CHRIS VAN SCHIJNDEL

Chris Van Schijndel, 50, was appointed director general of ESOMAR and will join the World Society of Research Professionals in May. After completing his commercial education, van Schijndel joined a leading research institute in the Netherlands in 1974. In 1981 he took a position managing international marketing research for Volvo. In 1990 he took up a similar function with Nissan Europe, became product marketing manager for a number of car models in 1995 and subsequently marketing director of Nissan Motors in the Netherlands a few years later. Since 2000 he has lived in Paris, working for Nissan/Renault as chief marketing manager for a number of Nissan models in Europe. Van Schijndel has been an ESOMAR member since 1982 and has contributed to various congresses and seminars at both the international and local level. He is married with two children.