Prince (pictured), will report to Kantar chief executive officer Alexis Nasard and be responsible for developing Kantar products and real-time platforms. He will be based in London.

Prince was most recently president of Neustar analytics solutions. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer, global media, at National Geographic and senior vice-president, strategy and business development, at AOL. 

Nasard said: “Ted has a proven track record in integrating new technologies, data and analytics to build new business models and products that drive a sustainable competitive advantage for Kantar and our clients.”