City Moves for 9 October – Who’s switching jobs at Made, Sir Robert McAlpine, Pantheon
Today’s City Moves includes Made, Sir Robert McAlpine and Pantheon
Made
Leading European design brand Made has announced the appointment of Nicola Thompson as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO). In the newly-created role, Nicola will be responsible for merchandising, logistics and supply chain, customer service and customer experience functions. Nicola joins Made after more than five years with online fashion retailer Asos where she most recently served as global customer development director. At Asos, she was responsible for driving the development and execution of the firm’s commercial strategy across the business globally. Philippe Chainieux, chief executive of Made, said: “Nicola’s wealth of experience and insight in leading business development across global markets will be instrumental in helping us to continue to expand our footprint in new and existing markets.”
Sir Robert McAlpine
Building and civil engineering company, Sir Robert McAlpine, has appointed Simone Starnini as head of facade engineering. In the course of a prestigious career, which spans more than 20 years, Simone has established himself as an internationally respected figure in his field across the industry. Having worked on some of London’s most iconic buildings, Simone brings a wealth of expertise to lead Sir Robert McAlpine’s award-winning facade team. Simone started his career at Italian company Focchi, where he worked on several prestigious London schemes including the London Stock Exchange building and the RBS building. Simone then joined Laing O’Rourke where he was responsible for high-profile projects such as One Hyde Park, the Leadenhall building, the Francis Crick Institute and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. Commenting on the move, Simone said: “I’m very excited to start this new adventure with Sir Robert McAlpine, a company I have admired since my sub-contracting days.” The family-owned building and engineering company, which has worked on buildings including the Olympic Stadium, Elizabeth Tower and O2 Arena, is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary.
Pantheon
London-based private equity firm Pantheon has announced John Eggleston as a new partner and chief technology officer. He joins from BGF, a £2.5bn investment company where he was a member of the executive and investment committees. Prior to BGF, John was co-founding chief information officer at Callcredit, which grew from initial concept to acquisition by Transunion for over $1bn (£820m). At Pantheon, John will oversee core technology infrastructure, information security and systems development.
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