Press Release
On Behalf of SKOPOS Market Research

22nd March 2002

SKOPOS appoint new Managing Director, Darren Noyce
from Harris Interactive

 SKOPOS, the international market research, today announce that they have hired Darren Noyce as UK Managing Director. Darren exits his Research Director role at the London office of the Harris Interactive/Total Corporation, and will takeover the new position at the beginning of April 2002.

Darren will be in charge of growing the company in the UK from its office in Chiswick, maximising the commercial advantages available to the firm - its unique understanding of internet business; its active and ever-growing pan-European panel of internet users (“SKOPOS Euro-Panel”) for online research; and building on its existing relationships with clients in the UK and from the company’s operations in Europe. (Clients include Egg, Siemens, Ericsson,  BMW, and T-Online).

This growth will include domestic and international, consumer and B2B markets, as well as specialist sectors such as e-commerce and online financial services.

Darren Noyce says:

“Growing Skopos in the UK is a fantastic challenge for me and one that I can’t wait to get my teeth into. I am eager to stress to the UK market that Skopos is not just about online research. The Skopos philosophy is simply Intelligent Research; combining the best offline and online research methods, with business understanding and first class service. This has and will empower our clients’ decision-making and ultimately ensure their success – and keep them coming back to Skopos!”

Darren will report directly to the company’s German HQ in Cologne.

Olaf Hoffman (MD) says:

“Getting Darren Noyce on board for the UK is a real boost for us. Darren’s strong experience of traditional and modern data collection methods, especially from his time at Harris, will greatly enhance our capabilities here. His knowledge of various business sectors will also help us to apply our abilities, and his informal yet dynamic management style will be a real bonus for the staff and the business. Above all else, I can’t wait to introduce him to our clients”.

About Skopos, yes!!! Perhaps see website for some sentences.

SKOPOS is an international market research agency. A part of the dooyoo group, it operates in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Offering full service traditional research, SKOPOS also specialises in online methodologies.

Contact Details: Darren Noyce and HQ (me)