• Monday, 23rd August 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Mayer Brown The law firm has appointed Dominic Griffiths as the new head of its banking and finance group in London. Griffiths joined the firm five years ago and has been instrumental in building its... [Read more]

  • Monday, 16th August 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Sacker & Partners The pensions law firm has promoted Emily Forrest and Zoë Lynch to partner and Arshad Khan to associate director. Forrest has been at the firm since 2002, while Lynch joined in... [Read more]
  • Monday, 9th August 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Gartmore The fund manager has hired Nick Anderson as its new head of research for global equities. Anderson is to join in September, reporting to head of global equities Neil Rogan (pictured). He... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 4th August 2010
    Marion Dakers
    PricewaterhouseCoopers The financial services firm has made a number of changes to its UK insurance group. Tim Edwards has joined as director, with immediate effect, after previously working for the... [Read more]

  • Tuesday, 3rd August 2010
    Victoria Bates
    FTSE Group The global index provider has appointed Sudir Raju as managing director for its custom index business. Raju has worked for Dow Jones and Stoxx Indexes since 2004, latterly as leader of the... [Read more]
  • Monday, 2nd August 2010
    Marion Dakers
    Association of British Insurers Alain Dromer will join the ABI’s investment committee as chairman on 15 September. Dromer, who is currently chief executive of Aviva Investors, takes over the... [Read more]
  • Monday, 26th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Chartered Insurance Institute Chris Hanks, currently a management board member at Allianz UK, has been elected as the 114th president of the CII, taking over from Fortis UK chief executive Barry... [Read more]
  • Friday, 23rd July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    DLA PIPER The law firm has poached Stephen Hoyle from Ernst & Young to join its London office as a partner and head of UK tax. Hoyle, a specialist in corporate tax and structured transactions,... [Read more]
  • Monday, 19th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Artemis Investment Management The fund management group has hired Giles Parkinson as a new investment analyst, tasked with supporting William Littlewood in managing the £567m Artemis Strategic Assets... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 13th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    HSBC Private Bank The bank has appointed three associate directors to its high net worth team. Simon Gamse has over 28 years of experience, including working for Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and... [Read more]
  • Monday, 12th July 2010
    Albertine Brandon
    Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity The charity has appointed fund management veteran Nichola Pease as a trustee, taking on the position held by ex-Man Group chief Stanley Fink until last month. Pease is... [Read more]
  • Friday, 9th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Jones Lang LaSalle The property-focused financial and professional services firm has appointed James Brown from Grosvenor as its new head of retail research and consultancy for the EMEA region. Brown... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 8th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Religare Enterprises The Indian financial services group has appointed Stuart Pearce, pictured, and Kathryn Matthews as independent board directors. Pearce has over 35 years of experience in the... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 7th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Clifford Chance The legal giant said yesterday that Simon Tinkler has been elected leader of its London corporate practice, for a term of four years. Tinkler has been at Clifford Chance since 1995. A... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 6th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    SWIP The Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has appointed Ramsay Urquhart as its new finance director and part of the executive committee, reporting directly to managing director Dean Buckley.... [Read more]
  • Monday, 5th July 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Grant Thornton The business advisory firm has appointed Craig Kemsley as tax partner and head of its London private client department. Kemsley has over 20 years of experience advising private and... [Read more]
  • Friday, 2nd July 2010
    Marion Dakers
    Credit Suisse The investment bank has appointed Levente Kulcsar as a director and head of exchanged traded funds for Germany and Austria. He joins the firm from Commerzbank, where he was head of... [Read more]
  • Monday, 28th June 2010
    Marion Dakers
    Simmons & Simmons The law firm has hired Jonathan Marsh as a partner in its non-contentious financial services regulatory practice. Marsh joins the firm from Berwin Leighton Paisner, where he was... [Read more]
  • Friday, 25th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Hogan Lovells The law firm has boosted its banking team by hiring Stuart Brinkworth from rival SJ Berwin. Brinkworth is a partner at SJ Berwin, where he specialises in leveraged buy-outs, public bids... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 24th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    JP Morgan India Gary-Martin has joined the investment bank as global head of location strategy and performance metrics. Gary-Martin was previously at the Royal Bank of Scotland, where she led the... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 23rd June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Heartwood The wealth manager has hired Michael Stanes as an investment director, playing a key role in the asset allocation process as well as managing portfolios for ultra high net worth clients.... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 22nd June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Northern Trust The investment manager has appointed John Krieg to its London subsidiary, Northern Trust Global Investments, as managing director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Krieg... [Read more]
