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Global Vox Populi

Market research · 40+ markets · 60+ languages

Every numberwas a voice first.

Global Vox Populi runs quantitative, qualitative, and specialist research across 40+ countries — and treats every data point as exactly what it is: a person who decided to tell us the truth.

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00 — Who we are

A research firm built around listening, not just measuring.

Vox populi means the voice of the people. We take that literally.

Across 40+ markets we run the full discipline of market research — but the firm is organised around a single conviction: a dataset is only as honest as the moment a person decided to tell us the truth.

That conviction shows up in unglamorous places. In how we recruit. In how we train moderators to wait out a silence. In how we weight, validate, and disclose. The output looks like clean numbers a board can act on; the input is always a human being, treated as one.

We are located in 20 countries and field globally, which means we read both the spreadsheet and the room.

2013
Founded
42
Active markets
60+
Languages fielded
19
Sector leads

Leadership — Founder & CEO

The person behind the practice.

Md Sadique Akhter
Founder & CEO
ESOMARAMAPMRG

Sadique is a management consultant and a prominent member of the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR), the American Marketing Association (AMA), and the Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Group (PMRG). He brings diversified experience across the Healthcare and FMCG sectors.

Over the years, Sadique has advised numerous Healthcare and FMCG companies on brand perception among key stakeholders, key-opinion-leader mapping, sales-force effectiveness, competitive intelligence, market research and market intelligence, digital and multi-channel marketing strategy, and product strategy and planning.

That breadth shapes how Global Vox Populi works: research designed around the decision a client is trying to make, fielded with discipline across markets, and delivered as evidence a board can act on.

Areas of focus
  • Brand perception & equity
  • Key-opinion-leader mapping
  • Sales-force effectiveness
  • Competitive & market intelligence
  • Multi-channel marketing strategy
  • Product strategy & planning

01 — Where we're listening

Fieldwork doesn't sleep.

Somewhere on this map, an interview is happening as you read this line. Drag the globe; warm nodes are markets with active fieldwork right now.

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        01b — Research in numbers

        The practice, visualised.

        A live-style dashboard of how the work is distributed across markets, methods, and sectors. Figures are illustrative.

        All figures on this dashboard are illustrative placeholders for design — replace with reporting data before launch.

        02 — Five instruments

        Five disciplines, one question: what do people actually think?

        The five instruments are not silos. We scope every engagement around the decision first, then assemble the instruments that answer it most honestly — a qualitative phase to frame the questions, a quantitative wave to size the answer, a behavioural read to check what people do against what they say.

        Brand & equity trackingConcept & product testingPricing & conjointSegmentationPath-to-purchaseCustomer experienceWin/lossMessage testing

        03 — How we get it right

        The boring parts are the point.

        A number you can act on is the product of discipline you never see. Switch between the layers of it.

        M/01

        Sampling

        Frames built for the population in question, not convenience. Quotas, randomisation, and documented coverage so the base is defensible.

        M/02

        Weighting

        Transparent post-stratification to known benchmarks, with the design effect and effective sample size reported — never hidden.

        M/03

        Quality assurance

        Attention checks, speeding and straight-lining flags, fraud and duplicate detection, and back-checks on a sample of every wave.

        M/04

        Reporting

        Margins of error stated. Methods appendix attached. We tell you what the data can and cannot carry before you build a decision on it.

        Data ethics

        Informed consent, anonymisation, secure handling, and fair incentives for every respondent. Healthcare work runs under ethics-board-ready protocols. Ethics compliance is a precondition of fielding, not a clause at the end of a deck.

        01

        Attention & trap checks

        Embedded questions that catch inattentive or automated responses before they pollute the base.

        02

        Fraud & duplicate detection

        Digital fingerprinting and de-duplication to keep the sample real.

        03

        Open-end review

        Human review of verbatims to catch gibberish, copy-paste, and AI-generated answers panel checks miss.

        04

        Back-checks

        Independent re-contact on a sample of every wave to verify fieldwork actually happened.

        The honesty test

        Every wave is treated as if a regulator or a sceptical board will audit it. If a number cannot survive that scrutiny, it does not ship. Bad data is worse than no data — it sends decisions confidently in the wrong direction.

        Quantitative

        Measures scale, size, and significance.

        • Answers "how many / how much / how often"
        • Large, weighted, projectable samples
        • Trackers, sizing, segmentation, pricing
        • Outputs: numbers with stated margins
        • Strength: confidence and comparability

        Qualitative

        Explains meaning, motivation, and nuance.

        • Answers "why / how / what if"
        • Smaller, purposive, exploratory samples
        • IDIs, groups, ethnography, communities
        • Outputs: themes, language, hypotheses
        • Strength: depth and discovery
        In practice

        We frequently run qual to frame the questions, quant to size the answers, then qual again to explain the surprises. The sequence is part of the design, not an afterthought.

        Sectors — Industries we serve

        Method follows the market.

        Each industry asks different questions and lives under different rules. Here's how the work shifts.

        FMCG & Retail

        Fast-moving consumer goods

        Shelf and packaging tests, U&A, brand health trackers, and shopper research at the point of decision.

