CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS
ASIFMA
The Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has appointed Mark Austen as its new chief executive. Austen joins from the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, where he served as head of capital markets, acting chief executive and most recently chief operating officer.
Inmarsat
Andy Start has been appointed president of the global government business unit at the satellite communications service provider. Start was most recently a president at Harris Corporation and has served as managing director and vice president of BAE Systems Platform Solutions.
Old Mutual Asset Managers
The financial services group has appointed Steven Brown as head of advisory distribution, with responsibility for strategic partnerships in the UK wholesale market. Brown has over 20 years experience in asset management sales, working for M&G, Principal Global Investors and most recently RBS Global Banking & Markets.
Investec Investment Banking
Jerry Ho and Brian Gallagher have been hired into the UK oil and gas equity research team at the investment bank. Ho joins from GMP Securities Europe, where he was a research associate. Gallagher joins from Dolmen Securities.
Libra Investment Services
The risk management service provider has appointed Robert Winterton to its pan-European sales team. Winterton started his career at BZW, and he subsequently worked for Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas, before joining Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg in 2007.
FinnCap
The specialist small-cap financial adviser has appointed Matt Goode as corporate finance director. He joins from Collins Stewart. Simon Hick also joins the firm as an analyst in its corporate finance team.