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TNS APPOINTS MIKE GETTLE TO THE POST OF 
INTERIM CEO, NORTH AMERICA

January 30th, 2012

London, 30th January 2012—TNS has announced that Mike Gettle will extend his responsibilities to take on the role of interim CEO of the North American business.

Gettle takes up his new responsibilities immediately and will continue in his role as global CFO / COO.

David Kieselstein, who has led TNS’s business in North America since 2008, will be leaving TNS to take up a new role outside the research industry.

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