Toluna plc is incorporated in England and Wales. Its main country of operations is France.
Companies use Toluna’s pan-European and international panels of over 3.7 million active consumers, to conduct market research surveys. A cross-section of the panel can be used or specific sub-groups can be targeted. These sub-groups are consumers and professionals categorized by certain characteristics, interests or statuses so the survey can be targeted to desired respondents, and maximize the number of completed questionnaires. Together with this, Toluna’s ‘full service sample’ service includes programming and hosting the survey for a fixed fee.
Toluna’s proprietary hosted technology solutions are used by clients who wish to conduct their own targeted surveys, opinion polls or random sample surveys.
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The Board
George Kynoch, Chairman (**)
- George has over 30 years of experience in industry and was chief executive of G & G Kynoch plc (the predecessor of Kynoch Group plc, now called Bioquell plc, the listed designer and manufacturer of healthcare equipment for use in contamination control). He was a Grampian Industrialist of the Year in 1988 and received the Highland Business Award. Mr. Kynoch was the Scottish Office Industry and Local Government Minister from 1995 to 1997, while serving as a Member of Parliament for Kincardine and Deeside between 1992 and 1997. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Eurolink Managed Services plc and TEP Exchange Group plc, both of which are listed on AIM, and Mountwest 146 Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Talent Group plc, which is listed on AIM.
Frederic-Charles Petit, Chief Executive
- Frederic-Charles Petit is the founder and Chief Executive of Toluna plc. He holds a Masters degree in comparative jurisprudence from New York University and a diploma in advanced studies in international economic law from the Sorbonne in Paris (D. E. A.). He practiced as a French lawyer in the corporate department of Allen & Overy’s Paris office, before establishing Cjudge SAS in May 2000.
Richard Bernstein, Non-executive Director
- Richard has been a Non-Executive Director of Cjudge and Cjudge SAS since 2000. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989. Between 1994 and 1996 he ran his own specialist research house, Amber Analysis, which provided a risk management service for UK institutions managing over £100 billion. From August 1996 until June 1999 he was an equities analyst at Schroder Securities Limited. He is the Chief Executive of and a major shareholder in Eurovestech plc, which he founded in January 2000.
Perry Crosthwaite, Non-executive Director (**)
- Perry joined Fenn and Crosthwaite in 1972. In 1975 the firm merged with George Henderson to form Henderson Crosthwaite, of which he became a partner in 1979. In 1986, he was a Founding Director of Henderson Crosthwaite Institutional Brokers Limited, serving on its board until it was acquired by Investec in 1998. Subsequently he became Executive Chairman of Investec Investment Banking and Securities Limited and a Director of Investec Bank (U.K.) Limited, positions which he held until his retirement in 2004.
Simon Barrell, Non-executive Director, Finance (*)
- Simon Barrell FCA, qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Young in 1983. He then joined an accountancy practice in Nairobi, Kenya as a Senior Manager. On his return to the UK in 1987, he joined Binder Hamlyn. In 1994 he was appointed Finance Director of Napier Brown & Company Limited and Finance Director of Napier Brown Foods plc which was admitted to trading on AIM in December 2003. In August 2005 Napier Brown Foods plc was sold to The Real Good Food Company plc, and Simon became a self employed Consultant. He joined Toluna plc in June 2005 as a Non Executive Director, which specific responsibility for Finance.
G. Kynoch is Chairman of both the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
