CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
Deloitte
Mark Williams has been appointed as a partner in Deloitte’s economic consulting practice. Williams, who joins Deloitte from the World Bank, will join a team of more than 30 in Deloitte’s economic consulting practice, where he will focus on telecoms clients. He worked at the World Bank for five years, where he led the team designing the bank’s strategy for African broadband infrastructure and published two books on telecoms in Africa. Prior to that, he worked at Frontier Economics for six years.
Covington & Burling
Veteran litigator Casey Cooper is leaving Baker Botts to join Covington & Burling as a partner in the London office, to focus on its global anti-corruption and white-collar practices. In 2008, Cooper was a member of the Obama administration’s transition team, focusing on the justice department’s policy and operations.
Maxwell Drummond
Oil and gas headhunter Maxwell Drummond has appointed Andy Baillie as chief executive of Talent Reservoir, its upstream recruitment process outsourcing start-up. Baillie joins from Kenexa, where he was vice president, alliances.
Bfinance
The independent consultant has appointed Chris Jones, chief investment officer of hedge fund Key Asset Management, as head of alternatives. Jones has 18 years’ experience in hedge funds and has authored a number of publications on trading and risk management.
Amati Global Investors
David Stevenson has joined the investment team at the investment management boutique. He joins from Cartesian Capital, which he co-founded in 2005; prior to that, he was assistant director at SVM, where he managed a range of UK equity products.
Cala Group
The housebuilder has appointed Mike Pacitti as a non-executive director. Pacitti spent the majority of his career as a non-executive director and chairman of 3i’s portfolio companies, and his current non-executive directorships include a seat on the board of House of Fraser. Additionally, Ian Percy, senior independent director and chairman of CALA’s audit, governance and remuneration committee, will retire in March 2012.
DC Advisory Partners
Andrew Strudwick has been appointed as an executive director in the European financial sponsors group, led by Simon Tilley. Strudwick most recently worked at 3i Group, where he was an investment director and co-founded 3i’s UK technology, media and telecoms team.