Clement Feng has joined Broan-NuTone LLC , Hartford, Wis., as vice president, marketing. Marketing research will be among his new responsibilities.
R. L. Polk & Co. has named Kendra Rawls vice president, R. L. Polk & Co. and general manager, R. L. Polk Canada, Inc. Rawls replaces Bill Murray , who has been named vice president, international development at Polk’s headquarters in Southfield, Mich.
Nena Barredo has been appointed managing director of the new Manila, Philippines office of Millward Brown. Millward Brown Singapore Manager Ian Kwan will transfer to the new Manila office. Separately, the firm has named Neerja Wable marketing and business development director for the Asia Pacific region. Vivian Rowden has been appointed managing director of Millward Brown’s Australia and New Zealand operations. Rowden will be based in Sydney. Marian McCormick has been named managing director of the firm’s Melbourne office. At Millward Brown Firefly, the firm’s Asia Pacific qualitative division, Neil Doyle has been named divisional head for Australia. Chris Ovenden has taken the newly created position of business development director of Millward Brown’s Australian resources division. Rachel Evans has been promoted to associate account director in Millward Brown’s U.K. office. In France, Nic Bulois has joined as director, client services, from Millward Brown Canada. In the Mainland Europe office, Pierre Gomy has been named research and development director. Gomy is based in Paris and will have specific responsibility for CategoryDynamics.
Frans Cremers will retire as a member of the executive board and as chief financial officer of VNU N.V ., as of July 1, 2005. He will act as an advisor to the chairman, from July 1, 2005 until December 31, 2006.
Juan Pablo Quevedo has joined Pioneer Marketing Research, Atlanta, as director of Hispanic research.
Jim Cohen has been named partner and vice president of Micromarketing Strategy Partners , a Willow Grove, Pa., research firm.
Seattle-based Global Market Insite has named Mike Billingsley sales director, North America, and head of the Dallas office. Sean Case has been named sales director, North America, Seattle office.
Bjørn Haugland has been named president of Itracks Europe , the new European office of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based Interactive Tracking Systems Inc.
Online research firm Ciao AG has expanded its London-based client-service team with the appointment of Victoria Bagshaw as market research sales consultant.
The Family Research Group , Baltimore, has hired Jenny James as research analyst.
Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide has named Dave Euson vice president of marketing planning and strategy.
Following the integration of TNS and NFO WorldGroup, Stephen Factor , formerly CEO of NFO WorldGroup U.K., has been named managing director of TNS in the U.K.
CKE Restaurants, Inc., Carpinteria, Calif., has named Brad Haley executive vice president of marketing for the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands. Marketing research will be among his new responsibilities.
Nancy Ashmore has been appointed facility director and Lesley Hansen will oversee project management and recruiting at the new Dallas focus group facility of Schlesinger Associates , Edison, N.J.
G & S Research, Carmel, Ind., has named Ann Sullivan project manager.
Doane Marketing Research, Inc., St. Louis, has promoted Eric Novak to vice president, quantitative methods.
Phil Bounsall has been named executive vice president at Indianapolis-based Walker Info rmation. Bounsall returns to Walker Information, where he served as chief financial officer from 1994 to 1996 and was a member of the company’s board of directors from 1999 to 2003.
South Norwalk, Conn., research firm The Westport Company has named Lisa Bertelsen director.
Susan Vena has joined Protocol Research Solutions, New York, as a senior vice president. Mike Saletta has been named vice president business development. He will be responsible for the firm’s Midwest business and will be based at Protocol Marketing Group headquarters in Deerfield, Ill. Lisa Gibbons has been appointed vice president, research services, New York.
Belkist Padilla, president and principal of Insights Marketing Group, Inc., Miami, has been awarded a Master Moderator Certificate from the RIVA Training Institute. Padilla, one the first two moderators in the U.S. to earn the certificate, is also the first Hispanic in North America to earn the certificate.
New York-based Scarborough Research has named Mitch McKinnon account director in the Print and Internet Group.
Marc Johnson has been named vice president of product development and data management for NPD Techworld, the technology tracking division of The NPD Group, Inc., Port Washington, N.Y. In addition, Peter Greene has been named vice president and general manager of NPD Houseworld.
J.D. Power and Associates, Westlake Village, Calif., has named Scot Eisenfelder senior vice president of its automotive retail practice.
Scott W. Klein has been named president and CEO of Information Resources, Inc ., Chicago.
Portland, Ore.-based research firm Doxus has named Alan Bates research analyst.
MRSI (Marketing Research Services Inc.) has named Paula Coletta senior research analyst at the company’s headquarters in Cincinnati.
Cynthia Popich has joined Market Trends Research , Seattle, as project manager.
Brenda K. Bryan has joined Interactive Marketing & Research, Inc., Charlotte, N.C., as senior project director.