  • Monday, 21st June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Aviva The insurance giant has appointed Dipak Warren as a corporate risk solutions director. Warren joins from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance in London, which she joined in 2000. In her last role as... [Read more]
  • Friday, 18th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Alpha Strategic The hedge fund investment group has appointed Florence Lombard, the former head of the Alternative Investment Management Association (Aima), as a non-executive director. Lombard, 58,... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 17th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Capital & Regional The property asset management firm has appointed John Clare, the former chief executive of Dixons Group, as its new chairman, effective from the end of June. Clare is currently... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 16th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    City Index The spread betting firm has appointed Sandy Jadeja as its new chief technical analyst. Jadeja has 23 years of experience in technical analysis, trading psychology and global financial... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 15th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Future Capital Partners The investment boutique has hired Tim West as its new deputy chief executive. West joins from Babcock and Brown, where he was head of the London office and chief operating... [Read more]
  • Monday, 14th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Bupa The healthcare provider has appointed Rita Clifton to its board as a non-executive director, effective from July. Clifton is also a director at DSG International and chairman of brand... [Read more]
  • Friday, 11th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Coutts Private Office The private bank has appointed Stephen Eggins as a senior client partner based in London, responsible for looking after ultra-high net worth (UHNW) clients. Eggins has over 20... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 10th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Evolution Group The investment banking group has appointed Philip Howell as a director of the group, effective immediately. Howell was appointed chief executive of Evolution’s investment management... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 9th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Signia Wealth The ultra high net worth wealth manager has hired mobile phones tycoon John Caudwell to take up a seat on its advisory board. Caudwell will provide entrepreneurial leadership for the... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 8th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Barclays Wealth. The wealth manager has appointed Aaron Gurwitz as chief investment officer and head of research, economics and strategy and Kevin Gardiner as head of global investment strategy.... [Read more]
  • Monday, 7th June 2010
    Marion Dakers
    London Stock Exchange The exchange has hired Gay Huey Evans and Paul Heiden as non-executive directors and made Raffaele Jerusalmi an executive director. Huey Evans, pictured, is vice chair of... [Read more]
  • Friday, 4th June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Deloitte The business advisory firm has appointed Vince Niblett as the new global leader of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s audit and enterprise risk services practice. Niblett originally joined Deloitte... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 3rd June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    BDO The accountancy firm has appointed Tim Kirk as head of its advisory services practice, leading its offering in the risk, regulatory and management consulting areas. Prior to joining BDO, Kirk was... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 2nd June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Hermes The asset manager has appointed Chris Goudie as an executive director for global business development and chief executive of Hermes Fund Managers in North America. Goudie joins from Pyramis... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 1st June 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Sainsbury’s Finance The supermarket personal finance business yesterday said interim chief executive David Fisher has been appointed as its new permanent chief. Fisher, who has been in the interim... [Read more]
  • Friday, 28th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Hogan Lovells The law firm has made its first partner hire since the merger of Lovells and Hogan & Hartson, in the form of antitrust, competition and economic regulation specialist Suyong Kim.... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 27th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Otkritie Securities Otkritie, the UK subsidiary of Russian financial services giant Otkritie Financial Corporation, has appointed Howard Snell as chairman. Snell joined the broker last year as an... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 26th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Electra Private Equity Electra has appointed Colette Bowe as chairman after three years on the board. Bowe, an economist, began her career at the Department of Trade and Industry and then became... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 25th May 2010
    Emma Sadowski
    Matrix Group Matrix Group has expanded its investment banking business after appointing Paul James as chief operating officer (COO) of the investment banking arm. James moves into the role with... [Read more]
  • Monday, 24th May 2010
    Steve Dinneen and Emma Sadowski
    Ofcom Stewart Purvis will quit media regulator Ofcom after a two-and-a-half year stint at the quango. He will leave his post in the autumn. He was responsible for content regulation and standards. He... [Read more]
  • Friday, 21st May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    KPMG Kathryn Britten has joined the accountancy firm as a partner and chairman of its growing forensic practice. Britten has over 30 years of audit and accountancy experience and specialises in... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 20th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Collins Stewart The financial advisory group has hired property research veteran Nan Rogers (pictured) and Jonathan Imlah to its small and mid cap equity research team. Rogers has 25 years of... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 19th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    RWC Partners The asset manager has hired Schroders fund managers Nick Purves (pictured) and Ian Lance. Purves and Lance will manage both value and income funds at RWC, building on their track record... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 18th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Quayle Munro The boutique merchant banking group has appointed Andrew Adams, pictured, and Robert Cormie as executive directors. Adams has been a managing director at the firm since 2008, having... [Read more]
