City Moves for 15 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs
KPMG
Yael Selfin has been appointed as a director in the firm’s economics and disputes practice. She joins from Edymar, a boutique consultancy she created and led. She has also been a partner at Volterra, and held the position of head of macro consulting at PwC.
Jersey Finance
Robert Christensen has been appointed chairman of the international finance centre, succeeding Jonathan White. Christensen has over 35 years of experience. He has been the managing director of Volaw Group since 1988, having co-founded it in 1982.
BNP Paribas
The bank has appointed Nick Jenkins as head of technical for trustee and depositary services in the UK. Jenkins has over 30 years’ experience in the industry, and joins from Citi, where he was head of fiduciary oversight and research.
Market Gravity
Shaun Meadows has been appointed chairman of the specialist proposition design consultancy. Most recently, Meadows held leadership roles at Aviva, with his career at the firm spanning 22 years. Prior to that, he worked as a marketing director for the RAC.
Walker Crips
The investment and wealth management group has hired Bill Newton and Andrew Powell as stockbrokers. Newton joins from Barclays Advisory Stockbroking. He joined the group in 2008, when he was appointed vice-president of the advisory stockbroking team. Powell also joins from Barclays, having spent four years there as a stockbroker. Prior to that, he spent eight years dealing on an advisory and discretionary basis in cash equities and derivatives for clients in Europe and the Middle East.
Faroe Petroleum
The independent gas and oil company has appointed Jorunn Saetre as an independent non-executive director. Saetre has held several leadership positions at oil company Halliburton, and is currently a board director of ARG Group ASA. She was also the first to be awarded “Oil Woman of the Year” by the Stavanger Society of Petroleum Engineers.
AG Barr
Stuart Lorimer will join the soft drinks firm as finance director. Lorimer has spent most of his career at Diageo, where he is currently finance director of its global supply operations.
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