Ipsos-Synovate Kenya managing director Maggie Ireri is set to exit the company in September. PHOTO|FILE
By MUGAMBI MUTEGI
In Summary
- David Somers, the Ipsos CEO for sub-Saharan Africa, declined to elaborate on Ms Ireri’s exit, only saying that an official statement will be released next week.
- The incoming Kenya MD was the Ipsos-Synovate Tanzania managing director between January 2011 and June 2013, when he joined the Kenyan subsidiary as COO of the group that is synonymous with opinion polling in the country.
- Ms Ireri is leaving the pollster after having worked there for 13 years.
Ipsos-Synovate Kenya managing director Maggie Ireri
is set to exit the company in September in an apparent shake up of the
research company’s executive suite that will also see the exit of Joe
Otin, the managing director for the group’s Media Pan Africa unit.
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Ms Ireri, 39, who has been at the helm for four years, has already served notice.
Management has settled on Aggrey Oriwo, the current chief operating officer (COO), as her replacement.
David Somers, the Ipsos CEO for sub-Saharan Africa,
declined to elaborate on Ms Ireri’s exit, only saying that an official
statement will be released next week.
“There will be official communication on the matter on Monday next week,” said Mr Somers on phone.
Ms Ireri also initially declined to comment on the matter.
In a statement released to the
media Wednesday morning Ms Ireri was quoted saying: “I leave when the
company is still the market leader with a robust heritage and strong
corporate brand name. I leave a very capable management team assembled
over years. Various management studies show that very few organizations
have a succession planning process for senior staff, especially Managing
Directors. Ipsos stands out as an exception as I actively and
strategically worked on a succession plan for the last one year.”
Somers added: “I would like to
thank Margaret for her contribution over the years she has worked with
us. Her leadership, strategic vision and work ethic have transformed
Ipsos into a stronger and more focused company. With regard to our new
leader for Kenya, I have full confidence in Aggrey, whom I know well. He
will service our clients extremely well and ensure Ipsos stays the
employer of choice when it comes to rarket research in Kenya.”
The company, however, released a statement Tuesday announcing the resignation of Mr Otin, who joined the group nine years ago.
“During his service, Joe has played a role in a
number of initiatives: The automation of Media Monitoring Services,
successful bid to KARF (Kenya Audience Research Foundation) for the
supply of audience research services, expansion of media monitoring
services in Zambia and Mozambique,” said the statement co-signed by Mr
Somers and chairman of the group Roger Steadman.
The incoming Kenya MD was the Ipsos-Synovate
Tanzania managing director between January 2011 and June 2013, when he
joined the Kenyan subsidiary as COO of the group that is synonymous with
opinion polling in the country.
Ms Ireri is leaving the pollster after having worked there for 13 years.
She started her career in 1999 as a research
assistant with SBO Research, a locally-owned firm, before joining
Steadman Synovate Uganda as a research executive a year later.
In 2001, she was promoted to research manager at Steadman Synovate Uganda, a post she held for two-and-a-half years.
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