Kantar Names Insights APAC CEO

Kantar has appointed Cheong Tai Leung as Chief Executive Officer of its Insights Asia Pacific business. She is based in Singapore and takes over from Wayne Levings, who will now focus exclusively on his role as Kantar's Chief Client Officer.

Leung (pictured) will join in the first half of 2023, having most recently served as Regional President, Asia Pacific at GfK, responsible for driving transformation, growth and profitability for a portfolio including market intelligence and digital solutions across the region. Before this, she spent nine years at Nielsen - joining in 2008 as Chief Operating Officer, before becoming the Region President in 2010, responsible for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa markets; and earlier she held leadership roles at GE Consumer Finance and GE Healthcare.

Levings has held the role for the past two years, alongside his Chief Client Officer responsibilities. Leung will report to CEO Chris Jansen, who thanked Levings, and said: 'Cheong Tai brings more than twenty years of international leadership and business management experience across emerging, developing markets and Asia Pacific. She will be a huge asset to our business as we continue to build our relationships and push for growth in this most dynamic of regions'.

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