European research firm Ciao has named Bill Hoover sales director at its Westport, Conn., office. In London, Gillian Hannam has been named inside sales manager.
U.K.-based United Business Media has announced that David Levin will succeed Clive Hollick as CEO, effective April 5, 2005.
Bellomy Research, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has named Amy Moses research manager. Reggie Pasterczyk has joined the company as an account director.
Doug Schwabenbauer has been promoted to vice president-marketing analyst at S&T Bank, Indiana, Pa.
Chicago-based Information Resources, Inc. has named Janet Eden-Harris executive vice president and global chief marketing officer and Bill Nowacki president of enterprise solutions.
Lisa Johnson has been named project director in the financial services practice division of Milwaukee-based Market Probe. In addition, Michael Alioto has been named senior vice president and head of the automotive and manufacturing practice division. And Jason Palmer has been named senior vice president and head of the company’s service sector practice.
John Tapper has added the title of chief strategy officer of New York research firm the Ziment Group to his responsibilities within the group’s full-service division, called Ziment. Separately, Lynnette Cooke has been promoted to chief executive officer of Ziment, a title previously held by Howard Ziment, who will continue on in his other role as chief executive officer of the Ziment Group.
AllPoints Research, Winston-Salem, N.C., has hired Kay Harwood as a qualitative research discovery consultant and moderator.
Jack Lighton, Jr., has been named director of the new marine industry research program of Rochester, N.Y., research firm Harris Interactive.
Chicago-based Research International USA has announced a number of promotions and new hires. Promotions: Cathy Iffert to administrative assistant for outsourced data collection-domestic (ODC-D); Aaron Brienzo and Richele Springer to data project director - reporting. New hires: Liz Elhardt has joined the ODC-D team as a project director; Jayne Gretz has been named vice president in the business advancement team; Leo Schwertley has joined the Pepsi Itrac team in Stamford, Conn., as vice president; also joining the Pepsi team is Randi Steiner as client service director; in Chicago, Dave Patten has been named vice president - tracking and Lisa Vrchota has been named human resources administrator; in San Francisco, Geraldine Rogers has joined as a research manager in the non-CPG tracking group, Zha Yan has joined the technology tracker team, and Roly Gupta has been named senior research manager.
Walker Information, Indianapolis, has promoted the following associates in the client services and technology departments: Alison Babbitt and Lana Bandy to consultant; Lauren Block and Marina Molenda to program manager; Lauri Jones to analyst; and David Walker to LAN administrator.
Millward Brown has launched a new global unit - Millward Brown Optimor - focusing on maximizing the total returns from brand and marketing investment. The unit is led by newly-appointed Executive Vice President Joanna Seddon. Separately, Millward Brown announced a number of new hires and promotions at its various locations: Mary Ann Packo has been promoted to president, Millward Brown USA; Fabrizio Giordano has been appointed managing director, Millward Brown Brazil; Anne Baker has joined Millward Brown as director of global training; Natalie Danysh has been named managing director of Greenfield Consulting Group, Westport, Conn.; and Aaron Peck and Dana Lowe have been promoted to vice president at the Fairfield, Conn., office of Millward Brown USA.
Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has named Eileen Kelly vice president, operations in North America. In addition, Julian Price has been named senior vice president of marketing and product development.
Andrew Wish has joined Research International as CEO Africa.
Wendy’s International, Inc., Dublin, Ohio, has named Ian B. Rowden executive vice president and chief marketing officer of the Wendy’s brand.
Evanston, Ill.-based information firm Solucient has named Cynthia Kujawa vice president, human resources. In addition, Mark Chealander has been named vice president, product development.
Research firm TNS has named Stephen Jenke regional director of Australia and New Zealand. He replaces Trevor Richards, who has returned to the U.K. to take on a new role and responsibility at the TNS head office in London. Jenke is based in Sydney.
Arbitron Inc., New York, has appointed Julian Davis to the new position of director, urban media services. In addition, Pierre Bouvard has been named president, Portable People Meters and international, and has been given the overall responsibility for the introduction of the Portable People Meter local market ratings services in the U.S. And Bill Rose has been named senior vice president, marketing, U.S. media services.
New York-based Nielsen Media Research has named Sara Erichson general manager, national services. Dave Thomas has been named senior vice president, strategy and business development. And Scott Springer has been named general manager, operations, based in the firm’s office in Brooker Creek, Fla.
Survey Sampling International, Fairfield, Conn., has established an office in Japan and tapped Larry Greenberg of Tokyo-based Urban Connections to head the new location.
Framingham, Mass., research firm IDC has appointed Rick Nicholson vice president of energy insights.
Beta Research Corporation, Syosset, N.Y., has named Jerry Kossoff chairman. Replacing him as CEO is Jason Gorelkin.
Dennis R. Israel has joined GlobeScan Incorporated, a Toronto research firm, as vice president.
London-based NOP World Health announced its new European senior management team following the integration and restructuring last year of the company’s three global health care businesses (Market Measures/Cozint, NOP Healthcare, Strategic Marketing Corporation) into a single agency. David Bayton has returned to NOP World Health as European head of research. Christine Corner has been named European head of sales and business development. Ian Pike has been named European business development director and Charles Chaine has been added as a director.
Shelli Field has been named president of the TVG Marketing Research & Consulting business unit of PDI, Inc., Saddle River, N.J.