City Moves for 18 February – who’s switching jobs at Clarkson, Brunswick and Maistro?
Who’s on the move today?
Clarkson
Clarkson has announced the appointment of William (Bill) Thomas as chair. Bill will also chair the nomination committee, and serve as a member of the remuneration committee. Bill brings extensive international technology and management experience to the board, gained through both his executive and non-executive careers. Bill currently chairs Spirent Communications, listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Node4, an unquoted IT infrastructure and services provider.
He also serves as an independent non-executive director of The Co-operative Bank, where he chairs the remuneration committee and is a member of both the risk committee and the nomination committee. He is a member of the international advisory board of cyber security specialist Fireeye; and chairs the board of trustees of the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity. Bill has previously served as a non-executive director on the boards of GFI, Xchanging, Balfour Beatty and VFS Global. His executive career included senior roles at Hewlett Packard and EDS.
Brunswick
Brunswick Group, a global advisory firm specialising in critical issues and corporate relations, is pleased to announce that John Davies will join the firm as a senior adviser based in London and Brussels. John joins Brunswick from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he is a senior partner in its antitrust, competition and trade group, of which he was formerly global head. John works out of both Brussels and London and served as managing partner for Freshfields’ Brussels office for 10 years, which he founded in 1989.
He was also a leader of the firm’s public interest and foreign investment practice. John will focus on further developing Brunswick’s leading antitrust and foreign investment practices, drawing on his deep understanding of competition and regulatory intervention in Europe and elsewhere, and his experience advising high-profile clients across different industries and jurisdictions.
Maistro
Maistro, the artificial intelligence-powered procurement marketplace for services, today announces the appointment of Neale Pritchard as chief commercial officer. Neale will roll out the commercial strategy across sales and marketing to amplify Maistro’s position as a modern procurement technology provider. Neale has over 20 years’ experience driving success within fast-growth, international companies, most recently leading UK-based People for Research where he was chief operating officer.