consumer division.

Paris-based Ipsos has named Henri Wallard CEO.

Based in Millward Brown’s Detroit office, Nick Findlay will lead Millward Brown Automotive, a new automotive research firm. Findlay will be supported by Jerry Matella, also in Detroit, Stephen Popiel in Toronto, and Clare Evans in the U.K., who will lead the practice’s European initiatives.

Lars Andersen, managing director of Millward Brown Denmark and Millward Brown Norway, has been named managing director of Millward Brown Sweden. Also joining the Stockholm office are Anne Hansson and Mimi Diego.

At Hong Kong-based Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which will rebrand as Synovate in January, Bruce Wells has moved to London to take up the post of global director Synovate ViewsCast. Chan Siew Hoong has joined AMI Singapore as director. Cho Jin Ho has been named associate director, technical solutions. He will be based in Singapore.

Portland, Ore.-based Research Data Design, Inc. has named Bob Poppen director of operations.

Jack Lloyd has been named vice president at Market Strategies, Inc., Livonia, Mich.

NFO WorldGroup, Northwood, Ohio, has named Kathleen Lee marketing manager for NFO USA, working in the company’s Chicago office.

NOP World Health, East Hanover, N.J., has named Barry Zimmerman executive vice president, strategic account development.

On the retirement of David Jenkins as CEO of the Kantar Group at the end of this year, Eric Salama, WPP’s director of strategy, will become chairman and CEO of the Kantar Group, WPP’s information and consultancy arm.

Research International has appointed new managing directors in Denmark and Norway: Simon Svegaard has joined in Denmark and Trond Myhrvold in Norway.

Greenwich, Conn.-based NFO Healthcare has named Larry Levin as executive vice president of its new syndicated research division.