City Moves for 30 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs
Unigestion
The boutique institutional asset manager has appointed Jérôme Teiletche as managing director, head of cross asset solutions. He will also join its executive committee. Teiletche previously worked for Lombard Odier Investment Managers, where he was head of the solutions group.
RSA
The insurer has appointed Steve Lewis as chief executive for the UK and western Europe, effective 1 January 2015. Lewis joins from Zurich, where he was most recently chief executive, UK general insurance & shared services. He is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, having qualified in 1990.
Withers
The law firm has announced the appointment of seven new partners. Timothy Burns works in the tax and wealth planning team in Hong Kong, Reaz Jafri works in the immigration team in New York, William Kambas and Andrew Haave work in tax and wealth plannning in New Haven, Niki Olympitis in litigation in the British Virgin Islands, Diana Wierbicki in art law in New York, and Charlie Tee works in tax and wealth planning in London.
John Lewis Partnership
The John Lewis Partnership has announced the retirement of Margaret Casely-Hayford as director of legal services and company secretary, effective at the end of July. She has been appointed chair of Charity Action Aid UK and is also a non-executive director of NHS England.
Tata
Tata has announced the creation of a new corporate affairs team, based in London. Adam Barribal joins as corporate communications director. He was previously senior vice president of corporate affairs at NetJets. Alexander Ehmann joins as head of public affairs UK from the Institute of Directors. Aditya Khera joins as business development director. Simon Meehan, now director of public affairs Europe, has worked for Google.
Buss Murton Law
The law firm has announced two appointments. Lucy Head joins as a solicitor in its private client team from Lloyds Bank, where she was an in-house solicitor. Claire Shireby joins Buss Murton Law’s Cranbrook office from Lamberts.
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