In Memoriam...

David Rodney Mellinger, who served as COO and CFO of RKD Group, died on September 6 at the age of 64.

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Insights and data firm Delineate has appointed Simon Staplehurst as client director, Olga Roffey as client success manager and David Lo as senior client success manager. 

Performance marketing company NP Digital has opened an office in France under the leadership of Frédéric Joseph.

The Royal Statistical Society has confirmed John Aston as its next president starting in 2025.

Custom marketing research firm W5 has hired Emma Stieffel Eyman as client relations consultant.  

Qualitative fieldwork agency QualWorld has launched Experts Advice, a service specializing in the recruitment of market access professionals and medical experts. It will be led by Myriam Bertheas as director, Experts Advice.  

Kantar has promoted Mary George Parayil to principal, Kantar Analytics, India.

Data analytics and advisory firm Escalent has promoted Arundhati Mehrotra to EVP, global delivery.

DJS Research has appointed Ajit Chauhan as senior research manager. 

Strategic marketing intelligence and analysis company Advertiser Perceptions has appointed Jacqueline Baranov as SVP, consulting.

Data streaming and messaging solutions company DiffusionData has appointed Scott Fink as managing director, Americas. 

Research data and analytics group YouGov has appointed Bradley Jones as senior research director. 

Ipsos has appointed Bonnie Bain as global head, health care and Caroline Ponsi Khider as chief communications and brand officer.

Market research consultancy Vista Grande has appointed Adam Portner as SVP, business development. 

Consumer insights and marketing strategy firm Ignite 360 has appointed Lisa Osborne as CEO as Rob Volpe transitions to a chairman position.

Research and consulting agency OGC Global has appointed John Schiela as general manager, growth and strategy. 

Sponsorship analytics platform Relo Metrics has established an advisory board including Samuel Rueff, Jamie West and Dana Venino.

Research Rockstar has added Marni Martens and Jim Newswanger to its instructional team. Martens will lead the Mobile & Online Qualitative Research Methods course and Newswanger will lead the Quantitative Data Analysis course.  

Digital insights company Cint has appointed Bella Tao as head, sales, Australia and New Zealand.  

Sensory and consumer research company MMR Research has appointed Dan Jenkins as head, agile research. 

Transcription service Rev has appointed Fernando Trueba as chief marketing officer. 

Insights co-pilot Streetbees has appointed Vidisha Gaglani and Sean O’Connell as CEOs.

Online market research community Ivy Exec has appointed Stefan Djolic as senior associate, market insights.  

Insights data company Dynata has appointed Brad Brockhaug as chief commercial officer.

Market researcher Boxclever has appointed Emma Kirk as qualitative research director.  

Connected TV and cross-screen advertising company LG Ad Solutions has appointed Michael Hudes as president and CEO. Hudes will also serve as a member on the board of directors.

Market research agency Q2Q Global has appointed Rebecca Boden as business development director.

Ipsos has appointed Alice Wang as chief financial officer, North America.

Research Partnership has appointed Andrew Stokes as chief commercial officer. 

Price intelligence company Engage3 has promoted Adi Gulati to chief financial officer.  

SurveyMonkey has appointed Amit Prakash as chief marketing officer.

Digital identity company Signicat has appointed Michel van den Bogaard as chief financial officer. 

Ipsos has appointed Shalini Sinha as group service line leader, brand health tracking and creative excellence, India. 

Data intelligence platform Near Intelligence has appointed Jay Angelo as chief privacy officer.  

ResTech company Potloc has added Richard Thornton to its board of directors as an independent member.

Market research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has promoted Danielle Place to insights director and Megan Bowling to insights brainiac, a senior analyst level.  

Insight agency Kokoro Global has appointed Hannah Rogers as business director.

Consumer purchase insights company Affinity Solutions has appointed Kalyan Lanka as chief product officer.

German research agency mindline’s qualitative research unit mindline explore has opened an office in Berlin and has appointed Oliver Schieleit as head, qualitative. It has also appointed Iris Korsten, Lilli Mix, Thomas Ludzinski and Claudia Antoni as directors. 

Performance marketing company NP Digital has appointed Carlos Cesta as head, mergers and acquisitions. 

Nielsen has named Karthik Rao as CEO as David Kenny assumes the role of executive chairman.

Omnicom Media Group has appointed Dan Clays as CEO, EMEA.

Brand consultancy Lovebrands has appointed Caspar Swanston as quantitative director.

Kantar Australia has promoted Allan Breiland and Sharon Hilton to heads of media effectiveness.   

Human insight company One Minute to Midnight has launched its dedicated quantitative business led by Krikor Mugerian.

Tapestry Research has appointed Sam Elphinstone as research and strategy director. 

Market research company Mustard has appointed Jennifer Burke as market research assistant.

Insights consultancy Human8 has appointed Camille Nicita as global CEO. 

Digital insights company Verve has appointed Deidre Sullivan as SVP, North America.

Market research and analytics company Leger has appointed Adrian Bachmann as associate VP, consumer insights, central team. 

Market research firm Angus Reid Group has appointed Patricia Chapin-Bayley as president, U.S.

Omnicom Media Group has appointed Laura Fenton as CEO, UK. 

Technology provider PG Forsta has appointed Johnny Luu as chief marketing officer.

Behavioral market research company Behaviorally has appointed Bridget Ryan as an insights associate.  

Customer intelligence company Acxiom has appointed John Watkins as COO.

Customer experience management platform Sprinklr has appointed Scott Harvey as EVP, customer operations.