{"id":9985,"date":"2019-05-15T08:05:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grbn.org\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2019-05-11T18:21:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T16:21:55","slug":"efamro-appoints-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grbn.org\/efamro-appoints-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"EFAMRO Appoints New President"},"content":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 April 2019\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/strong>EFAMRO APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe European Research Federation (EFAMRO) has appointed Bernd Wachter, chief executive of Psyma Group AG, as its new president.\u00a0 He takes over from Andrew Cannon, executive director at Global Research Business Network (GRBN), after seven years in the role.\r\n\r\nBernd Wachter has been chief executive of German market research agency, Psyma Group AG, for seven years. \u00a0He is the chairman of business association, ADM Arbeitskreis Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstitute, and has been a member of the EFAMRO executive board since September 2018. \u00a0Bernd Wachter comments:<\/strong> \u201cI am proud to contribute to EFAMRO\u00b4s role as an important stakeholder in the market research sector.\u00a0\u00a0 Coverage is key, so I will strive to broaden our list of members and prioritize fruitful co-operation between the professional and industry associations on a national as well as an international level. \u00a0Thank you to Debrah and Pepe for their ongoing commitment to our Executive Board \u2013 EFAMRO will continue to have great success.\u201d\r\n\r\nDebrah Harding, managing director of MRS<\/strong>, will continue in her role as EFAMRO\u2019s vice president and said of Andrew\u2019s departure: \u201cWe would like to thank Andrew for his excellent leadership over the past seven years.\u00a0 During his tenure he oversaw the expansion of EFAMRO\u2019s membership, as well as the strengthening of our ties to ESOMAR including our joint public affairs representation to Europe on vital legislative changes including GDPR and e-privacy.\u00a0 We look forward to working with him closely in the future as he continues in his role as executive director at GRBN.\u201d\r\n\r\nAndrew Cannon comments<\/strong>: \u201cI am proud to have served as EFAMRO President. \u00a0During my time as President, I have had the honour of working with many professional association leaders, as well as Jan Oostveen, EFAMRO\u2019s Director General, who all share a passion for the future success of the European research industry. \u00a0I leave EFAMRO in the capable hands of Bernd as the new President and look forward to further broadening the co-operation between EFAMRO and GRBN.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\r\n\r\nNotes to editors<\/u>\r\n\r\nAbout efamro<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe European Federation of Associations of Market Research Organisations (efamro<\/em><\/strong>) is a European federation of market, social and opinion research agency trade associations \u2013the voice of the European market research sector.\r\n\r\nefamro<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s mission is to:\r\n