  • Monday, 17th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Greencore The convenience foods group has appointed business grandee Eric Nicoli, the chairman of cinema operator Vue Entertainment, as a non-executive director. In addition to his role at Vue,... [Read more]
  • Friday, 14th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    State Street Global Advisors The investment manager has appointed Lynn Blake as head of index equity. Blake, 45, is a long-standing veteran of the firm, having first joined 23 years ago. She has held... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 13th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Matrix Group The financial services business has appointed Tiraneh Tehranchian as its new head of risk. Tehranchian joins from Man Global Strategies, part of Man Investments, where she has held the... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 12th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Defence Industries Council Ian King, the chief executive of BAE Systems, is to become chairman of the DIC following industry elections. The council represents the UK defence industry in discussions... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 11th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Conduit Capital Markets The derivatives and securities dealer has hired ex-3i managing partner Bruce Carnegie-Brown as its new non-executive chairman. Carnegie-Brown has been working for 3i since... [Read more]
  • Monday, 10th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    KPMG The accountancy firm has appointed Alastair McLeish as UK head of tax and pensions, effective from 1 July. McLeish joined KPMG’s Birmingham office in 1994 and was subsequently appointed in 2003... [Read more]
  • Friday, 7th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    DTZ The property firm has appointed Jason Winfield as UK national head of investment agency. Winfield has been a director at the firm for seven years and was previously head of its London and South... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 6th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Advent International The private equity firm has hired Kevin Beeston, the outgoing chairman of Serco Group, as an operating partner. Beeston will be tasked with helping Advent identify investment... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 5th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Principal Global Investors The asset management firm has appointed Seema Shah as a strategist and economist in its London-based global fixed income team. Shah was previously an economist at Capital... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 4th May 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Metric Property Investments Metric – set up by ex-British Land executives Andrew Jones (pictured), Valentine Beresford and Mark Stirling – has appointed three high-flyers following its £190m float on... [Read more]
  • Friday, 30th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Aviva The insurance giant has appointed Tim Harris as its new deputy chief financial officer and chief capital officer. Harris is currently chief financial officer of Aviva’s European business. He... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 29th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    HSBC Private Bank The private bank has appointed Daniel Ellis as a managing director and head of the private bank investment group for the UK and Channel Islands, based in London. Ellis is currently... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 28th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Linklaters The law firm has appointed Sandeep Katwala as regional managing partner of its emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa practice, effective from 1 May. Katwala succeeds Stuart Salt, who was... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 27th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    PricewaterhouseCoopers Bridget Jackson has joined the accountancy firm as director of corporate sustainability, leading the firm’s internal environmental, community and corporate sustainability... [Read more]
  • Monday, 26th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Bluefin Insurance Services The Axa-owned broker has hired a senior property team from risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage Aon. Ed Brown is the first member of the team to join... [Read more]
  • Friday, 23rd April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Deloitte Timothy Mahapatra has taken up a new role at the business advisory firm as managing director of the corporate finance practice. A member of the firm’s executive, Mahapatra has over 15 years... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 21st April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Merrill Lynch The bank has appointed Patrick Ramsey as chief executive of Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse, the Swiss wealth management division. Ramsey, who will report to Merrill’s EMEA head of wealth... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 20th April 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Bluefin Corporate Consulting The consulting firm, part of Bluefin Advisory Services, which is owned by Axa UK, has appointed Sean Glasgow as its new head of investments. Glasgow previously worked in... [Read more]
  • Monday, 19th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Withers The law firm has appointed Kenneth Mullen as a partner in the firm’s London office, continuing the expansion of the firm’s European commercial practice. Mullen joins from Shepherd and... [Read more]
