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TNS has named BOB NEUHAUS as global head of its finance sector, a role he will perform alongside his existing position as head of the firm's North American financial services division. He joined TNS in 2006 after holding senior roles at global financial houses including JP Morgan, M&T Bank and Greenwich Associates.

Research software and services firm GMI has appointed SEAN O'NEILL as vice president of product and program management, JOEL ROSENBERGER as vice president of engineering and DAVE SAMPSON as vice president of demand generation and customer experience. O'Neill joins from consumer loyalty and rewards firm Utango, Rosenberger from Amazon.com and Sampson from social networking service Sampa Corporation.

Angus Reid Strategies in Canada has added JAIDEEP MUKERJI and HAMISH MARSHALL to its North American public affairs practice. Mukerji was previously a senior analyst at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Marshall was manager of strategic planning for Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper.

UK agency ICM Research has appointed CAROLINE SHARP as research director and STUART MALCOLM as project manager. Sharp joins the firm from Leapfrog Research and Planning and Malcolm was previously at Sparkler Brand Insight Consultancy.

FRANK SAEZ has joined IFM Sports Marketing Surveys in the UK as managing director. He was previously vice president of IMG research division Comperio and director of research at Kagan Media World. Former MD STEPHEN PROCTOR remains a director and a member of the IFM Group management board.

Portrait Software, a UK firm specialising in consumer interaction software, has appointed LUKE McKEEVER as CEO. He joins the company from marketing software agency Capital ID where he held the same role. The firm's former chief executive, NICK RANDALL, has retired.

MATT COGGAN has joined JRA Research in the UK as head of qualitative research. He joins from research consultancy The Cog and previously had a three-year spell at Nunwood.

US online ad network Doclix has appointed YAEL YEKUTIEL as vice president of marketing and public relations. Yekutiel was previously head of marketing at display ad marketplace Traffiq.

DENISE GARCIA has joined US online TV network Next News Networks as senior vice president of sales. She joins from video ad network Vibrant media and previously worked as vice president of advertising and media at Gartner.

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