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Staff Changes for RI in the USA
Research International (RI) in the USA has appointed Alastair Bruce as Global Head of Healthcare and Mike Patrick as Senior VP, while Alexanders Kleijngeld transfers from RI Netherlands as VP.
Bruce, who will be based in the company's Stamford office, joins the company from GfK Martin Hamblin, where he ran the company's healthcare practice. Prior to GfK he worked for TNS/NFO.
Based in Phoenix, Patrick previously worked for IBM and Ameritech and also ran his own consulting practice. His background includes marketing research, econometrics, IT and applied data analysis.
Kleijngeld, who transfers to Minneapolis from the Netherlands, originally joined RI's consumer division in 1995. He left the company in 1999 and worked for Sara Lee, World Online and Orange in various marketing research and product management roles. He returned to RI in 2002 as a Business Unit Manager.
The company, which is owned by Kantar and will play a key role in the recently announced partnership with AARP (www.mrweb.com/drno/news4315.htm ), is online at www.research-int.com .

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