City Moves for 12 July – Who’s switching jobs at Healx, Ergomed and Olim? July 12, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Healx, Ergomed and Olim. Healx Healx, a Cambridge-based biotechnology company working on breakthrough treatments for rare diseases, has appointed Dr Neil Thompson as chief scientific officer (CSO). Neil, who will spearhead the expansion of Healx’s drug discovery and development team, brings more than 30 years of experience in the biotech and [...]
City Moves for 11 July – Who’s switching jobs? July 11, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Norton Rose Fulbright, BDO and Historic Royal Palaces. Norton Rose Fulbright Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is to launch a legal operations consulting practice led by Stephanie Hamon, formerly of Barclays. The practice will launch in August and will provide management and operational advice to in-house legal teams at major [...]
City Moves for 10 July – Who’s switching jobs? July 10, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Waverton, Royal London Asset Management and Octopus Ventures. Waverton Waverton Investment Management has announced the appointment of Michael Allen as chief operating officer (COO). Michael joins from Lazard Asset Management, where he was COO for London, Dublin and Dubai. Michael has more than 30 years’ industry experience including roles as COO [...]
City Moves for 9 July – Who’s switching jobs? July 9, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Baird, Glenhawk and Astarte Capital Partners. Baird Baird has announced that Simon Pearson and Justin Prichard (pictured) have joined its European investment banking group as managing directors, continuing the expansion of Baird’s global technology & services practice. The duo will focus on the technology, media and telecoms space, and will be [...]
City Moves for 8 July – Who’s switching jobs? July 8, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Addleshaw Goddard, Mediacom UK and BNP Paribas Real Estate. Addleshaw Goddard Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Jon Tweedale as co-head of international arbitration to lead the practice alongside current practice head, Simon Kamstra. Based in the law firm’s London office, Tweedale has a broad practice, which includes energy and life sciences. His [...]
City Moves for 5 July – Who’s switching jobs? July 5, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Axis Corporate, AB Dynamics and Aldermore. Axis Corporate Global management consulting firm Axis Corporate has appointed of Edward Armit as a senior consultant within its London office. Edward joins Axis Corporate from Capgemini where he was a consultant within the process optimisation team, part of the operations transformation practice. This role [...]
City Moves for 4 July – Who’s switching jobs? July 4, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Taylor Wimpey, Relendex and Queensberry. Taylor Wimpey Taylor Wimpey has announced that it has appointed Irene Dorner as its new non-executive chair of the board. Irene will join as chair-designate and as an independent non executive director on 1 December. She will work closely with Kevin Beeston during a handover period [...]
City Moves for 3 July – Who’s switching jobs at Teespring, OSTC and Perkbox? July 3, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Teespring, OSTC and Perkbox. Teespring Nick Bell has been appointed official adviser to create and sell commerce platform Teespring. Nick, who will assist the company to expand as a creator-based platform, worked at Snap, and before that was senior vice president of digital products at News Corp. During his time at [...]
City Moves for 2 July – Who’s switching jobs? July 2, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Weatherbys Private Bank, Personal Group and Ocean Outdoor Weatherbys Private Bank David Green has joined Weatherbys Private Bank as head of credit from C. Hoare and Co and will be responsible for ensuring that the bank’s prudent and responsible approach to lending continues. Prior to nearly 19 years at C. Hoare [...]
City Moves for 1 July – Who’s switching jobs at BT, Apex Airspace and Lewis Silkin? July 1, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes BT, Apex Airspace and Lewis Silkin. BT BT Group has announced that Leena Nair will be joining as a non-executive director and as a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Digital Impact & Sustainability Committee. Leena is joining BT from Unilever, where she has been chief human resources [...]
