Toluna Hires Chief Sales Officer

Toluna has appointed former Verint, Nielsen and Affinnova exec Kevin Daly in the new role of Chief Sales Officer.

Daly (pictured) brings fifteen years' experience working across a range of global market research and technology brands, most recently from Verint where he was Global Head of Experience Management. Earlier he worked in a Global SVP role at Nielsen; for Affinnova Inc. as SVP and GM SaaS Solutions; at 1stHour Communications as SVP of Sales and Marketing; and for office equipment firm Pitney Bowes as VP of Sales.

In his new role he leads the global sales team, with overall responsibility for driving growth. CEO Frederic-Charles Petit comments: 'Toluna has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years and is moving ahead at light speed - something we can only continue to do with the right talent at the helm. We're thrilled to welcome Kevin to the executive team and his skill set is a true asset to our business'.

Other senior moves for the group this year include the appointments of Kelly Albada Jelgersma and Houston Itzen asd VP Global Head of Sales Operations, and Global Head of Pricing respectively; Tammy Young as US SVP of Sales; Cate Rubenstein as SVP of Global Marketing; and the promotions of Mathilde Lelièvre to COO, and Susan Vidler to European CRO.

The parent company of Harris Interactive and KuRunData, Toluna is now focused around the end-to-end insights platform Start, launched last summer. Web site: www.tolunacorporate.com .

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