Kantar Public has appointed Lucy Birch as chief marketing and communications officer and as a member of the global board.

Behaviorally has appointed Ryan Hargadon as cash management specialist. 

Analytics platform Upwave has appointed Joseph Zahtila as chief revenue officer. 

Chris Robson and Scott Laing have joined consultative agency Gongos as senior directors, data sciences. 

Strategic consultancy Truth Consulting has opened an office in South Africa and has appointed Lee Appleton as director.

Marketing analytics company Analytic Partners has appointed Fleur Sohtz as chief marketing officer.

Research support firm SyncScript has appointed Danica Burns as senior project manager. 

Strategic consulting firm Fluent Research has appointed Sylvia Rusnak as senior researcher.

Online panel provider JTN has opened an office in Odense, Denmark. It will be run by Business Development Director Maria Lassen Pedersen and Business Development Manager Helle Raun Oddershede.

Consumer and sensory research agency MMR Research has appointed Mihir Inamdar as commercial director, Singapore. 

Human insights company One Minute to Midnight has appointed Alexander Oldring as a research director and Gabriele Kriaucionyte as research assistant.

B2B data and software firm ZoomInfo has hired Chad Herring as chief human resources officer. 

Blue Marble Research has promoted Oscar Maclagan to senior research executive and has hired Nadia Chan as a mixed methodology researcher and Evie Fleck as research executive.

AI-based patient intelligence company Talking Medicines has appointed Mike Strassberg as its chief customer officer.

Media agency Talon Outdoor has promoted Josko Grljevic to group chief operations officer. 

Media analyst firm Ampere Analysis has opened its first North American office in Los Angeles, led by Executive Director Guy Bisson. It has appointed Ben French and Christen Tamisin as analysts, Jordan Lucoff as director of business development and Dan Stevenson as managing director.

Joanna Seddon has joined the Marketing Accountability Standards Board as CEO.

Strategic insight consultancy Firefish has appointed Joella Vera Bril as a London director.

Behaviorally has appointed Matthew Krupa as marketing associate. 

Focus Forward has appointed Doug Smith as qualitative assistant, Mark Mundy as recruiting director and Mary Conley as talent and organizational development. Focus Forward Transcription has promoted Alan Gresov to transcription support specialist.

Research & Marketing Strategies Inc. has promoted Shannon Sawyer to director of health care operations.

Market research technology and sample services company OpinionRoute has hired Kayla Murphy Cousineau as SVP, operations.

Blue Marble Research has appointed Tom Clarkson as managing director. 

Insight agency Walnut Unlimited has appointed Emily Abbott as research director and Thalita Parizotto as associate director in its shopping division.

Consumer research company Collage Group has hired Victor Paredes as executive director, cultural strategy. 

Insights and data company Pureprofile has appointed Juliana Tan as senior account director.

Data and strategy agency 89 Degrees East has appointed Rebecca Huntley as director of research. 

Customer management software company Khoros has promoted Chris Tranquill to CEO.

GfK has appointed Ishan Bhaumik as global account director for Amazon and other digital accounts.

Strategic insight consultancy Firefish has hired Amelia Martin-Davies as an associate director for its London team.

Brand experience and marketing optimization company Nepa has appointed Ferry Wolswinkel as chief revenue officer and as a new member of its group management team. 

Market research and strategic consulting firm Smarty Pants has promoted Jethro Israel to insights whiz.

Market research and data analytics firm YouGov has promoted Laura Robbie to APAC CEO.

Behavioral market research consultancy Irrational Agency has appointed Lilla Magony as associate research director, Francis Raho-Jeavons as senior research executive and Adam Warner as head of marketing.

Data enablement platform LiveRamp has promoted Travis Clinger to SVP, activations and addressability.

Customer intelligence platform InMoment has appointed Sandeep Garg as chief product officer. 

ResTech company Torfac promoted JR Venza to SVP, North America.

Project Management Institute has appointed Pierre Le Manh as president and CEO. 

Advertising agency VCCP Group appointed Caroline Grayson as managing director for New York and Brett Edgar as CEO, North America.

On Device Research has hired Simon Clarke as commercial lead for Singapore and the APAC region.

Dealerscope has listed Consumer Technology Association’s Director of Research Lesley Rohrbaugh on its 40 under 40 list. 

Comscore has appointed David Algranati as CIO, Greg Dale as COO and Jon Lieberman as CTO.

Agricultural market research company Kynetec has appointed Colin Siren as COO, animal health. 

The Canadian Research Insights Council has appointed Nik Nanos as its new chair.