  • Friday, 16th April 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Deloitte The accountancy firm has appointed Mark Lillie and Jeremy Harris as partners in its energy, infrastructure and utility practice. Lillie, pictured, will head up the IT strategy team and joins... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 15th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    FSSC The Financial Services Skills Council has appointed Trevor Matthews, the chief executive of Friends Provident, as its new chairman. Matthews joins a number of high-profile City bosses on the... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 14th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Hoare Capital The agency broker has appointed Tim Cartmell as chief operating officer and promoted Sergio Marques and Andrew Sheppard to partner. Cartmell (pictured) currently runs the firm’s credit... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 13th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Shepherd and Wedderburn The law firm has elected James Will, the head of its corporate practice, to the position of chairman after over 20 years as a partner at the firm. Corporate partner Andrew... [Read more]
  • Monday, 12th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    BoA Merrill Lynch The bank has rehired Anthony Bor to its global research team as head of South Africa Equity Research. Bor previously spent 12 years as an analyst at Merrill Lynch and consistently... [Read more]
  • Friday, 9th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Nick Booth has joined the wealth management firm as a business development director within the Merrill Lynch Portfolio Managers division. Booth, who will be based in... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 8th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Nomura The Japanese investment bank has appointed Mikael Dahl as co-head of its Nordic investment banking team, based in London. Dahl was previously a partner at EQT Partners and brings with him over... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 7th April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    FinnCap The broker and corporate adviser has appointed retail analyst David Stoddart (pictured) and corporate financier Sarah Wharry to its team. Stoddart is one of the best-known retail analysts in... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 6th April 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Threadneedle The asset management firm has hired George Gosden to join its Asian equities desk. Gosden spent the past eight years as a director at Insight Investment, where he was part of the... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 1st April 2010
    Victoria Bates
    RBC Wealth Management The wealth manager, part of the Royal Bank of Canada, has appointed Sarah Macdonald as a director, focusing on UK entrepreneurial clients. Macdonald has worked for over a decade... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 31st March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Clifford Chance The law firm has elected Michael Bates and Robert Lee as the new joint practice area leaders for its London finance practice, effective for a four-year period starting tomorrow. Bates... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 30th March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch The bank has appointed Carole Berndt and Wayne Scott to its corporate banking team as part of a global shake-up. Berndt, pictured, is head of EMEA global treasury... [Read more]
  • Monday, 29th March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Principal Global Investors The asset management firm has appointed Andrea Muller as chief executive of its east Asian operations and managing director for the Asia ex-Japan region, effective from... [Read more]
  • Friday, 26th March 2010
    Caitlin Nolan
    BOB TARZEY | QUOCIRCA “The Budget didn’t address the country’s problems. It did not tackle the national debt or the Budget deficit and frankly, it all seems like a bunch of smoke and mirrors. We’re... [Read more]
  • Friday, 26th March 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    State Street Global Advisors The investment manager, a subsidiary of State Street, has appointed Jenya Emets and Matt Arnold to its active and enhanced European equity portfolio management teams in... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 24th March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Ernst & Young Dawn Aloof has joined EY from rival PricewaterhouseCoopers, to lead its Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) financial services transaction integration practice. Aloof also... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 23rd March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Mirae Asset Global Investments Elliot Berman has been promoted to the role of head of sales for the EMEA region at Asian asset management firm Mirae Asset. Berman originally joined the group’s UK... [Read more]
  • Monday, 22nd March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Prupim Asia The real estate investment company, a joint venture between Prupim UK and Prudential’s Asian fund management business, has appointed Scott Girard as its new chief executive. Girard,... [Read more]
  • Friday, 19th March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Avoca Capital Holdings The European credit investment manager has hired Clayton Perry, formerly principal and managing director at Broadchalk Advisors, as its new chief operating officer. Prior to... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 18th March 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    CB Richard Ellis Jonathan De Mello is to join the property group as head of its retail consultancy team, effective from April. De Mello is one of the most respected analysts in the retail sector and... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 17th March 2010
    BEN GRIFFITHS
    Serco Alastair Lyons has been appointed by international services company Serco as non-executive chairman. He joins the board with immediate effect before taking up his new post at the annual meeting... [Read more]
  • Monday, 15th March 2010
    EMMA SADOWSKI
    Coutts Private Office Rupert Allison has joined Coutts Private Office as senior client partner from after three years with HSBC private bank as a relationship manager/ director. At Coutts, Allison... [Read more]
  • Friday, 5th March 2010
    Victoria Bates
