ACNielsen Appoints Patrick Dodd as Group Managing Director, Central Europe

Global market research company, ACNielsen has named Patrick Dodd  as Group Managing Director for its newly created business region of Central Europe.  The new region  will encompass Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland and the Czech and Slovakia Republics.  Dodd, previously President of ACNielsen Canada, will take up his new position in August 2005 and will join ACNielsen’s European Executive Board. He will be based in Switzerland.

Lennart Bengtsson Named as New President for ACNielsen Emerging Markets

ACNielsen has promoted Lennart Bengtsson to the position of President, ACNielsen Emerging Markets. Bengtsson, previously Managing Director of  ACNielsen  Japan and Chief Marketing & Client Service Officer Asia Pacific, brings over 20 years of international market research experience to his new role.  ACNielsen is the market leader for retail, manufacturer and consumer research in the Emerging Markets region which covers over 40 countries from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and South Africa.  Bengtsson will relocate to ACNielsen’s Emerging Markets headquarters in Cyprus in August 2005.

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ACNielsen, a VNU business, is the world’s leading marketing information company.  Offering services in more than 100 countries, the company provides measurement and analysis of marketplace dynamics and consumer attitudes and behaviour.  Clients rely on ACNielsen’s market research, proprietary products, analytical tools and professional service to understand competitive performance, to uncover new opportunities and to raise the profitability of their marketing and sales campaigns.