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Meet Nielsen's China Leadership Team.
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Mitch Barns
President, The Nielsen Company Greater China
Mr Barns oversees all of Nielsen's businesses in Greater China, including its Media, Online, and Mobile services, as well as its Consumer practice (ie retail measurement, customized research, consumer panels, analytic consulting, and BASES). In this role, Mitch reports to Nielsen’s global Chairman & CEO, David Calhoun.
This role builds on Mitch's experience gained in the US and Europe, where previous to this appointment he was Global President of Nielsen’s Homescan, Spectra, and Loyalty practices. Prior to this, he was Global President of Nielsen’s BASES and Analytic Consulting groups.
Before joining Nielsen in 1997, Mitch worked at The Procter & Gamble Company, where his experience included roles in marketing research and brand management.
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Chris Morley
Managing Director, The Nielsen Company China
Chris Morley was appointed as Managing Director of Nielsen China in January 2008, heading the Customized and Retail businesses in China.
Before coming to China, Chris was the Managing Director of ACNielsen Vietnam for three years.
Chris brings to China a wealth of experience gained during his time in Vietnam, and previous to that, at ACNielsen Australia, following eight years in the market research industry in the UK.
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Umang Pabaru
Managing Director, The Nielsen Company, Greater China
Umang is responsible for Consumer Research in Greater China and is based in HK.
Umang brings more than 15 years’ of commercial experience in global market research and is recognized as one of the leading researchers in Asia. He brings with him extensive experience across a wide range markets and industry sectors as well as hands-on management experience of a number of regional client accounts. Previously, Umang has worked at TNS in HK and Nielsen in India.
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Jed Meyer
Managing Director, Media Services, Nielsen Greater China
Jed Meyer is responsible for the strategy and product line for the company’s media business in Greater China.
Jed joined Nielsen in 1992. In his 16+ years at Nielsen, he has worked in a wide range of roles, including senior management roles in the USA’s Local Television Client Services, where he led the Local Cable group, and Nielsen Online, where he led the development of the SiteCensus measurement platform. Since February 2007, Jed has been Senior VP of DigitalPlus for Nielsen in the USA. In this role, he led Nielsen’s efforts to develop new client applications for digital set top box (STB) data by combining STB information with other data to define standards for digital commerce. |
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Kenneth Lee
Executive Director, Consumer Research Services, The Nielsen Company China
Kenneth Lee was appointed to Executive Director, Customized Research Services, Nielsen China in June 2005. Prior to this Kenneth was Executive Director, Retail Measurement Services, Nielsen China, overseeing retail measurement services in China. Kenneth possesses extensive experience in Retail & FMCG industry. He has over 13 years research experience of which he has spent 9 years in China. He has been helping his clients, mostly multi-national manufacturers, in identifying opportunity and formulating marketing strategies, such as prioritizing sales resources, exploring investment opportunities, and launching new products.
Prior to joining Nielsen, Kenneth has also worked in fabric product manufacturer in Southern China and a financial institute in the United States. Kenneth holds B.S. Degree in Finance, Arizona State University. |
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Oliver Rust
Executive Director, The Nielsen Company China
Oliver Rust is currently heading the Client Solutions for our Premier Clients in China across The Nielsen Company Services. Oliver has had 10 years experience in the market research industry from various markets in Europe and Asia Pacific. He brings with him a host of experience in customized, consumer panels and retail measurement and poses a broad knowledge in handling different industry research from multi-national to local clients including government, Telecommunications but his expertise lies in the FMCG environment.
Prior to his current position Oliver worked with Nielsen for 5 years as a Regional Client Director for Greater China and most recently the Executive Director for Nielsen Retail Measurement Service in Taiwan. Before this Oliver worked for Taylor Nelson Sofres in various client servicing roles in Europe before setting up Consumer Panel Services in Russia, China and Hong Kong. Oliver graduated from the University of Kent with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Human Geography.
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Hans Yu
Managing Director, Online Research, The Nielsen Company China
Hans Yu is Managing Director China for Nielsen Online (formerly Nielsen//NetRatings), the global standard for digital audience measurement and analysis and the premier source for online advertising intelligence. Hans joined Nielsen//NetRatings Pacific in 1999 as Chief Statistical Controller and Principal Analyst. |
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Rita Chan
Executive Director, Media Service, The Nielsen Company China
Rita has worked with The Nielsen Company for over 25 years and is responsible for the Advertising Information Service, Audience Measurement and new media measurement services in China. She has been named one of the Top 50 advertising women.
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