Febri Nugraha has been promoted from his previous position of qualitative head director of Kadence Indonesia, after six years at the company and 18 years in Indonesia’s market research industry.

In the US, Miriam Konz (pictured) has been hired by Kadence to run its Boston office. She has 25 years’ experience in quantitative market research and analysis and joins from in4mation insights where she was managing director of client service.

She will explore new sector expansion, while building Kadence’s brand in the US.

Masaaki Nomiya, Kadence’s vice-president of global research, said: “Indonesia is the largest economy in South East Asia and a key emerging market on a global scale. From a research perspective, no one knows the region better than Febri. Miriam comes to us with a wealth of experience across multiple sectors and markets in the US, and we’re extremely excited she will be leading the team and expanding Kadence in to new areas.”