        Healthcare & Pharma

        Regulated health research

        Patient, physician, payer and KOL studies under pharmacovigilance-aligned, ethics-board-ready protocols.

        Banking & Fintech

        Financial services

        Trust, switching, and digital-adoption research, plus compliance-aware messaging tests.

        Technology & Telecom

        Tech & connectivity

        Product-market fit, UX, NPS and churn analysis across rapidly changing categories.

        Automotive & Mobility

        Mobility

        Purchase journeys, EV intent, dealer experience, and post-purchase satisfaction.

        Public & Social

        Public sector & NGOs

        Policy perception, awareness, and programme-evaluation research with careful sampling.

        FMCGHealthcare & PharmaBanking & FintechTechnologyAutomotiveTelecomMediaTravelEnergyEducationInsurancePublic sector

        Process — How an engagement runs

        From brief to decision.

        01

        Brief & scope

        We start from the decision you're trying to make, not a method. We propose what to field and why.

        02

        Design

        Sampling frame, questionnaire or guide, quotas, and the analysis plan — agreed before fieldwork.

        03

        Field

        Data collected across markets with live quality monitoring and back-checks.

        04

        Analyse

        Weighting, significance testing, and synthesis — separating signal from noise.

        05

        Deliver & act

        Clear answers, a methods appendix, and a working session to turn findings into decisions.

        Timeline

        Median response to a study brief is under four business hours. Most quantitative studies field in 2–4 weeks depending on incidence and market; qualitative in 1–3 weeks. Complex multi-market work is staged and tracked transparently.

        Before it's data

        "I told her the real reason I switched banks. It was never the fees — it was that nobody there remembered my name."
        Respondent · Mumbai, India · verbatim, anonymised

        Before it's a dataset, it's a sentence somebody decided to trust us with. We build the whole firm around being worth that.

        Voice 001

        04 — Insights

        What we're learning, in the open.

        Field notes, method explainers, and what the data is telling us across markets.

        Read all insights ↗

        05 — Trusted with real decisions

        Brands across the markets we research.

        A selection of brands across the categories and markets we cover.

        ESOMAR principlesMRSIISO 20252-alignedGDPR / DPDP-aligned

        Where we are — Global offices

        On the ground in 20 markets.

        Local teams in the markets we serve — close to respondents, fluent in context, comparable across borders.

        India

        Dr. Annie Besant Road, Shiv Sagar Estate, Worli, Mumbai, 400018, IND

        Vietnam

        Me Linh Point Tower, Ho Chi Minh City, VNM

        Indonesia

        Jl. Dr. Saharjo No. 123, Saharjo, Jakarta, 12850, IDN

        Bangladesh

        Sky Deck Executive Suites, The Glass House, Gulshan-1, Dhaka, 1212, BGD

        Saudi Arabia

        Takhassusi Street, The Zone, Al Mohammadiyah, Riyadh, 12364, SAU

        UAE

        Boulevard Plaza, Tower 1, Level 9, Downtown, Dubai, ARE

        China

        East Tower, Reeb Building, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200237, CHN

        Thailand

        Singha Complex, 30th Floor, Huai Kwang, Bangkok, 10310, THA

        Malaysia

        Q Sentral, Level 37, Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, Kuala Lumpur, 50470, MYS

        Egypt

        La Vida Tower, Tunisia Street, Maadi, Cairo, 11435, EGY

        Nigeria

        Mulliner Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, 101233, NGA

        Kenya

        Purshottam Place, Chiromo Rd, 7th & 8th Floor, Nairobi, KEN

        United Kingdom

        Level 18, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, GBR

        Japan

        Level 11, TOHO Hibiya Promenade Building, 1-5-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN

        Singapore

        Level 8, The Metropolis Tower 2, 11 North Buona Vista Drive, SGP

        Australia

        Level 19, 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane, AUS

        Turkey

        Levels 5, 6 & 8, Nişantaşı Orjin Building, Abdi İpekçi Cd, Nişantaşı, Istanbul, TUR

        South Africa

        21 Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town, 7708, ZAF

        Brazil

        Teleporto Business Centre, Avenida Presidente Vargas 3131, 6º andar, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20020-010, BRA

        Spain

        Paseo de la Castellana 81, 15th Floor, Madrid, ESP

        07 — Ready when you are

        Tell us the decision.

        Tell us the decision you're trying to make. We'll tell you exactly what we'd field to de-risk it — sample, method, markets, timeline — before you commit.

        Fielding now interviews
        Coverage42 markets · 60+ languages
        Median brief response< 4 business hrs
        Operations24/5 · global fieldwork
        Brief us by email

        Send a two-line description of the decision. We reply with a proposed approach — sample, method, markets and timeline — within four business hours.

        Helpful to include
        • The decision you're trying to make
        • Markets or audiences in scope
        • Any deadline you're working to
        Email your brief inquiry@globalvoxpopuli.com

        Prefer a form? Use our contact page.

        Let's begin

        Ready to hear what your market actually thinks?

        Tell us the decision you're trying to make. We'll come back with what we'd field — usually within four business hours.

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