    London & Capital The boutique wealth management firm has appointed Sanjay Joshi as a senior portfolio manager in the fixed income team, responsible for overseeing portfolio construction, asset... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 4th March 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    LaSalle Investment Management The investment manager has appointed Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz as managing director for Europe and a member of its nine-strong global management committee. Lloyd-Hurwitz will... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Jupiter Asset Management The asset manager has appointed John Tevenan as a sales director in its global financial institutions group, responsible for developing relationships among global wealth... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    BP The oil giant has appointed Ian Davis, the former chairman of consultancy giant McKinsey, as a non-executive director, effective from April. David is currently senior partner of McKinsey, where he... [Read more]
  • Monday, 1st March 2010
    MARK SHAPLAND
    ARCHANT The media giant has appointed Mike Walsh, a leading figure in the worlds of advertising, brand marketing and charities, to its main Board as a non-executive director. Walsh is currently a... [Read more]
  • Friday, 26th February 2010
    EMMA SADOWSKI
    Rothschild Rothschild has appointed Mark Kary (pictured) and Helen Watson as managing directors in its private banking & trust division. Kary joins from Polar Capital Holdings where he was chief... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 24th February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    PVE CAPITAL The investment group has appointed two new members to its team managing the Matrix PVE Global Credit Fund, a hedge fund launched in October last year as a joint venture between PVE... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 23rd February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    KPMG The accountancy giant has appointed Michelle Quest as its new head of people in the UK, having spent the past 13 years of her career at the firm. Quest joined KPMG from Robson Rhodes in 1997 and... [Read more]
  • Friday, 19th February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    ETX Capital The financial spread betting firm has appointed John Wilson, the outgoing chief executive of the London Stock Exchange’s dark pool trading facility Baikal, as its new executive chairman.... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 18th February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    HSBC Private Bank The bank has appointed Paul Forshaw as head of real estate fund management. Forshaw was previously part of a team responsible for real estate proprietary investment at failed... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 17th February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Amati Global Investors The newly-formed investment manager, which manages the Noble Aim VCT and CF Noble UK Smaller Companies funds, has appointed Eddie Edmonstone as a director. Edmonstone is... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 16th February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    HSBC Private Bank Bassem Snaije has been appointed as head of the London-based Middle East and North Africa (MENA) team at the private bank. Snaije joins from Cosmos Advisors and Pegase Partners... [Read more]
  • Monday, 15th February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Marriott Harrison The City law firm has appointed Jill Andrew and Bob Cordran, pictured, as partners in its employment team. Andrew joins from Dawsons and was also previously a senior partner at... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 11th February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Collins Stewart Christian Redman has joined the investment banking group’s wealth management division, Collins Stewart Wealth Management, as an associate director. Redman joins from Barclays Wealth,... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 10th February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    ING Real Estate The investment management company has appointed Mike Evans, the chairman of stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown, as a new non-executive director. Evans has held an advisory role with ING... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 9th February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Piper Jaffray The mid-market investment banking firm has appointed Nimish Shah as a principal in its US equity sales team. Shah joins after eight years in Cantor Fitzgerald’s US equity sales team,... [Read more]
  • Monday, 8th February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Christine Cross, a former Tesco director, has joined the accountancy firm as chief retail adviser. Cross currently holds non-executive directorships at High Street retailer... [Read more]
  • Friday, 5th February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Betfair Ian Dyson, finance director of retail giant Marks and Spencer, has taken up a new non-executive directorship at the betting firm. Dyson, who joins the Betfair board immediately, joined M&... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 4th February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    GLG Partners The asset management group has appointed Raffaele Costa as its new co-head of marketing. Costa, 40, has worked at GLG since it was founded in 1995, when he joined as a portfolio manager... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 3rd February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Jupiter The asset manager has appointed John Chatfeild-Roberts as chief investment officer. Chatfeild-Roberts joined the firm in 2001 as head of the Jupiter Merlin fund of funds team, a role in which... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 2nd February 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    GMT Communications Partners The private equity group has promoted Natalie Tydeman, pictured, to partner and Vikram Krishna to principal. Tydeman joined the group in 2007 as a senior adviser from... [Read more]
  • Monday, 1st February 2010
    Victoria Bates
    BlackRock The asset manager has hired Kendrick Wilson, a former Goldman Sachs banker and ex-US Treasury adviser, as a vice chairman. Wilson joined the US Treasury in 2008 to advise then- secretary... [Read more]
