NEW YORK, April 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Ziment Group, a leading global healthcare marketing research and consulting organization, announces the addition of two new business units and appointments of new executives to lead the divisions. The expansion reflects the rapid growth of the group's four companies: Ziment Custom, the strategic primary marketing research division; imap Research, syndicated market tracking research; and Consumer Health Sciences (CHS), which conducts the National Health and Wellness Survey, the leading disease-specific consumer survey; and All Global, the market leader in global healthcare data collection.
Eva Laparra has been named Vice President, Marketing of Ziment Group, responsible for marketing and communications programs for all group companies. As a former founder and Director of All Global Ltd. in London, Laparra is largely responsible for the company's impressive growth over the past six years to become a global industry leader. Her broad experience includes similar functions at other data collection companies.
Jonathan S. Spiess joins Ziment Group as Vice President, Technology and Innovation. Spiess is responsible for providing innovative, state-of-the-art technology solutions that advance Ziment's operations, marketing and product development. With more than 20 years of business technology experience, he has held management positions in technology and R&D with major pharmaceutical companies, such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. Spiess was also founder, principal, and Chief Technology Officer of a digital marketing company.
"With our unprecedented growth in recent years to become one of the leading marketing research organizations worldwide, Ziment Group has continually been expanding functions, technologies and staff," said Lynnette Cooke, Chief Executive Officer of Ziment Group. "Eva and Jonathan are exceptionally qualified to advance our growth to the next level."
About Ziment Group
Ziment Group is a leading global marketing research group of companies serving the healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries for more than 30 years. Ziment Group is the global healthcare research brand for The Kantar Group, the Information and Consultancy Division of WPP, plc. For more information, visit www.zimentgroup.com.
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