GIM Suisse: New co-management
As of February 1, 2014, the market research firm GIM Suisse in Zurich is now led by two people. Alongside Lukas Zihlmann, the company’s long-time managing director, Susan Shaw, previously the senior research manager, has been appointed to the executive board.
"GIM Suisse has made very pleasing progress in recent years," says Lukas Zihlmann. "On the one hand, our clients value us as a small, flexible and professional Swiss institute. On the other hand, they also want the wide range of research and industry expertise of an international network. GIM can offer this. Together with Susan Shaw, we want to continue this great development to date."
The new Co-Managing Director Susan Shaw: "GIM Suisse is excellently positioned for the current and future challenges in our industry. We have the know-how, the methodological expertise and an outstanding team to be able to offer innovative and individual solutions." Commenting on the new management structure, Susan Shaw and Lukas Zihlmann say: "We complement each other perfectly and have big plans for GIM Suisse. With joint management of the company, we can divide up the important tasks better, advance our plans and developments more quickly and achieve more. We are both very much looking forward to the challenges ahead and the opportunity to shape the future of GIM Suisse together."
GIM Suisse is an independent subsidiary of the Gesellschaft für innovative Marktforschung with headquarters in Heidelberg and further branches in Berlin and Lyon. With a group turnover of around 30 million Swiss francs (2013), GIM is one of the largest independent and fastest-growing market research companies in Europe.