  • Friday, 29th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Earth Capital Partners The green investment advisory firm, chaired by ex-Man Group boss Stanley Fink, has appointed Bosworth Monck, Gabriel Montana and Richard Smith to its sustainable agriculture... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 27th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    PricewaterhouseCoopers Dr Paul Robertson has joined the accountancy giant to lead the crisis management part of its risk and business continuity management services division. A past winner of the CIR... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 26th January 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Investec The investment bank has hired Paul Bail as a director in its debt advisory team, focusing on expanding its profile in the private equity space. Bail joins from Barclays, where he was... [Read more]
  • Monday, 25th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Cobham The aerospace and defence systems group has appointed National Express chairman John Devaney as its new non-executive chairman, effective from February. Devaney, 62, has a wealth of experience... [Read more]
  • Friday, 22nd January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Berwin Leighton Paisner The law firm has appointed James Duncan as a partner, tasked with launching a standalone derivatives practice for the firm. Duncan has been at rival Linklaters since 1997 and... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 21st January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Boylesports The Irish bookmaker has appointed Lee Richardson as its new chief executive. Richardson, who has a passion for restoring and driving classic cars in his spare time, joins from Canadian... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 20th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Collins Stewart The investment banking group’s wealth management division has hired Richard Christmas to its new corporate executive and employee trading (CEET) desk. He joins from Credit Suisse,... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 19th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Piper Jaffray The mid-market investment bank has poached Ian Wainwright from Canaccord Adams to join its corporate broking team as a principal. Wainwright has been a managing director at Canaccord... [Read more]
  • Monday, 18th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Charles Stanley The City stockbroking firm has appointed Andrew Atkins as head of new fund sales and distribution. Atkins joins from Lloyd George Asset Management and will be in charge of... [Read more]
  • Friday, 15th January 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Cazenove Capital The asset management firm has appointed Louis Greening as a desk-based UK advisory sales consultant. Greening joins from Skandia, where he has worked in the London-based sales team... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 14th January 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Smith & Williamson The professional services group has appointed Vivienne Oliver as an associate director in its restructuring and recovery services team. An 18-year veteran of Ernst & Young... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 13th January 2010
    KATIE HOPE
    KBC Peel Hunt The mid and small cap corporate broking firm has made three senior hires. Stuart Duncan joins Peel Hunt’s equity research team from The Royal Bank of Scotland. Mark McGuinness,... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 12th January 2010
    Ben Griffiths
    Weir Group Jon Stanton will join the company this Spring as group finance director. Stanton, 42, arrives from Ernst & Young where he has worked since 1988. He has been a partner in the London... [Read more]
  • Friday, 8th January 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Rathbone Brothers The fund management group has appointed Mike Webb as chief executive of its unit trust business, Rathbone Unit Trust Management. Webb has over 25 years of experience in the retail... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 7th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Evolution Securities Garry Levin is to leave his role as managing director in corporate finance at KBC Peel Hunt to join rival Evolution Securities as head of its equity corporate finance division.... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 6th January 2010
    Victoria Bates
    Euroclear The settlement firm said yesterday that Tim Howell, the global head of HSBC Securities Services, will become its new chief executive, replacing Pierre Francotte, who announced his decision... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 5th January 2010
    VICTORIA BATES
    Coutts & Co The private bank has appointed Maggie Bradley as a client partner for its Oxford office, focusing on the local entrepreneur, professional and executive markets. Bradley joins from... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 22nd December 2009
    Victoria Bates
    Persimmon The housebuilder has hired Jonathan Davie as a non-executive board director, effective from 1 January. Davie, 63, is chairman of financial spread-betting firm IG Group, and is also... [Read more]
  • Monday, 21st December 2009
    VICTORIA BATES
    PricewaterhouseCoopers The accountancy firm has appointed Martin Caddick to lead its risk and business continuity management services team. Caddick joins from insurance broking and risk advisory firm... [Read more]
  • Friday, 18th December 2009
    Victoria Bates
    Aviva The insurance giant has appointed Gary Price as marketing director of its UK business. Price will be responsible for customer insight, strategy, brand, sponsorship, communications and corporate... [Read more]
  • Thursday, 17th December 2009
    Victoria Bates
    Prudential The insurer has appointed Margaret Coltman as general counsel and company secretary. Coltman, who will also be on the executive committee, was initially appointed to the role in July on an... [Read more]
  • Wednesday, 16th December 2009
    Victoria Bates
    PricewaterhouseCoopers The accountancy giant has hired three partners to its financial services consulting practice. Kevin Burrowes, pictured, rejoins the firm from Credit Suisse, where he was head... [Read more]
  • Tuesday, 15th December 2009
    Victoria Bates
    Edison Investment Research Céline Saikali has joined the research firm as an account director, tasked with re-launching its investor access offering and focusing on European opportunities. Saikali... [Read more]
  • Monday, 14th December 2009
    VICTORIA BATES
    RBC Wealth Management RBC Wealth Management has hired Shervin Mellegard, Samuel Palmer and Neil Jeffries as a managing director, director and wealth manager respectively in the UK domestic team.... [Read more]