Munro is New CEO for Ipsos Australia

Ipsos Australia has appointed Hamish Munro as its new CEO, based in Sydney and replacing Hugh Amoyal.

Munro brings twenty years of experience including work in Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong in addition to his native Australia, with a focus on areas including brand / ad tracking and the co-ordination and analysis of large research projects.

Prior to joining Ipsos, he was CEO South East Asia and MD Singapore at TNS, responsible for the group's overall performance in SE Asia as well as for key regional client engagement and running two of the company's largest global trackers. He joined NFO in Indonesia in 1999, rising to the role of MD of Taiwan and Hong Kong before the firm's acquisition by TNS. Munro has also worked as Asia-Pacific Regional Director Technology for TNS, and for Research International as global client leader on Samsung and Senior Client Service Director Greater China.

Ipsos Asia-Pacific Managing Director David Richardson comments: 'Hamish has an excellent track record of addressing the underlying business issues of his clients, which will serve our clients well in the more challenging business environment we see today.'

Ipsos launched in Australia in 1999 and in addition its Sydney HQ has offices in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Web site: www.ipsos.com.au .