Sony Pictures Entertainment has named John Restall executive vice president of domestic marketing research, responsible for all domestic theatrical market research efforts for the studio’s marketing department.

David Kaminow has been named president of marketing by Annapurna Pictures, a Los Angeles production company. He will be responsible for all global marketing and publicity for Annapurna Pictures and its projects.

Tokyo researcher Macromill has appointed Kuniko Ogawa as chief technology officer and Teruaki Kido as chief financial officer.

Watertown, Mass., research firm Communispace has appointed Jonathan Stinnett as vice president and managing director of its New York City office.

David Weldon, managing director, brand, reputation citizenship and marketing for Barclays Bank, London, was named president of the World Federation of Advertisers, Brussels.

Kat Hounsell has been promoted to sales and marketing director at eDigitalResearch, Southampton, U.K., while Graham Larkin has moved to the business development team to lead special projects.

The Financial Times, London, has hired RenŽe Kaplan for the newly created role of head of audience engagement. Other new hires included Bede McCarthy as director of product, Mark Alderson as head of operations for the newsroom and Kevin Wilson as visual news editor.

Joseph Rabin, founder and president of Rabin Research Company, Chicago, has retired. He has served as national president and Chicago chapter president of the American Marketing Association as well as director of the Market Research Institute. He will be succeeded by Michelle Elster and Nina Mueller will move into the executive vice president position.

The Reputation Institute, New York, has appointed Scott Upham as vice president of U.S. measurement consulting, while Stephen Hahn-Griffiths joins as vice president of U.S. strategy consulting. Upham, founder and CEO and president at Valient Market Research, Rochester, N.Y., will continue his role there.

Kevin Ford has joined New York research firm ORC International as head of markets and products research in Europe. His responsibilities will include consolidating and expanding ORC’s markets and products offering.

In San Francisco, marketing firm Kvantum has hired Bill Gedwill as vice president of business development. Gedwill will be based in Chicago and will oversee Kvantum’s expansion efforts into the Midwest region as well as building relationships with clients in consumer packaged goods, retail, food and beverage industries.

Kevin C. Fox has joined Viega LLC, a Wichita, Kan., building materials firm, as the director of marketing.

Directions Research, Cincinnati, has promoted Erin Dougherty to senior account executive and Michael Hunter to senior project manager. New hires include Maritza Espinal as senior research analyst, Rick Haneberg as production services assistant and Austin Hatch as onsite project manager for its Minneapolis office.

Fredda Hurwitz has been promoted to global chief strategy officer at the Havas Sports and Entertainment (Havas SE), marketing firm, London, while Thiago Bersou joined as global creative planning director.

Finn Partners, a communications and public relations firm headquartered in New York, has hired Chris Lawrence as director of research. He will be located in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

St. Petersburg, Fla., digital media firm Catalina has promoted Dak Liyanearachchi to chief data officer.

In New York, researcher firm TNS has promoted Andy Turton to head of automotive for the Americas. He was previously global development director for TNS Automotive.

Richard Hirata has joined State College, Pa., research firm VideoMining Corp. as senior vice president of analytics product management.

Kinesis Survey Technologies, a survey software specialist in Austin, Texas, has hired Reaghan Roche as marketing manager.

Victoria Wood has joined Vision One Research, London, as director, leading its qualitative, advertising and retail services.

Digital agency network Wunderman, New York, has hired Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis as global chief analytics officer. He will be based in Dallas. Separately, Gary Laben been named global chief data officer. He will continue in his role as CEO of KBM Group, the data, insights and marketing technology arm of Wunderman.

ICapital Network, a New York financial services firm, has hired Hannah Shaw Grove as senior vice president and chief marketing officer.

London research company Crowd DNA has promoted Sarah Brierley to business and strategy director and Aurelie Jamard to associate director of innovation. Also, Laura Warby has joined the company as a senior consultant and Milly Derbyshire as a consultant.

Timothy Keiningham, global chief strategy officer and executive vice president at Ipsos Loyalty, received the Journal of Service Management’s2014 Robert Johnston Outstanding Paper of the Year award for his paper titled “A longitudinal examination of customer commitment and loyalty.”

Jane Bloomfield has joined the London office of Millward Brown as brand development director with responsibilities for strengthening client relationships and expanding the firm’s services.

Vision One Research, London, has hired Victoria Wood as director of the qualitative insight team. She will head the qualitative, advertising and retail services, along with developing Vision One’s AdProbe advertising research platform.

RS Consulting, London, has made several promotions, with Lorena Arrospide, Rhiannon Jones and Danielle Rodgerson moving from senior research consultant to research manager. Also, Chloe Gooders and Claire Chiu were named research consultants, Arun Shrestha senior research consultant and Emanuela Lombardi research operations coordinator.

Media agency MEC South Africa, Johannesburg, has appointed Alan Morrissey as head of analytics and insights.

