Research Now Announces Executive Appointments to Lead Client Development and Marketing Efforts across Europe and Asia Pacific
Martin Filz named Managing Director, EMEA and APAC; Konstanze Just named Senior Vice President, Global Marketing

PLANO, TX, January 23, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Research Now, the leading global online sampling and data collection company, today announced the appointment of two of its London-based staff to lead the company's client development and marketing initiatives across Europe and Asia Pacific.

Martin Filz has been promoted to Managing Director for EMEA and APAC, overseeing and managing the corresponding client development leadership teams while assuming responsibility for client development activities across both markets. In this new role, Martin will also oversee EMEA and APAC's marketing function. Most recently, Martin served as Managing Director for the UK. Prior to this, he was responsible for the overall Research Now business across Asia Pacific, including client development, operations, finance and marketing. He will continue to serve as part of the Executive Management team, reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Kurt Knapton.

"Since joining the company as Managing Director for APAC in 2009, Martin has played an integral role in expanding the APAC business into China, Japan and India, and was responsible for growing the company's business in the UK considerably in the past year," said Knapton. "For these very reasons, I am confident in his capability and determination to successfully lead our international team across both EMEA and APAC, while more closely aligning our marketing and client development efforts locally."

Konstanze Just has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, responsible for coordinating and developing the marketing and branding strategies of the e-Rewards group and Research Now worldwide. In this new role, Konstanze will also oversee global public relations, and will continue to lead marketing across EMEA. Konstanze joined Research Now in 2009 and most recently served as Vice President of Global Marketing. As part of her recent promotion, Konstanze now serves on the Executive Management team and also reports directly to Kurt Knapton.

Kurt continued: "Additionally, we are very pleased to welcome Konstanze to our Executive Management team. With over 15 years of experience in European and global marketing and branding, and a keen sense of what is important to our clients across the globe, Konstanze is ideally suited to see to it that our brand consistently delivers what we promise to our key stakeholders worldwide."

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