Research and consulting firm The DRG has promoted Melissa Naatz-Busch to senior director, marketing strategy and growth.

The Market Research Benevolant Association has appointed Elaine Francis and Dave Hannay to its board of trustees as Claire Harris steps down from the trustee role after 18 years.

Fieldwork has appointed Scott Baker as SVP, strategic partnerships and president of Fieldwork New York City. 

Media agency Canvas Worldwide has appointed Anita Patil-Sayed as managing director, head of analytics.

Pinnacle Analytics has appointed Mohd Noorliza as head, business development unit, covering the Southeast Asia region. 

Insight consultancy Human8 has appointed Peter Teachman as chief operating officer.

Research platform Zappi has appointed Aaron Kechley as CEO.

Data, analytics and AI company Cynozure has appointed Susie Moan to its advisory board.

Research expert network Zintro has hired Mark Pineda as a recruiter.

Marketing and advertising agency StrawberryFrog has appointed Steve Scutellaro as general manager.

Media and advertising company MiQ has appointed Zuzanna Gierlinska as U.K. chief commercial officer.

Research and insights company UserTesting has appointed Baran Erkel as chief strategy officer.

Heart of the Customer has appointed Roxie Strohmenger as a principal strategist.  

Research platform Streetbees has appointed Aaron Brooks as chief revenue officer. 

Unimrkt Research has appointed Vishal Mandal as business research intern and Shivangi Rawat as presales executive.

Behavioral science consultancy Protobrand has promoted Andrew McDonough to senior research director.  

Thinks Insight & Strategy has promoted Molly Jeffries to research lead.

Research platform Zappi has appointed Megan Scott to its London marketing team as product marketing manager.

Potentia Insight has appointed Andrew Yarnold as senior project manager, Maddy Davies as account executive and Jon Gunter as senior data processing programmer.

The Nursery Research & Planning has appointed Alexandra Sowash as head, quant.

Cloud analytics and data platform Teradata Corporation has appointed Thomas Schröder as VP, Europe.

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement has appointed Evan Cohen as SVP, projects and strategic initiatives and has promoted Tameka Kee to SVP, programming and operations.  

MarketVision Research has appointed Amber Kopitke, Christine Ludwig and Simon Coffey as research assistants to its client services team, Patrick McDonnell and Olivia Stucke as research assistants to its online communities team and Brett Novits as research assistant to its information services team.

Research and intelligence company MarketCast has appointed Arik Shahar as SVP, product solutions.  

Research agency 2CV has promoted Sam Mallett-Thomas to associate director.  

Research agency Opinium has appointed Allie Davenport as associate director.

TKW Research Group has appointed Paul Jamrozik as CEO.

NIQ has appointed Luis Simoes as CPS strategic projects and Iberia lead.

Research firm AMC Global has promoted Alison Hansberry to research director.

Blue Yonder Research has appointed James Godfrey as senior director of statistics and automation. 

Good Human Partners has appointed Ginger De Stefano as head, operations.

Juniper Research has appointed Terrence Shan as general manager, APAC. 

Healthcare Research Worldwide has appointed Lauren Gebhardt-Kram as senior research manager, Alice Liefgreen as senior behavioral science analyst and Doran Campbell as research manager. 

Tapestry Research has promoted Elle Kindler, Lily Spencer and Silvia Siladi to directors. 

Behaviorally has appointed Elissa de Melo as an insights associate in its Swiss office, Sophie Carey as office manager in its New Jersey office and Rhoannan Hartley-Downer as project manager, consumer insights in its London office.

Sago has reappointed Steve Schlesinger as CEO as Reed Cundiff steps down from the role and from its board of directors. It has also appointed Mike Sullivan as chief operating officer.

Insight agency Boxclever has promoted Christina Tarbotton to research director. 

Research agency Opinium has appointed Elisha Raut as research manager and Stella Tong and Elcin Kurtulus as associate directors.

OnePulse has appointed Vin DeRobertis, global CEO of Savanta, as an advisor to its board.

Behaviorally has promoted Thomas Kim to director, Center of Excellence, Cody Fry, Erica Hickey and Brian Wheeler to insights managers, Samar Harrak to business development manager and Mohamed Ghacham to systems administrator.

