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Marcus Rich will replace Mark Cranmer who is stepping down to focus on other business ventures after almost two years in the role.

The agency has also opened a new office in Singapore.

Hosted by Mediatel, the awards recognise and celebrate those organisations and individuals that are driving innovation and development in UK media research.

Mindshare’s Chris Daines will take on the newly-created role from January.

DCM will take over the contract, which is currently held by Pearl & Dean, from 12 December, and will see DCM cover 81% of cinemas in the UK, representing 3,107 screens at 485 sites.

The US presidential election and Brexit vote have had little impact on advertising budgets, according to GroupM’s latest ad forecast; however, Zenith has forecast a slowdown in UK growth over the next few years.

Gooding is also chair of trustees at LGBT group Stonewall and a member of the executive committee for Women in Advertising and Communications London.

Sky Media’s deputy MD Jamie West said running campaigns via Sky AdVance – which allows advertisers to connect journeys across screens – had increased click-through rates by as much as 60% for some brands.

Sarah Golding, CEO and partner of CHI & Partners, will succeed Tom Knox as president of the IPA in March 2017.

GroupM’s global chairman, Irwin Gotlieb, has said television broadcasters – against a backdrop of “distrust” and “bickering” over the subject – must move quicker to adopt addressable TV to help future-proof the medium.