TNS Hires Samsung's Yong Joo Park as CRO AsiaPac

TNS has hired client side researcher Yong Joo Park for the newly created role of Chief Research Officer for the Asia Pacific region. He will join on 1st April.

Park (pictured) joins with a background including senior marketing and insights roles for a number of global organisations, most recently Samsung Electronics in South Korea. He joined Samsung in 2005 as Vice President in charge of a number of business functions including global product planning and marketing; innovation; and global consumer and market insights. Earlier in his career, he held global insights roles in the US and Philippines at General Mills, Motorola, Kellogg's and Nielsen.

CEO, Asia Pacific Chris Riquier comments: 'We are absolutely focused on delivering the very best expertise to support our clients' critical business decisions. Yong's extensive global experience and proven senior leadership ability will enable us to really strengthen our impact for clients across the region.'

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