Research Now's Smaluhn Named Netquest Europe MD

Online panel and data collection specialist Netquest has hired former Research Now MD Marc Smaluhn for its newly created role of Managing Director, Europe.

Acquired by GfK last year, Barcelona-based Netquest provides access to an invitation-only online panel comprising more than a million consumers covering 26 countries. Smaluhn (pictured) joins with 25 years' business experience. For more than a decade, he worked for digital data collection specialist Research Now as MD Continental Europe, serving as business leader for Benelux, German-speaking countries, Southern and Eastern Europe. Before this, he was MD of DoubleClick in Germany, prior to its acquisition by Google.

Netquest CEO and founder German Loewe comments: 'Marc has an impressive background and successful track record in not only large-scale management, but market research as well. He shows a committed interest and dedication to the promotion of our most innovative service offering, behavioral data. I truly believe Marc has an incredible ability to lead Netquest as the leading provider of genuine data in the European market.'

Web site: www.netquest.com .