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Ian Jeffrey
Ian Jeffrey has been appointed as Ipsos Markinor’s CEO from October 2009. Ian will focus on future growth and business development. He has vast experience in different sectors of the market and opinion research industry and is a proven leader with commercial acumen and thought leadership in marketing research. Jeffrey joins Ipsos from Synovate where he assumed a number of leadership roles including Client Services Director and, more recently, Group Client Services Director (sub-Saharan Africa) and Global Mystery Shopping Operations Director. He was previously at the UK-based Lodge Group for 14 years, where he headed a number of business units for the South African subsidiary, culminating in Group Managing Director. Ian set up and ran React Surveys (Lodge’s marketing research operation) in South Africa from 1993 until 2001.
Shirley Benney
Shirley Benney, Ipsos Markinor’s CEO from 1997 to 2009 has taken up the position of COO and will be engaging in a hands-on approach growing the operations side of the business. During her 25 years at Markinor, Shirley has worked her way up the ranks and managed very successful business units specialising in large tracking studies for leading financial, services, telecommunications and FMCG companies. We at Markinor and our business partners profit from Shirley’s formidable business acumen and her responsive and energetic managerial style.
Mari Harris
Mari Harris is a renowned and highly respected political analyst and is currently Ipsos Markinor’s Managing Executive: Business Development & Public Affairs. Before 1989, when Mari joined this company, she honed her socio-political research skills at the Institute for Political and Africa Studies at the University of Potchefstroom and Strategic Concepts. She holds a degree in Communication Studies and postgraduate degrees in International Politics and is a frequent speaker at international conferences and a member of various associations. This wealth of experience infuses all her projects with expert knowledge and skill.
Nicole Ndoumbe-Myers
Nicole Ndoumbe-Myers has been appointed Head of Ipsos-ASI for Ipsos South Africa and the sub-Saharan region. She relocated from the Ipsos head office in Paris and is now based at the Ipsos Markinor head office in Randburg. Nicole has a master’s degree in marketing and 17 years’ experience in market research in Europe. A true global employee, she started her career in market research in France, followed by a 5-year stint at the Ipsos London offices as the Ipsos-ASI Europe Tracking Director. Nicole describes herself as a consultant in brand equity and communication strategy. Her passion is to build strong brands and to ensure that clients achieve a return on their advertising investments by providing them with the solutions to measure advertising effectiveness and making action-orientated recommendations to impact on their bottom line.
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