Ipsos Expands Its Regional Network in Asia Pacific
Paris, July 18, 2005. Ipsos, the world's third largest survey-based
market research group, has extended its network to include two new offices
in the Asia Pacific region.
The international company announced the recent opening of start-up offices
in the Philippines and Hong Kong. This brings up the number of Ipsos office
locations in Asia Pacific to fourteen.
The two new offices are under the direction of the Executive Director of
Ipsos in Asia Pacific, Steven Altman. The Philippines office is managed
by Senior Director Lou Ramoran, a former director of AC Nielsen, and the
Hong Kong office by General Manager, Alice Page. Alice previously set up
'Incepta Marketing Intelligence's offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Commenting on the start-ups, Richard Mecchi, CEO of Ipsos in Asia Pacific
stated : 'We are delighted to announce the launch of these two new country
offices. Ipsos in the Philippines increases our coverage in the important
southeast Asian market while Ipsos in Hong Kong will incorporate the luxury
division, working closely with Ipsos in Paris, focusing on high net worth
individuals and a range of products and services specially designed for
this market.'
The Ipsos Group
Founded in 1975 Ipsos is owned and managed by research professionals. The
company has been publicly traded since 1999. In 2004, Ipsos generated global
revenues of 606 million euros.
The Ipsos Group has offices in more than 40 countries internationally. In
the Asia Pacific region it now has dedicated offices in Japan (Tokyo and
Osaka), Korea, Taiwan, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu),
the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia (Sydney, Brisbane and
Melbourne).
For further information contact:
(For Ipsos Hong Kong) Alice Page, Tel: +852.2522.0611, Fax: +852.2522.7911,
email: Alice.page@ipsos-hk.com
(For Ipsos Philippines) Lourdes Ramoran, Tel : +632.914.1227, Fax
: +632.914.1215, email: ipsos_ph@globelines.com.ph
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Contacts : Catherine Roussiès,
Head of Ipsos Communications,
tel : +33 1 41 98 90 05, e.mail : Catherine.Roussies@ipsos.com
Catherine Martell, Catherine.martell@ipsos.com
Tel: +33 1 41 98 93 12
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