Annette Ni Dhathlaoi and Jonathan Ryan have been elected as new council members of the Marketing Society. Ni Dhathlaoi, who is head of insight at Kerry Food, replaces Jimmy Murphy of Publicis on the society’s general panel, while Ryan, head of consumer research at Kraft Foods, takes over from Orla Murphy of Amárach Research, on the research panel. Seven candidates ran for the general vacancy and four for research.
The other six general candidates were Michael Clancy, MediaVest; Robert Coyle, Bloom Advertising; Rosie Hand, DIT; Cormac O’Shea, Clear Blue Water, Eoin O’Suilleabhain, Bord Gais Energy and Gemma Sherlock, Blue Cube. The other three research candidates were Robbie Clarke, Red C; Elaine Coffey, Coyne Research and Kevin Wynne, Figureheads. Corporate, as well as individual members, could vote for the first time.
Singer Julie Feeney is among the Marketing Society guests in the National Concert Hall on Wednesday
The new council will be ratified at the agm in Residence on Thursday week, July 12. This Wednesday, the society holds its last event before breaking up for the summer. The debate, chaired by John Kelly, is entitled Consumerism Will Save the World. For details and bookings, go to http://www.marketingsociety.ie/
