Professor Niels Schillewaert elected as Council member of ESOMAR

ESOMAR, the world association for market and opinion research, has recently elected Niels Schillewaert, Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and Managing Partner at InSites Consulting, as one of its eight new Council Members for the 2011/2012 term. The new Council which also has a new President (Dieter Korczak) and Vice President (Mike Cooke) will take office on 1 January, 2011.

About ESOMAR

ESOMAR which was founded in 1948, is the world organisation for enabling better research into markets, consumers and societies. With more than 4,600 members in over 100 countries, ESOMAR’s aim is to promote the value of market and opinion research in illuminating real issues and bringing about effective decision-making. To facilitate this ongoing dialogue, ESOMAR creates and manages a comprehensive programme of industry-specific and thematic conferences, publications and communications as well as actively advocating self-regulation and the worldwide code of practice.