Research and consumer insights company Angus Reid Group has appointed Gary Bennewies as chairman of its board. 

Thinks Insight & Strategy has appointed Kemal Yigit Achikbash as research assistant and has promoted Anna Norén to senior director. 

Strategy consultancy The Forge has appointed Angelica Quintero-Serrano as director of its analytics practice.

Social and market research agency Eumetra has appointed Silvia Confalonieri as innovation and business development advisor. 

Research and strategic consulting firm Smarty Pants has promoted Jethro Israel to insights brainiac, a senior analyst level role.

Insights consultancy Firefish has promoted Mara Halvorson to director and Karlee Fink to associate director.

Insight company UserTesting has appointed Johann Wrede as chief marketing officer.  

Behaviorally has appointed Jodie Derbyshire as an insights associate. 

Insights platform Ideally has appointed Kim Le Gras as strategic client partner.  

TestingTime has appointed Dave Lieber as managing director.

Breakthrough Research has promoted Ryan LaSalle-Castro to associate director, innovation.

ResTech company Cint has promoted Michelle Darcy Clarke to chief experience officer and Hind Moussaoui to chief strategy and transformation officer.

Data collection company Norstat has named its board of directors. It has appointed Sofia Arhall Bergendorff as chair and Martin Lagerblad, Kim Gulstad, Johan Symmons, Dan Foreman and Sigrid Erichsen Fjermeros as board members.

Data, analytics and AI company Cynozure has appointed Rose Attridge as strategy advisor. 

Keen as Mustard Marketing has hired Vanessa Chirayus as junior marketing executive.

Kantar Media has appointed Yee Pang as head, measurement strategy, North America.  

MEL Research has promoted Rhiannon Pratt to research manager.

Data collaboration platform InfoSum has appointed Adele Burke as sales director, Australia and New Zealand. 

Unimrkt Research has appointed Chetana Joshi and Rajeev Rawat as business research associates. 

Research and planning consultancy STRAT7 Incite has promoted John Tearle to head, services practice, Jo Farquhar and Lindsey Liensavanh to senior directors and Fiona Galliford to senior associate.

Insights consultancy Nature has appointed Rory Foye and James Ruta as senior consultants. 

KNow Research has appointed Corinne Wong as office coordinator.

Audience measurement solutions company AudienceProject has appointed Martin Radford as solutions director, U.K.

Insight agency Opinium has appointed Kieran Vaughan as senior research executive.  

B2B marketing agency Fifth Ring has promoted Jennifer Maclennan to group managing director.

Dynata has named its board of directors. It has appointed Gene Davis as chairman and Mitch Barns, Mike Bevacqua, Manish Bhatia, Christian Champ and Eric Johnson as board members. 

Data streaming and messaging solutions company DiffusionData has appointed Raphael Vergnaud as chief revenue officer.

Pharmaceutical insight agency Beyond Blue has appointed Alice Simons as senior research executive and Huda Rijab, Annaliese Fountain, Annabel Farrow and Freya Turner as research executives. 

Digital agency Croud has appointed Frederick Stallings as chief data officer. 

Consumer intelligence company Brandwatch has promoted Channing Ferrer to global president and has appointed Matt Tippets as chief product and technology officer, Henry Spitzer as SVP, Americas sales, Beth Brown as SVP, global agency and business solutions and Jordan Gorosh as enterprise sales leader.  

UX research solutions company Pulse Labs has appointed Caro Vera as senior UX researcher.

Research and consulting firm Opinions has promoted Richard Cooper to senior insights manager.

Insight agency Kokoro Global has appointed Anna Dobson to its senior team.

Research and analytics firm Leger has promoted Nikolas Lopez to associate VP in its public affairs and communications team, Jacob Jordan to research director in its consumer insights team and Brenda Vanasse to talent acquisition and development administrator in its HR team. 

Research consultancy Protobrand has appointed James Truslow as market research analyst. 

Customer data platform Lemnisk has appointed Akula Koteswarudu as software engineer. 

Media effectiveness platform DoubleVerify has launched its News Accelerator program and has appointed Jack Marshall as head of news.