Senior Hires for Canada's Leger

Canadian MR firm Leger has added Robert Dépatie to its Board of Directors, and appointed former Edelman DXI and Ipsos researcher Jennifer McLeod Macey as SVP Public Affairs in its Toronto office.

Established in 1986, Leger is the largest Canadian-owned market research and analytics company with more than 600 employees in eight Canadian and US offices. In the last two years it has acquired US research company 360 Market Reach and taken a majority stake in remote, AI-driven advertising test platform CUBE AI.

Dépatie (pictured above) brings more than twenty years of experience in senior management and business growth, notably as president of major Canadian companies such as Videotron, Québecor, St-Hubert Group, and the Residential and Business division of Rogers Communications'. The company says his appointment is intended to bring a new perspective to the Board.

McLeod Macey (pictured below) is an expert in public affairs and market research, previously EVP and Canada lead at Edelman DXI, she led a national team specializing in complex, integrated data and intelligence solutions for communications clients; earlier she held senior leadership roles at Ipsos Public Affairs and Pollara.

Company President Jean-Marc Léger says of the appointments: 'We are honoured to welcome two exceptional and renowned industry leaders to Léger, Robert Dépatie and Jennifer McLeod Macey, whose strategic expertise will contribute to Léger's development and enrich our clients' experience'.

Web site: www.leger360.com .

All articles 2006-23 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas, 2024- by Nick Thomas, unless otherwise stated.