CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
Mastercard UK
The global payment processing network has appointed Marion King as president of its UK and Ireland business. King was previously CEO of VocaLink, a payments service provider to banks, corporations and governments. Prior to this she worked at Reuters for 14 years, holding a series of senior roles, most recently as managing director for Global FX Transaction Services. Mastercard has also appointed Hany Fam to the new role of head of European market development and strategic partnerships.
JSJS Designs
The provider of home automation technologies has appointed Mike Hughes to its board as an independent non-executive. Hughes was head of marketing for the partnership division of Marconi Communications, and has launched severa; manufacturing, internet and recruitment businesses over the last decade. He is currently chairman of the British Jewellery Associaton, vice president of the British Allied Trade Federation and a council member of the West Midlands CBI.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
The global law firm, with more than 1,100 lawyers in 23 offices worldwide, has added Stephanie Bates as a partner in its London office. Formerly the co-head of Mayer Brown’s London Capital Markets Group, Bates focuses her practice on representing issuers and underwriters in UK equity capital markets transactions and public company mergers and acquisitions.
AXA Investment Managers
AXA has announced the appointment of Laurent Seyer as global head of investment solutions, effective from 2 May this year. Seyer joins from Lyxor Asset Management, where he was CEO since 2006. He will join the management board of AXA IM and report to Dominique Carrel-Billiard, CEO of AXA IM. Seyer replaces Thibaud de Vitry, who has left the company.
Barnett Waddingham
Nick Salter has been appointed senior partner at Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries, administrators and consultants. Salter was one of the founding partners of Barnett Waddingham which was established in 1989.
Shore Capital
The investment group has announced the arrival of four new members to its teams. David Izzard joins the equity sales team from MF Global. Philip Kerr further expands the equity sales team having previously been a director at Evolution Securities. Elliott Shaw also joins the equity sales team having worked for Eden Financial and Insinger de Beaufort. Alex Stewart has joined to provide a specialist income service for institutions analysing dividend paying equities.