Meyers To Replace Cranmer As Global CEO of Research International

Bob Meyers will take over as Global CEO of Research International
from Mark Cranmer who is leaving the business. Meyers moves from being
CEO of Millward Brown. He will be based in Chicago and will take over
his new role on 1st October with the transition from Mark to be
completed by the end of the year.

Commenting on the appointment, Eric Salama, CEO of Kantar (parent
company to both Millward Brown and Research International) said:

"Research International has changed for the better over the past
18 months and for that we are grateful to Mark. It is more
client-centric, more entrepreneurial and delivers more consistently to
its clients. Now we are going to accelerate the process of change.

Having a suite of compelling products which can be used by clients
globally, databases which clients can benchmark their performance
against, operational and process excellence, delivering insights in
compelling and engaging ways, helping clients translate great insights
into sales are all things which RI aspires to for all of its clients
everywhere. Bob has demonstrated his leadership skills and ability in
all of these areas as he steered Millward Brown to being one of the
most successful companies in the industry and has the added benefit of
being based in the US where RI's business and brand are not as strong
as they deserve to be.

RI's heritage and skills are different to MB's. They will continue
to occupy different spaces in the marketplace, have different
cultures, add value to clients in different ways. But we want all of
the Kantar businesses to share certain characteristics -
client-centric, value adding to clients, operationally excellent,
places where talent can thrive and be successful. And with that in
mind Bob is in a unique position to continue the good work which Mark
has started and to accelerate the changes which we have been making.

I'm delighted for us and for Bob and wish Mark every success in
whatever he does."

Bob Meyers said "I am delighted to become a part of one of the
world's great research brands and look forward to working with a
superb team to the benefit of RI clients."

Note to editors: On 12 April 2007, Kantar announced the
appointment of Eileen Campbell as the incoming CEO of Millward Brown.
She will assume sole charge of Millward Brown on 1 October.

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