Marc Goulet has been promoted to vice president, client development, at Russell Research, East Rutherford, N.J.

Milwaukee researcher Market Probe has hired Joseph Retzer as chief research officer and Andrea Corrado as vice president.

Havas Media Group has appointed Damien Marchi as its global head of content. He will be based in the firm’s Paris headquarters.

Paris researcher Toluna has appointed Ludovic Milet as managing director, APAC. He will be based in Hong Kong.

NatCen, Britain’s social research institute, has named Phil Doggett as interim chief operating officer.

Carol Fitzgerald, CEO and founder of BuzzBack Market Research, New York, was named one of Enterprising Women’s 2015 Enterprising Women of The Year. A total of 95 women received the honor, which recognizes women who have fast-growth businesses, are community leaders and mentor other women and girls involved in entrepreneurship.

Andy Ellis will become president of New Orleans sample specialist Fulcrum, replacing Michael McCrary. McCrary will move over to the role of chief revenue officer of the Federated Sample business unit. The two companies had formed one company but split last summer into the two lines.

In Warren, N.J., research firm Lightspeed GMI has hired Emma Beech as vice president, operations EMEA, to lead the operations teams in Europe. She will be based in the London office.

Andrew Appel, president and CEO of Information Resources Inc., Chicago, has been named to the board of directors of the Advertising Research Foundation, New York, for a three-year term.

Amy Populorum has joined Arlington, Texas, researcher　Decision Analyst Inc. as senior vice president of client services.

Claire Grimmond has joined media research company Digital-i, Taunton, U.K., as managing director.

Danielle Levitas has joined San Francisco software firm App Annie as senior vice president of research and analysis to head its new internal research team.

Kadence India has hired Deepak Singh as managing partner.

The Target Research Group, Nanuet, N.Y., has hired Christopher Marino as account group manager at its headquarters and Leo Jon Jurado as survey programmer in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Claire Milner has joined family research specialist iGen Insight, London, as a research manager.

Little Rock, Ark., information company Acxiom has appointed Rick Erwin as president and general manager of its Audience Solutions division, which includes company’s data and decision sciences resources.

Redwood City, Calif., software firm Attensity has hired Cary Fulbright as chief strategy officer and promoted James Purchase to vice president of business development and Nick Arnett to director of product management.

Kurt DelBene is returning to Microsoft as executive vice president of corporate strategy and planning. He had left the firm in 2013 to work as a senior advisor to the U.S. the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Elke Neuteboom has been appointed by Beehive Research, London, as research director, responsible for managing mixed methodology programs for clients.

Izzy Nurdin has joined London research firm Dub as client services director.

Iselin, N.J., research company　Schlesinger　Associates has promoted Terri-Lyn Hawley to vice president operations and has expanded the role of Stephenie Gordon, vice president of qualitative solutions, to include management of the firm’s 14 focus group facilities across the U.S.

Remy Denton has joined CMI, an Atlanta research firm, as research manager.

Krux, a San Francisco data management software firm, has appointed Baochi Nguyen as vice president of marketing.

Garden-Fresh Foods, Milwaukee, has hired Jim Gawronski as director of sales and marketing and Mike Walz as chief operating officer, along with promoting Robert Clark to director of research and development. Tom Hughes, who co-founded Garden-Fresh along with Vicki Hughes, will remain as president.

San Francisco software firm Mindjet has appointed Amy Millard　as its new chief marketing officer.

Carla Bourque has joined Los Angeles researcher Instantly　as general manager for its Automated Sample division.

John Nardone has joined London technology company Flashtalking as CEO.

Smarty Pants, a Johnson City, Tenn., research firm, has added Charles DeGregorio to its team as qualitative research guru.

Renee Loman has joined EurekaFacts, a Rockville, Md., research firm, as focus group coordinator, responsible for promoting the company’s facilities, services and products.

Webtrends, a Portland, Ore., digital analytics specialist, has promoted Xavier Le Hericy to the newly created role of chief security officer and vice president of security and privacy.

Sparks, Md., food production company McCormick & Company has appointed Nneka Rimmer to the role of senior vice president of corporate strategy and development.

New York marketing firm Interbrand named Victoria Leavitt CEO of consumer and retail brand experience in North America. She will oversee the Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, offices for consumer branding and retail.

Irvine, Calif., marketing firm Strottman International has appointed　Amy Henry　as senior vice president of strategic insights.

Barron T. Evans　has joined　Targetbase, a Dallas communications company, as vice president of strategy.　

Hartford, Conn., insurance company　The Hartford　has named Kathy　Bromage　as chief marketing and communications officer, effective June 1.

Port Washington, N.Y., research firm　Paradigm Sample　has added　Rick Wilson　as vice president of online and mobile solutions.

Wayne Lashua has joined Cincinnati researcher　Burke, Inc.　as vice president, senior account executive in client services.