TNS Names Kingsbury as Marketing Sciences Head

TNS has appointed Research International veteran Mark Kingsbury as Global Head of Marketing Sciences, based in the UK and responsible for building the firm's existing technical capabilities and developing new solutions.

Kingsbury joins from Ipsos, where most recently he was MD of UK Marketing Specialism. Prior to this, he was MD of Bootstrap Insights, and spent nearly eight years as MD at Research International (RI). The latter included seven years in roles including management of RI's Marketing Science Centre and of its UK Business & Technology Division, plus a brief stint as MD of Quadrangle.

Matthew Froggatt Chief Development Officer at TNS, comments: 'Mark will be responsible for ensuring we define, develop and deliver best practice approaches to identify the precise answers to our clients' questions - applying sophisticated thinking to build simple solutions.'

Kingsbury takes up his new position next January.

Web site: www.tnsglobal.com .